Tifferzzz
01-15-10, 2:14 pm
Current issues:
Issue #1: Sensitivity to something in food that presents with aching joints and fatigue, not immediately but within 24-48 hours after - zaps energy completely, and can take up to a week to stabilize. My personal thought after researching? Gluten or wheat sensitivity.
Issues after that:
Energy Fluctuations, PMS symptoms occuring 2+ weeks each month, decreased appetite, constantly cold - except for when it's 2:30 in the morning and I wake up sweating. Difficulty losing weight, moody, irritable, constantly annoyed, quick adaptation to supplements. Summation: I've dealt with this for at least a couple years now. I'm more aware of it than I've ever been. My mother (a nurse) told me that my estrogen levels were too high and that my progesterone was too low, and that I should try 'Yaz.' Before going to that extreme, I went to get my Estrogen levels tested, and while I was there also my gluten and thyroid.
It's been two weeks and I finally got 2 of the 3 tests back. Supposedly the lab is backed up and it could take another couple weeks for the estrogen tests to come back. Annoyed? Yes. Here's why.
Test #1: Gluten (F79) IGE
Results: <0.35 kU/L
Class: 0
Class 0 = Level of Allergen/Specific IGE Antibody: Absent / Undetectable.
So my thought on this is that i didn't have any gluten in my system? Of course not. I don't eat wheat. Am I interpreting this wrong?
Test #2: Thyroid
I'm calling this a bullshit test, because after researching through various resources, come to find out that it's almost impossible to have a doctor test a thyroid correctly. You decide.
Test Name: TSH, 3rd Generation
In Range: 0.88
Reference Range: > or = 20 Years 0.40 - 4.50
I am open to all sorts of interpretation here, and no I don't have a doctor. I'm self employed. That means no health insurance, and they require a 'deposit' before I can even talk to the doctor. Hence - interpretations, please.
Issue #1: Sensitivity to something in food that presents with aching joints and fatigue, not immediately but within 24-48 hours after - zaps energy completely, and can take up to a week to stabilize. My personal thought after researching? Gluten or wheat sensitivity.
Issues after that:
Energy Fluctuations, PMS symptoms occuring 2+ weeks each month, decreased appetite, constantly cold - except for when it's 2:30 in the morning and I wake up sweating. Difficulty losing weight, moody, irritable, constantly annoyed, quick adaptation to supplements. Summation: I've dealt with this for at least a couple years now. I'm more aware of it than I've ever been. My mother (a nurse) told me that my estrogen levels were too high and that my progesterone was too low, and that I should try 'Yaz.' Before going to that extreme, I went to get my Estrogen levels tested, and while I was there also my gluten and thyroid.
It's been two weeks and I finally got 2 of the 3 tests back. Supposedly the lab is backed up and it could take another couple weeks for the estrogen tests to come back. Annoyed? Yes. Here's why.
Test #1: Gluten (F79) IGE
Results: <0.35 kU/L
Class: 0
Class 0 = Level of Allergen/Specific IGE Antibody: Absent / Undetectable.
So my thought on this is that i didn't have any gluten in my system? Of course not. I don't eat wheat. Am I interpreting this wrong?
Test #2: Thyroid
I'm calling this a bullshit test, because after researching through various resources, come to find out that it's almost impossible to have a doctor test a thyroid correctly. You decide.
Test Name: TSH, 3rd Generation
In Range: 0.88
Reference Range: > or = 20 Years 0.40 - 4.50
I am open to all sorts of interpretation here, and no I don't have a doctor. I'm self employed. That means no health insurance, and they require a 'deposit' before I can even talk to the doctor. Hence - interpretations, please.