TSH levels

FormerMember over 4 years ago

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Hi all,

I had a full thyroidectomy 2 years ago following a papillory thyroid cancer diagnosis. I've been to the hospital specialist and gp surgery for blood tests since. My TSH has been fairly consistent at around 3.8- 4 and the doctors haven't been concerned by this. I've noticed people on this forum have indicated that they have been advised that it should be under 0.5 so I'm a little alarmed that mine is so high. Would anyone hazard a guess as to why the docs aren't concerned?

barbaral over 4 years ago

It's possible that your cancer was very tiny and totally encapsulated, you probably didn't have RAI and that the doctors consider your risk factors to be really low and so they aren't keeping you on a TSH suppression regime.

That said, a good GP dealing with somebody who still had a thyroid, might well consider that your TSH is tiny bit high. If you are only seeing your hospital specialist once a year, I'd consider just sending them a letter and asking if they are sure that it's OK for you to be at this level.

Best wishes

Barbara

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