TSH levels high

Hi TrinityDuck5856ff 

I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community and, although I'm not a member of this group, I noticed that your post hadn't had any replies yet. Responding to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussion list again.

I'm sure that someone who has experienced something similar to you will be along soon.

How long is it since your surgery and what dose are you currently taking?
Do you know what your TSH was before your completion?
Did you take Thyroxine between your hemithyroidectomy and your completion?

Sorry for so many questions but they are all relevant.

The docs tend to start everybody on too low a dose and then adjust until they get where they need to be. It can be time consuming and very frustrating, but you will get there eventually.

Hi Barbara 

After the first surgery 6 weeks after TSH was 1.46

I didn't take any medicine as they were happy that the remaining thyroid was coping.

Second surgery was the 5 Dec they put me on 125 levothyroxine 6 weeks was when the the blood test was done and that came back at 29.1 TSH.

They've  upped my dosage to 150 and to have blood test in 4 weeks time.

It is very frustrating. 

Thank you for replying. I really appreciate it.xx

I suspect the half thyroid might not have been coping as well as they thought. 
But, that's all in the past. 

Have you neem told not to eat or drink for at least 30 minutes after you take your tablets, and not to take anything like calcium or iron supplements for a lot longer (I'm saying 4 hours off the top of my head).

It may be you just aren't on a high enough dose
Often, people aren't told how to take them
Sometimes, if you're taking something else, it can be reducing the Thyroxine absorption.