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  • leoslayerleoslayer NCSilver Member Posts: 1,920
    edited March 2015
    ok I went online and it says glycohemoglobin 4.9 ref range 4.0-6.0

    Ok so I guess that's blood sugar.
  • thisisjenthisisjen Silver Member Posts: 1,164
    HemoglobinA1c.  Is something totally different than hemoglobin...........my bad....whew

     

  • WheelManWheelMan North of SeattleGold Men Posts: 162
    Ah, that's glycated hemoglobin (A1c), a useful marker for your blood sugar levels over the last few months and can indicate if your glucose metabolism has been wonky. Healthy range is 4-6%, 6-6.5% is considered pre-diabetic, and over 6.5% indicates type 2 diabetes.
  • leoslayerleoslayer NCSilver Member Posts: 1,920
    Could this be an abnormal presentation of Graves'? My mother had Graves'.
  • WheelManWheelMan North of SeattleGold Men Posts: 162
    That's one of a handful of abnormal thyroid conditions which could explain many of your symptoms - thyroid hormone level test results could rule out or narrow that array of possibilities.
  • leoslayerleoslayer NCSilver Member Posts: 1,920
    Ape said:
    Just a question and I mean no offense but did you take steroids in college?  5'11" 220 is very dense.  Running back I presume?  




    No I've never taken a thing. Just busted it from 8th grade on.
  • leoslayerleoslayer NCSilver Member Posts: 1,920
    Head of Endo at VA just called me and said get your GP to ask for a new consult and I guarantee you'll get in.

    So I should get one step closer.
  • ichabodichabod Member Posts: 943
    edited March 2015
    I'm not an endo, but I play one on MMSL.

    1.  TT?
    2.  FT?
    3.  Progesterone?
    4.  E2?

    Are you or have you ever been on TRT/AAS?
    Never listen to what a women says she prefers in men; instead, watch what she does.
    Angeline
  • leoslayerleoslayer NCSilver Member Posts: 1,920
    edited March 2015
    ichabod said:
    I'm not an endo, but I play one on MMSL.

    1.  TT?
    2.  FT?
    3.  Progesterone?
    4.  E2?

    Are you or have you ever been on TRT/AAS?
    No not on anything. Never have done any type of roids, hgh or vitamin T.

    Talked to the nurse and I have to do a new written request to have my labs reposted to my account.

    Sorry total T 660. Free 10.16.
  • IfOnlyIfOnly Silver Member Posts: 617
    I'll chime in with the others who have mentioned possible thyroid issues.  The "always cold" is what tips it for me -- that is exactly what my wife is like.
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  • ichabodichabod Member Posts: 943
    OP: go to Stop the Thyroid Madness™ - Hypothyroidism and thyroid ... and read like a madman.  This could be number of things, your TT numbers are good.  Still need to see your e2.
    Never listen to what a women says she prefers in men; instead, watch what she does.
  • leoslayerleoslayer NCSilver Member Posts: 1,920
    So I finally have been granted an appointment with endo on May 18!!!

    Boooya!
  • Husband3point0Husband3point0 Gold Men Posts: 3,294
    You have six positive indicators for low thyroid function, along with a positive indication for a genetic marker too (your mother's Graves is a thyroid autoimmune disease). If you give any sober endo those factors, then you will get a full TSH test, which you definitely should push for. 
    IfOnly
  • FromMarsFromMars Member Posts: 111
    Yep, most of your symptoms just scream "hypothyroidism." Definitely get some thyroid labs done if you haven't already.
  • leoslayerleoslayer NCSilver Member Posts: 1,920
    Well FUCK just saw two endos and they don't think I'm hormonal.

    They are doing three more labs.

    They are suggesting I might get a sleep study and or try anti depressants.

    They absolutely believe I have something going on but have no clue what unless these last three tests come back.

    This is bullshit and I'm sick of it.
    Elise
  • John3John3 SeattleSilver Member Posts: 1,396
    Hey @leoslayer, it takes a ton of patience to deal with Endos.  Something about the profession seems to make them take everything slowly. Mine drove me nuts, which is why I nexted him...he's the head teaching dude in my area, and he didn't know squat about T replacement. Scary.  Did they take thyroid labs? Could turn out to point in the right direction. 
    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.
  • leoslayerleoslayer NCSilver Member Posts: 1,920
    John3 said:
    Hey @leoslayer, it takes a ton of patience to deal with Endos.  Something about the profession seems to make them take everything slowly. Mine drove me nuts, which is why I nexted him...he's the head teaching dude in my area, and he didn't know squat about T replacement. Scary.  Did they take thyroid labs? Could turn out to point in the right direction. 
    Today they did shbg cortisol and some more thyroid labs.

    Said everything else looks good. Estrogen, T was 680, 
  • leoslayerleoslayer NCSilver Member Posts: 1,920
    I just want my life back.


  • John3John3 SeattleSilver Member Posts: 1,396

    SHBG will tell you if you have plenty of testosterone in your system...which cannot be used, giving you a problem. It's part of the free-T calculation.  Cortisol is the stress hormone...it can help diagnose chronic stress, which can give you the symptoms you are experiencing. And thyroid sounds like a good thing to evaluate too. 

    Your T level sounds like it should be fine, and Estrogen isn't getting in the way. Hang in there...I totally get wanting your life back (been there).  You want a good diagnosis before they start throwing meds at you. It's hard to be patient.

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.
  • leoslayerleoslayer NCSilver Member Posts: 1,920
    One of my labs came back abnormal.

    They want me to take a more detailed test. I really hope this is the answer!

    It matches not only the symptoms I wrote here but others I thought were unrelated!!!!
    Elise
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