on 1/30/03 4:36 AM, Holly at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> If a tsh of '4' is reasonable from an endo's point of view, then I guess
> I can wait a bit longer.  But I had so much to ask him regarding my ACTH
> levels and DHEA replacement, that I forgot to tell him some symptoms
> that began in August/September.

Holly, the important part of Skipper's message was:  "TSH is worthless as an
indicator of thyroid status".  Symptoms are far more important the lab
tests.  Don't wait 3 months.

-- Joan McPhee, not an M.D.
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