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What's wrong with me?

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Severalreasons · 03/07/2023 16:15

I'm going to start by saying that I have consulted a Dr but I am awaiting my blood test in a weeks time.

I have some weird symptoms that are really scaring me.
It's been going on for some months now.

I feel tired ALL the time and I'm not doing anything strenuous, I'm currently off work as I had a baby 12 months ago.( he sleeps ok most nights)
I have random aches and pains every now and then, mostly my hips or tail bone or the back of my right knee.
My hair is falling out and I now have a couple of patches showing when I tie my hair up.
I have restless legs at night which only started a few weeks ago but it keeps me awake half of the night.
My periods are a little irregular,mostly every 30 days but occasionally 21 days
My teeth are breaking like literally from me grinding my teeth continuously at night. I've had one tooth completely taken out because of this reason.
Dr has checked vitamins and red and white blood cells and also a check for ovarian cancer, all were fine.
He's now scheduled me in for more bloods.

Has anybody had anything similar at all or could suggest other tests I may need?

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Severalreasons · 10/07/2023 13:57

@FrogandToadAreFriends my hair fell out after 3 months of giving birth which is the same time it did for my other dc, it then stopped and started again but this time lots and lots of it.
I found a strand of my hair hanging from my cats mouth! He'd clearly eaten something off the floor and swallowed a hir with it, I had to pull it out carefully. I find my hair everywhere, my friend commented she had to hoover after I'd been round because I'd shed more than her dog does!
I stopped breastfeeding a while ago, it's been about 9 months

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GarlicGrace · 10/07/2023 16:55

Utini · 10/07/2023 11:28

TSH is high when your thyroid is failing, not low. 2 or higher with symptoms may be an indication that there's something going on. 1 is absolutely perfect when you're not already taking thyroid hormones and it's extremely unlikely a GP would consider prescribing thyroxine at that level.

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Thanks for this. I realised in the middle of the night that I hadn't been clear enough!

EliflurtleTripanInfinite · 10/07/2023 17:07

Severalreasons · 10/07/2023 13:52

Forgive me for being ignorant on this, the TSH measures everything you'd need to know if you were testing for hypothyroid? Or are there more tests that could tell me this?

T3 and T4 are needed to provide a full picture. Did they test iron both in the blood and stored iron? There's more than one measurement needed there to get a full picture. Also if it's summer and your not wearing sunscreen all the time or over all your body plus supplementing and D is low normal that could point to a problem.

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Severalreasons · 10/07/2023 23:02

I shall ask the Dr to also test t3 and t4 then once these next bloods have been taken, provided they don't show up positive for Lupus or arthritis etc..

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Severalreasons · 10/07/2023 23:04

My vit D was borderline, it was 48nmol and that's with taking a supplement all year round.

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TheWorldisGoingMad · 30/07/2023 23:06

Severalreasons · 10/07/2023 11:15

I'm going to put my blood results here from the first blood test just to see if anyone can tell me what they mean as my Dr hasn't been that helpful..

Thyroid function test
Serum TSH level 1.0 mu/L [0.2
6.0]

Tumour marker level
CA 125 6.4 ku/L [< 35.0]

Eosinophil count - observation 0.46
10*9/L

Autoantibody level
Tissue transglutaminase lgA level
0.4 u/mL [< 7.0]; TTG negative

Inflammatory
Investigations(Serum)
Serum C reactive protein level < 4
mg/L

Does anyone know if the tumour marker level means I definitely don't have cancer of any type?
I'm worried as my tailbone pain isn't going away and I've not injured it, so along with everything else I'm concerned

I found this online if it helps:

CA125 blood test

Understand what a CA125 blood test is with Macmillan. This can be used to help diagnose ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer.

https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/diagnostic-tests/ca125-blood-test?gclid=cjwkcajwljimbhaseiwa1hrp5jy9biyr4bgj0iwwptdluo0lk75yv5wg1olnk-mtqckvxiickuni3bocvhsqavd_bwe&gclsrc=aw.ds

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