Is there some reason why you need to take your temp in the morning? I've never heard a low-body temp having anything to do with the thyroid. I'll be interested to see what others have to offer you.

She gave us a form to record it on, as a convenience.

The instructions were:

1) Check temp 3 hours after getting up in the AM. Check it again 3 hours later, then again 3 hours after that. Write them down.

Example: Wake up 6am, Check temp 9am, 12pm, and 3pm

2) Use a glass thermometer, not a digital one. (The inexpensive digital ones are not accurate enough or consistant enough.)

3) Keep it under your tongue 5 minutes.

4) Do this for three days, and calculate the average of the 9 readings.

I did it for two days, got steady 97.5 readings, then got the flu! It has been swinging between 98 and 102 since. Oh well, try again later. Maybe the fever cooked some keets.

Was that for me? LLMD is already on top of it, I go back Friday for lab results.

That's why I was recording body temps. I think it has been the flu the past few days, maybe on top of a herx from the Zithromax.

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Originally posted by marblenose:
My temp for at least 20 years has been 96 or so. Plus I am always too warm...go figure!?!
I do take medicine for my thyroid as well.
Blessings,
Marblenose

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