Hi there
I have seen Professor Conway this year and liked him. Before going I had a full thyroid profile done and provided him with the results. I also wrote everything down that I wanted to tell him about my history and he listened intently as I went through it all, asked questions and took notes. I also gave him a copy of everything I had written down to put with my file and he took quite a bit of time with me and took me seriously.
He also recommended thyroxine and metformin for me. I started on these just before lockdown. However I had a bad reaction to metformin - it made my eczema flare badly - and I had to stop taking it. I have been on the thyroxine since then though and just last week had a blood test to see how it has affected me (would have tested sooner except for lockdown).
Unfortunately although I have felt a bit better physically, my TSH levels haven't dropped and I only lost a little weight in the first 3 weeks of taking the medication. Though I am only at just over 2 for TSH - but based on my symptoms Professor Conway was willing to prescribe me thyroxine anyway ahead of me trying a FET with our remaining embryos. However, he said based on my TSH the GP would not agree to this so I would need to have private prescriptions.
I started on the lowest possible dose which is 25mg. The first prescription was given to me at my appointment and then he posted me another. Since my most recent blood test result he has agreed to up my dosage to 50mg per day and has sent me another prescription for this, however he charged a fee of £30 for writing the prescription. I also had the follow up blood test at his london clinic and that was £121 which isn't cheap but my NHS GP won't do any testing 😡. Fortunately the actual medication is quite cheap though and also the blood results came back the same day so no waiting around.
Anyway, I would recommend seeing him as he is well respected and seems to know his stuff. And if like me, your results are borderline normal, he won't just fob you off if your physical symptoms suggest there is an issue.