Thyroid Issues

I was reading through and someone mentioned that she has been having an issue with something that stopped me cold... Thyroid. I've been very seriously thinking that I have an issue with mine over the last year or 2. I've been doing some reading online, and I have an appt w/my regular Doc and plan to ask her to run a complete metobolic panel. From being in the medical field myself, I know that they sometimes just run the basic, then kind of blow it off, as the "normal" range is pretty vast. Do you think the weight loss can effect the thyroid? I'm 7 yrs out, 5'10" and at about 189 right now. I was down to 168 at my skinniest, which is REALLY skinny on my big ol' frame. I have been putting it back on and have not been AT ALL able to take it off, not matter what I do... also there is the condition of my hair being dry and falling out (not growing back), my usually awesome nails peeling crumbling and splitting, my skin being so dry that all I can do is scratch. Has anyone else had any thyroid issues since WLS...or at all, for that matter?

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