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First of all, thank you soooo very very much to MC for alerting me to getting my thyroid level checked when I asked about my hair loss. I'm really grateful for your suggestion because otherwise it'd never occur to me to get it checked.
The test shows that my Thyroglobulin Antibody is at a whopping 544 compared to the normal range of <34 IU/mL. In addition, my TPO Antibody is at 90 compared to <12 IU/mL. However, the good news is that it appears I'm at an early stage as the test results do not seem to indicate that I have too little thyroid hormone - YET: Free T4 is at 15.07 (range is 12-22pmol/L), Thriiodothryonine (T3) is at 1.35 (range is 1.30 - 3.10 nmo/L) and TSH is at 1.04 (range is 0.27 - 4.20mu/L).
I've just started to do some research on this and I will make an appointment to go see a endocrinologist as soon as offices open up again in the new year.
I should have realised much earlier something was wrong as I've gained quite a bit of weight (and not been able to shed much of it) as well as having been losing hair. Thank God for PS and thank you again, MC, for helping me to pinpoint the cause before it gets worse. Now that I know what I have, I can go about doing something abt it.
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas about this condition, I'd definitely like to hear from you and would def welcome your input.