All the best with your GP appointment tomorrow Dyan.
Katejo the thyroid levels can fluctuate with the hormonal upheaval of menopause and need to be monitored more closely. I wish GPs knew this
Hypothyroidism, in whatever form, is serious and that is why you get free prescriptions and yet it is not taken seriously. It needs to be monitored as closely as diabetes. Untreated it can lead to coma and death the same as diabetes can. Poorly treated it can take a toll on the body both physically and mentally.
My endo explained the thyroid as the leader of the orchestra, the orchestra being all the different systems of the body. For me, in the beginning, it affected my digestive system, my blood count (severe anaemia) and my reproductive system. I still believe that if it had been diagnosed sooner I might have avoided a hysterectomy, not that I have ever minded saying goodbye to periods, it made the menopause easier to deal with.