I have a question about thyroid stuff.

My mother had a tumor on her thyroid removed when I was 14 years old. To my knowledge she never took a thyroid med. Her sister, my Aunt Sallie, has taken Synthroid for as long as I can remember. She is now 85 years young.

My father had something called a goiter, when I was about 17. He used to wear scarves and one day, a family friend, Florence (I will never forget this), grabbed at the scarf and said to my father "Frank, why are you always wearing scarves?" and as she pulled it, they saw a growth on his neck. I'll never forget this. They called it a goiter, and I believe he had some sort of surgery and it was all taken care of.

Now my son, (last year) was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and is now on Armour.

So how come it skipped me??? I have always tested in the normal range. Nothing ever showed up as abnormal and I remember distinctly asking my previous doctor, "do you think I might have thyroid problems, (my weight, I meant). and he ran all sort of tests and he said "nope, you have to eat less". So I ate less and exercised and I did lose weight. It's hard for me because of my diabetic meds. Diabetic meds slow down your weight loss. I found this out at Cornell. I once asked them "what do you mean, it's hard to lose weight on insulin or diabetic pills'. and the doctor replied "it's stored in your fat cells".

So how come my family has thyroid problems and I never did??

Amazing.

Melody