Thyroid-isms: Beware of Tricky Symptoms and Questionable Care
Nearly 20 years ago, it was the sleepiness and crackly, dry skin that first alerted me something was wrong. Not diabetes, as I’d already been living with type 1 for close to a decade at that time.
No, these symptoms were different.
I had a visibly enlarged gland on the side of my neck, so swollen that it would sometimes hurt when I tried to turn my head. The dry skin was coarse and almost…