Question:
dx with hypothryoid 6 month post op?

   — Nancy G. (posted on August 5, 2005)

August 5, 2005
Your diagnose has nothing to do with your WLS. This is totally a hormonal disease and has everything to do with your family's genes. All my sisters are hypo and I am the only one that turned out to be hyper. So rest assured that you did not cause this to happen to you because of WLS.
   — ChristineB

August 5, 2005
Nancy, that first post is not always true. I don't have one person in my family that suffers from hypothyroidism but almost 2 years post op I have been diagnosed with it. I'm not in any way saying it was because of WLS but the doctors have told me that with this surgery we "push" our bodies into hyperthyroidism to lose the weight so quickly. Once we start plateauing then our bodies will sometimes make a switch to hypo. I would talk to your doctor about it and see what he/she says. Mine has told me and I trust in them 100%.
   — Carole M.