Jim,
I hope you're doing much better! Thyroid problems also run in my family. I've been tested, although it's been years. Since then, none of my annual blood work has shown signs of deficiency or hyper thyroid activity.
My youngest sister has been on medication since puberty for it.
As for jobs, most of my family, both immediate and my siblings were laid of or severed from jobs twice on average between 2005 and 2008.
My neighbor just told me about the facial thing the other day. I had never heard of that. She's hetero and married to boot.
Her husband is working in Germany, so we've been carousing about some.
She got some $2.99 wines for me from trader Joe's yesterday after work, and we had a Margarita. Then she procedes to ask me if I knew what a Cleveland steamroller is.
No, never a dull moment here either. Nice Irish/Italian catholic gal too.