If you have one or more of these symptoms and suspect it's your thyroid, see your doctor and ask for a thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test, Free T3, and Free T4 tests, says Dr. Miller. Based on test results, your symptoms, and your physical exam, you may be prescribed synthetic hormones.
In your first example, the period should come after the close parenthesis. (You only put it inside if you have a complete sentence within the parentheses.) See, I did it there! But, the close quotation always comes after the period. Don't ask me why. Source(s): seven years as an English teacher.
(Reposted from old newsgroup on 2/13/03) I always have to stop to think whether the period goes before or after the close parentheses, as in: ...he then formed the Hot Cross Buns (an award-winning group that went on to win fourteen awards). ... he then formed the Hot Cross Buns (an award-winning group that went on to win fourteen awards.)