WELL LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT A MONTH IN MY FABULOSO LIFE.
ABOUT A MONTH AGO I DECIDED TO SEE A DOCTOR FOR SYMPTOMS
I HAD BEEN HAVING FOR MONTHS. (I KEPT THINKING IT WOULD ALL JUST GO AWAY)
NO SUCH LUCK. THE DOCTOR DID A BLOOD WORKUP AND THEN THE WAITING CAME BEGAN. WHEN ALL OF THE RESULTS FINALLY CAME IN MY DOCTOR CALLED ME AND SAID MY BLOODWORK IS ESSENTIALLY NORMAL EXCEPT THAT MY CALCIUM WAS A LITTLE ELEVATED IT WAS 11.0. ( WHICH IS NOT A LITTLE ELEVATED JUST FOR YOUR INFO ITS A LOT ELEVATED.) SO I HANG UP WITH THE DOCTOR AND GOOGLE ELEVATED CALCIUM AND IT SAYS I SHOULD HAVE MY PARATHYROID TESTED AND THAT A HIGH CALCIUM IS NEVER NORMAL AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE FOLLOWED CLOSELY. SO I CALL MY DOCTOR BACK AND LEAVE A MESSAGE ASKING IF I SHOULD HAVE MY PARATHYROID CHECKED. ( HE HUMORS ME AND SAYS SURE WE CAN DO THAT.) SO I GO IN AND HAVE MORE BLOOD WORK DONE. AND YES YOU HAVE GUESSED IT I PLAY THE WAITING GAME AGAIN.

SO MY PARATHYROID COMES BACK A LITTLE ELEVATED ALSO. SO MY DOCTOR SAYS OH IT IS ONLY A LITTLE HIGH BUT I CAN SEND YOU TO AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK. AND YES IT TAKES 2 WEEKS TO GET IN WITH THE ENDOCRINOLOGISTS ASSISTANT. SO I BEGIN RESEARCHING MY BLOOD WORK RESULTS AND THE SYMPTOMS THAT I AM HAVING THAT ARE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT I HAVE A PARATHYROID TUMOR AND THAT IS BASICALLY THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS EXCEPT SOME CANCERS AND HYPERPLASIA. THE LIKELY HOOD THAT IT BE THE LATTER TWO THVERY SMALL THREE PERCENT FOR HYPERPLASIA AND LESS THAN ONE PERCENT THAT IT IS CANCER.

I LEARN EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS CONDITION. I THEN GO SEE THE ASSISTANT SHE WANTS TO RUN A BUNCH MORE TESTS AND A SCAN AS WELL. SO ONCE AGAIN TWO MORE WEEKS OF MY LIFE IS WASTED WAITING AND FEELING WORSE AND WORSE.

MY SCAN COMES BACK NEGATIVE( WHICH HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME BECAUSE THE CONDITION IS RARE AND TECHS ARE NOT USE TO DOING THEM.) NO SHOCKER THERE. I HAVE ALSO READ THESE SCANS ARE NOT TO BE USED TO DETERMINE WHEATHER OR NOT THERE IS A PARATHYROID TUMOR.

MY BLOOD WORK COMES BACK WITH THE CALCIUM AND THE PTH BACK IN THE NORMAL RANGES AND A LOW VITAMIN D LEVEL.

SO THE ENDOCRINOLOGISTS EXTREMELY SMART ASSISTANT CALLS AND SAYS YOU DONT HAVE A PARATHYROID PROBLEM JUST LOW VITAMIN D. TAKE VITAMIN D PILLS THE WILL FIX EVERYTHING.( WOW THEY MUST BE MAGIC.)

I DO MORE RESEARCH AND FIND IT IS VERY NORMAL WHEN ONE HAS A PARATHYROID TUMOR FOR THE PTH AND THE CALCIUM TO GO FROM NORMAL TO HIGH FROM DAY TO DAY. THAT IS ONE REASON YOU FEEL SO AWFUL. ( WHY SHE DIDNT KNOW THIS IS BEYOND ME.)

SO FINALLY SHE TELLS ME TO COME BACK IN TO SEE THE REAL DOCTOR IN TWO WEEKS. YES ONCE AGAIN I AM WAITING WHILE MY LIFE SLOWLY PASSES ME BY.

I GO IN TO SEE HER AND I HAVE BRAND NEW BLOOD TESTS TAKEN TWO DAYS PRIOR. THEY SHOW ONCE AGAIN HIGH CALCIUM AND A PTH IN THE NORMAL RANGE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE HIGH CALCIUM THE PTH SHOULD BE 20 OR LESS BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSE TO SHUT DOWN AS TO NOT ALLOW YOU TO HAVE HIGH CALCIUM. WHEN THIS DOESNT HAPPEN YOUR BODY TRYS TO PROTECT YOU BY ABSORB CALCIUM WITHOUT IT. THEREFORE YOUR CALCIUM CANNOT GET HIGHER. ( BODIES ARE SMART. DOCTORS NOT SO SMART.)

SO THIS DOCTOR A SO CALLED SPECIALIST TELLS ME WELL I THINK YOU HAVE A PARATHYROID TUMOR OR HYPERPLASIA. BUT I DONT WANT TO SEND YOU FOR SURGERY YET. I WANT TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR TUMOR GETS BIGGER SO WE CAN SEE IT ON A SCAN. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO TAKE VITAMIN D MAYBE IT BEING LOW IS THROWING OFF YOUR CALCIUM AND PTH. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE AND VERY DANGEROUS . THE MORE VITAMIN D I HAVE THE MORE CALCIUM MY BODY CAN ABSORB. PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF STROKES FROM THERE CALCIUM GETTING TO HIGH.

SO I TELL THIS DOCTOR EXACTLY WHAT I THINK OF HER AND LEAVE.

I ALSO HAD A DEXA SCAN WHICH SHOWS BONE DENSITY MASS. KEEP IN MIND I AM A 31 YEAR OLD FEMALE. I ALREADY HAVE OSTEOPENIA IN MY SPINE. THIS IS CAUSED FROM THIS TUMOR THAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO LET GET BIGGER, TO JUST WAIT ON. ONCE BONE IS LOSS YOU CANNOT GET IT BACK. I ALSO CANNOT TAKE CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS OR VITAMIN D OR ANY OF THE DRUGS THAT ARE TAKEN FOR OSTEOPENIA BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT HELP ME. THE ONLY THING THAT WILL HELP ME IS TO GET THE TUMOR REMOVED.

I HAVE TERRIBLE BONE PAIN THAT SOMEDAYS MAKES IT SO I CANNOT FUNCTION. MY HUSBAND HAS HAD TO COME HOME FROM WORK WHEN I CANNOT CARE FOR MY BABY AND TWO OLDER CHILDREN. I AM SO EXHAUSTED I WENT FROM A 140 LB WOMEN WHOM WORKED OUT 5 DAYS A WEEK FOR 2 HOURS TO A 191LB WOMEN THAT CAN HARDLY GET OUT OF BED AND GET THROUGH THE DAY. I HAVE DAILY HEADACHES AND A LOT OF TROUBLE FALLING ASLEEP. NOT TO MENTION I CAN NO LONGER REMEMBER THINGS OR CONCENTRATE. MY FAMILY SAYS I AM NOT MY SWEET CARING SELF ANY LONGER BUT A GROUCHY SHORT TEMPERED PERSON NOW. HOW MUCH OF MY LIFE HAS TO BE STOLEN FROM ME AND MY KIDS THAT NEED ME BEFORE A DOCTOR WILL DO THEY JOB AND MAKE THE SICK WELL.

WHAT A FREAKIN HELL OF A MONTH AND A HALF.