does any one know anything about the parathroid? Please Help!

[lisacanto]

I am a 44 year old woman, who has no energy, tired all the time and clear thinking is just not happening I am a personal trainer and even a quick woroutt is very hard to do.  I went to an endocronoligist yesterday and he wants to put me on medication to absord calicum, I do not think this is getting to the root of the problem. These are my results
TSh 0.956
T4 6.3
T3 (uptake) 27
PTH 29
blood calcium 11.6
24 hour urine calicum test 388.7
From what I have read it seems as though it is my parathyroid that is the problem.  The doctor seems to only be concered with kidney stones and wants to put me med for that.  Help!  Any suggestions/thoughts will be appreciated.
thank you,
Lisa

[Nicki1433]

I'm sorry I do not know anything about the parathyroid except that if they remove it your calcium drops significantly!  It seems to me that you TSH is a little low too.  Maybe that's really the problem.  I'm sorry, I don't have much information for you, but I will say a prayer for you!

Good luck!

Nicki

[ChitChatNIne]

OIC your blood calcium level is high, too ......... do you get muscle cramps? That can happen with high calcium levels in the blood.

C~

[ChitChatNIne]

Parathyroid glands if not working properly can form CALCIUM OXALATE kidney stones.  Perhaps your 24hr  urine suggests this ? I'm not sure on the #'s ....

I am a former of calcium oxalate stones and the one thing they tested me for extensively was 24hr urine along with parathyroid functions, etc., etc. and all mine are normal but I still form stones.  

Kidney stones are not fun and mine tend to get stuck deep in the kidney and stay there years causing pain on a daily basis but not moving out!   Also I would get numerous bad urinary tract infections from them that req'd a month or two of antibiotics to knock it out of my system.

I lucked out that 12 days post op for my thyroid surgery (had nodules), I passed a good sized stone and then about a month later a truckload passed so I'm only left with a few small ones, now.  I am not allowed to take calcium supplements for bones unless specifically indicated on a bone density screening test and then my Uro will decide which one to take.  

What meds do they want you to take?  Magnesium Citrate and B6 or something like that?  Or Urocit-K prescription maybe ......?

LMK how you make out ................Cheryl  (PS:  I have unrelated gallstones too .... how much fun is that?)

[cq48455]

I had multiple problems over a long length of time - including ulcers from joint pain meds, large kidney stone that blocked my ureter , tiredness, brain fog etc.  I lucked out and found a GREAT urologist that tested me for hyperparathyroidism -which I had. I was 45.  Then after getting the kidney stuff straightened out it took me over 6 months to find the right doctor to find my enlarged parathyroid (he found it in less that two minutes on ultrasound - after going to 2 other endrocrine specialists who put me through extensive tests-they knew I had it but couldn't find it) He took it out in the morning - I ate lunch out with my husband a few hours later.  PTH doesn't have to be elevated very much over normal neither does the calcium.  Blood tests - I had ionized calcium and PTH - have to be spun in a quick time frame after being drawn to be accurate and amounts are usually high early morning - drop later in day.  By about 2 months after surgery I felt like I had done years before - I quit having problems with my joints, feet, tiredness etc. I found my endrocrinologist myself - researched him and the disease.  Disease info is on www.endrocrineweb.com.   I went to U of M medical center - a local large university teaching center. Oh and surgery scar is there on neck but in crease - no one notices it unless I point it out.

[ras48]

parathyriod.com is a great site. It will give you lots of information. I wish you best of health.                              Regina

[Thypatient]

That's an amazing turn-around, morning for lunch, for that surgery.  And that your problems were seen on u/s - that's unusual.

Sounds like you had a big success.  Thanks for sharing.

BTW - Where is 'U of M' located?  Just curious.

[Thypatient]

Meant: "...morning to lunch... ."