Update primary hyper parathyroidism

[Bethleah]

Apparently it’s only mild but many symptoms overlap with endo and menopause and the hrt I’m now on. Happy days. I now need a genetic test to check for familial something or other depending on the outcome parathyroid surgery is a possibility. Interesting the gp said that although you can choose your consultant through nhs choices this often isn’t possible after covid. 🤔

Meanwhile since being on hrt I’ve been feeling absolute🤬! I tried contacting the menopause team who said contact my gp or go to a& e. Follow up was originally after 3 months but got put back to 6 months. Luckily I sent them an email ( no acknowledgment for several weeks) stating that the side effects seemed to be worse in as well as breakthrough bleeding after 12 months on no periods. They wrote to me and gp suggesting alternatives.

It took 3 weeks to get an appointment with my gp who knows my history. Spoke to her today and I’m going to try evorol conti patches instead of everol oestrogen patch and progesterone pills. It seems it’s the progesterone pill that’s likely to be causing the side effects. So we’ll see how that works out.

The side effects have been getting worse; nausea, fatigue, heartburn & indigestion, headaches, weakness, brain fog, breast pain, tearfulness, weight gain, bloating the list goes on. By the time I’ve got up in the morning fed the cats and washed up I’m exhausted. I’ve still got tmd and eat problems which I’ve now had for 3 months. It seems everything is taking much longer to heal. And a bout of bad gastroenteritis to top it all off. 🤦‍♀️Hopefully the new patches will help. It also means more blood pressure tests. 👍