Hello,
At my recent visit to my nephrologist with labs, I found out that I now am having issues with my parathyroid. The normal value is 15-75 and mine went from 114.5 to 204.3 in the last 4 months. I have stage 4 CKD , high blood pressure and also IGA Nephropathy.(which I was told is not reversible) and the only thing I can do to slow the progression of kidney failure is to keep my blood pressure down. I am not over- weight, in fact I have been losing weight gradually since they told me to keep a "heart healthy diet" in January.(watch my protein portions, salt, dairy & potassium intakes) I went from 140lbs to 118lbs. I was told that I should now take a prescription Vitamin D, I currently am only taking a blood pressure medication and I really don't want to have to take any additional pills(even vitamins) and wondering if anyone else here is dealing with this and how it is working or not to get parathyroid hormone back in check. He told me I could think about it and let him know at my next visit as it isn't urgent I start now, but at the point where I probably shouldn't wait too long to do something before it gets too out of control.
Thanks for any input!