Parathyroid question

[sbadd]

Not sure if anyone on here has experienced this but my mother in law has just been admitted to hospital, they have found high calcium levels in her blood and now saying she requires surgery for parathyroid, just after any info regarding this, maybe someone has been through this?

[sbadd]

Thankyou just wondered if they remove all glands do they require medication after?

[sbadd]

Yes my mother-in-law been ill on and off now for 2 years was put down to depression by doct but we made her go to hospital yesterday as she hasn't left house in 6 weeks and sleeping all the time and nauseous, losing weight, no appetite, thank god she went as this is what they found

[sbadd]

Thankyou yes we thought early dementia shes only 69 but started becoming confused etc and shes normally social butterfly

[sbadd]

Yes thankyou im just glad my partner forced her to go , she didn't want to, at least she has an answer now to why she has been the way she has, bloody doctors i swear ive lost faith in them, she has been seeing him regularly 2, and just keeps upping antidepressant, makes me Angry

[sbadd]

Yeah pretty bad hes had her on same antidepressant for over 10 years which apparently ambos told us is not a long term one, never thought to switch brands not once when they stopped working for her.

[sbadd]

I have and now been of them for 5 years, my doct last year thought i had fibromyalgia and wanted to put me on them, i didn't fit symptoms so i changed doct as my symptoms were of overmedication of thyroid meds, since stopping meds and restarting im nearly back to normal, weird thing is my bloods didn't show overmedicated apart from higher end t4 and t3, so glad i didn't take other docts advice

[t3rr]

Yes, I have had a parathyroid adenoma, high calcium and parathyroid blood tests confirmed further investigation, then sesta mibi scan and ultrasound scan, which confirmed the adenoma, which was removed with the affected gland., so I now have 3 parathyroid glands left.

I felt so much better after the operation, which was 3 years ago. I am 71 so a similar age group.

[sbadd in reply to t3rr]

Thankyou yes she was having surgery this arvo, we still awaiting news

[sbadd]

Yes had surgery yesterday arvo, discharging her later today, dont know yet how many removed, so will see her in next few days but apparently went well, thankyou for asking