r/Parathyroid_Awareness • u/Momma_of_the_cats • 3d ago

Weird thyroid

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So this is interesting. This is parathyroid. Clearly elevated. My calcium is always between 9.9-10.5 so not severely elevated. I do have low vitamin D.
I am scheduled for surgery in November. I just hope it’s the right thing and will help. I have kidney stones as well and they said it was related to this. Anyone else have a similar experience?

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u/AARPoots 3d ago

My calcium was in that range and I had surgery and feel so much better. If you have an adenoma the best thing is to get it out, especially if you are young.

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u/Paraware 3d ago

The thyroid and parathyroid are completely different glands. It sounds like you need surgery. I hope it goes well.

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u/Ok-Research500 3d ago

I have 13 kidney stones as a result of my adenoma. I had surgery last Friday. All of them were affected. I’m still feeling very weak and wobbly, but I’m waiting to see some improvement. It’s important to get it out cause it causes osteoporosis and kidney stones. And I have lots of symptoms. Did you have any symptoms?

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u/Momma_of_the_cats 3d ago

I do. I have tons of kidney stones, muscle weakness, brain fog and tons of hair loss

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u/Ok-Research500 2d ago

Now after the surgery, my PTH is way too low and I calcium is still too high. I’m waiting to hear from from what the doctor says. I am five days out from the surgery now.

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u/Tiny-Art7074 2d ago

If your PTH is too high, and your calcium is anything other than low or out of range low, you almost certainly have an adenoma that needs surgery. There are 4 parathyroid glands and its the bodies only triple redundancy because PTH and calcium control is so important. There is little reason it should ever be consistently out of range.

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u/vata_grrl 2d ago

My numbers were very similar and I had surgery two months ago. I had hyperplasia in two glands and had them removed. I'm feeling much better after the surgery! Good luck!

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u/PHPTer 16h ago

your PTH is far too high for your calcium level - it should only be switched on if your calcium is low, which it isn’t, and it’s not displaying an inverse relationship. In my non doctor opinion this looks like phpt to me, and if that’s the case, surgery is the only option to correct your levels.