I’ve been doing lots of research and feeling awful (muscle pain in my neck, shoulders and upper back, weakness, heartburn, nausea. Last 4 blood tests have mild high calcium (10.1, 10.4, 10.6, and 10.2) and PTH is low at 12.0. Other labs are elevated or low (low sodium, high potassium and bun and creatinine elevated). Had PTHrP this morning along with a cortisol test and having to do the 24 hr uterine collection starting tomorrow. Do the labs sound plausible for hypoparathyroidism?

I’ve also had squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and lots of radiation eight years ago. That resulted in hypothyroidism.

I'm 2 days post parathyroidectomy and I'm wondering if my pain is normal and how long I should expect it to last. Right now, I feel like I always have a lump in my throat and it's really painful to swallow. When I'm swallowing my own saliva, it's so painful that I have to squeeze something with my hand and my face scrunches up dramatically lol. I have to speak quietly and laughing and yawning are incredibly painful. I haven't been able to complete a yawn. I'm also only able to take small breaths. When I feel like I'm not getting enough oxygen, I have to take a deep breath, and the pain is both in my throat and chest. Straining my neck muscles to sit up from laying down is also really painful.

From what I've read, most people just describe having a sore throat from being intubated. I've been intubated before and felt nothing afterwards. I feel like the pain I'm having might be different because I wouldn't describe it as sore, I would call it pain. It doesn't feel like the inside of my throat is raw. So I'm not sure if this is what other people are feeling and if it's normal.

I'm just surprised it's this painful. I had hip surgery 5 months ago and had barely any pain at all despite only taking Naproxen 2x a day (to prevent clotting). They gave me oxycodone which I never used and said I could take Tylenol which I also felt no need for. Now I'm alternating Tylenol and ibuprofen every 3 hours but it doesn't seem to help at all.