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Originally Posted by Pamster
I did get some bad news tonight, just got off the phone with Mom and she's told me that she's having to have her parathyroid out, that she's got crystalization in her heart valves and that it's stealing calcium from her bones....So needless to say I am worried. 
I hope she's going to be okay, it definitely doesn't sound good. |
I'm not sure how the crystallization in the heart valves relates, but your mom's parathyroid problem may not be too serious, Pam.
Last year I had a pronounced calcium loss, & sure enough one of my parathyroids (we have four) had gone rogue. They scheduled removing it--after they found it.
Finding it is often the most difficult part of the procedure. Although they begin at roughly the 2, 4, 8, & 10 o'clock positions around the thyroid, as the years & decades pass they roam around, who knows where? So they must find them, then remove them. If they can locate her bad one, the rest ought to go without complication.
I had a great doc. Did my homework. Had my health care surrogates paying attention too. Surgery went well, no complications. Got my calcium back
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My thoughts are with you both.