I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer in 2010 and had a total thyroidectomy with radioactive iodine in 2011. The cancer is gone hopefully, but over time my remaining 2 parathyroids died from the treatment. I am feeling rather alone and have no one to compare symptoms with. When my PTH dropped to 3 in July 2013 the heavy duty symptoms set in. I have heart palpitations, wildly varying high and low blood pressure, something that feels like rheumatoid arthritis,carpal tunnell caused by swelling, depression, brain fog, rls,insomnia. While I had some of these before now it's way worse. I play a few stringed instruments and this has been much harder because of hand pain and numbness. I would love to be able to compare with someone but I don't have anybody.