photo credit: pasotraspaso This is my two-week post-op report card, and it’s a good one! The first week was rough, I’m sure just due to the effects that any surgery has on your system along with hormone and blood chemicals all flying up and down, but now at two weeks post op from my…
hyperparathyroid
How NOT to go to the ER after parathyroid surgery
I woke up on day 3 post op and started having muscle cramps in my shoulder, leg, arm, my lips and finger tips were tingling… these were things my surgeon had told me to watch for. We called the surgeons office and he told me to see my regular doctor… so called my General Practitioner,…
2 days Post Op Parathyroidectomy
I am cautiously optimistic! I want to shout from the rooftops about how much better I feel in my body than I have for a couple of years, but I realize it might be the pain medications I’m still on. However, even when I wait before taking the meds I can feel that my blood…
Consultation with the Surgeon
I was hoping my surgeon would be a dead ringer for Dr. McDreamy or Dr. McSteamy or even the new guy… Dr. McWhacked, but no such luck! He did, however, look wise and said what we expected him to say… “I need to perform a parathyroidectomy on you as soon as we can get it…
I thought it was just Menopause
Here I am getting closer to 50 and suddenly I start to gain weight for no reason, I have a “tummy” now where before I had a relatively flat stomach even though I’ve always battled with weight due in part to my chronic Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. “Info on Hashimoto’s Throiditis” (Just like Oprah. I would wish…