Posted by Ritch on April 3, 2003, at 23:01:42
In reply to Re: hypercalcemia, posted by Larry Hoover on April 3, 2003, at 14:26:16
> >Hidden tumors are also a cause of hypercalcemia, so it may have been related to thyroid, but I didn't have any symptoms to suspect that, until my GP found the enlargement in my thyroid.
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> The only problem I have with this scenario is that calcium regulation is a function of the parathyroid gland. Following treatment for the thyroid tumour, was you blood calcium monitored?
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>Yes, that is true. When, my first high calcium blood tests came back, my GP was thinking about the parathyroid glands first off and specifically mentioned them. Some tests were done to check those from what I remember and nothing was found that was unusual. The next theory was kidney dysfunction-after a CAT scan they were OK. After discovering the severe dust/mold allergy and getting a few allergy shots, the hives disappeared, a serum calcium level showed OK and that seemed to be the end of things for a few months. Anyhow, a few months later my pdoc and I were tinkering with Adderall (for the first time), with Neurontin and Risperdal. I got a dystonic reaction and gait disturbances from the Risperdal and I flipped to Seroquel. The dystonia resolved somewhat, but after a few weeks I started to get more and more anxious. It may have been the Adderall, but I wasn't sure, so I stopped the Adderall. Anyhow, I started to get panicky after a few days following stopping the stimulant and had trouble swallowing. Went back to GP, and he thought it was just anxiety, but did yet another thyroid exam and felt a slight enlargement. They did that radioactive iodine test thingie and found the tumor. All I know is the thing grew real fast and it was called a folicular hyrtle cell adenoma. They surgically removed that half and the middle (isthmus) of my thyroid. They did a "cold section" after surgery and said it was benign. No follow up on serum calcium was done after all of that except for one test done about a year following which showed normal calcium levels.
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