Re: spoke with Dee and other stuff

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In a message dated 4/21/2004 10:39:53 PM Central Standard Time,

mitchandcindy@... writes:

Have any of you been diagnosed with hyperparathyroid? A patient of Dr

Marchesini (Sherri) has been diagnosed. WOndered if there was a DS

link or just a coincidence. I am not the best a deciphering internet

info but there seems to be links to PTH, serum calcium and

osteoporosis.

Lets all take our calcium and pray for Dee.

hugs, cindy lee

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lee,

If you want look back at my pre op time, I was hyper parathyroid due to

poor calcium intake pre op My DS. They made me do the Parathyroid scan and all

just to find mothing wrong...Then a few weeks of research later, I find that

the parathyroid hormone send signals to leech calcium from bones and all

available sources when the blood levels are low. As I had never been told to

supplement, and noone had ever checked before, Ther was no telling if this was

from

the RNY or before when I had the vbg.

So basically an elevated PTH level is a distress call froom the body

saying get more calcium and I don't care where you get it.....LOL.

in Bama

VBG 1982 (lost from 433lbs to 270's)

VBG -RNY1996 revision(Lost from 343 to 299)

RNY-DS revision Dec 2002 -down 135 lbs (377.7 to 242.2 and still going)

Homepage address- http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/myhomepage/profile.html

Many thanks to Dr. K willing to take on a 3rd timer....LOL

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In a message dated 4/21/2004 8:39:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

mitchandcindy@... writes:

> Have any of you been diagnosed with hyperparathyroid?

Hi Lee!

I had this problem (but it went away with no treatment) years before the

GR-DS. Now it appears to be back. I have my next labs to do (tomorrow), then

Dr.

K will tell me what to do. My PCP has recommended I see an endocrinologist.

Hugs and blessings,

Ann

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I wanted to post on here (even though I replied to you privately)

that I have now have a hyperparathyroid problem since my DS. Dr. K

upped my dosage of calcium and made sure I was continuing taking my

ADEK, and is monitoring it. This was new to me at one year out, no

problems on the previous labs. I did have a Dexascan right after my

DS so that we could watch that over the years to make sure I didn't

run into any problems.

Judy E in Eureka