Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 a, Did you send your labs to Dr.K? His fax number is on his website. The reason your calcium is normal is because your PTH is high and doing its job of putting calcium into your blood from where ever it can find it like your bones and your intestines. I forgot to tell you what I take: Centrum (regular) once daily. Kirkland Calcium with magnesium and zinc. Citrocal at night. Beta carotene three or four times each day, 25,000 units. That works for me as my Vit A is back to normal, and my magnesium and zinc (did we measure that?) are normal. So is everything except my PTH. Marta But I know my best knowledge comes > from the people who have already gone through this (POST OPS). So > what do you think of the below results. Anything I should be worried > about. > Parathyroid Hormone Intact: Normal Range 10-65 My Result: 165 > (Funny because my actual calcium level if normal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 a, Did you send your labs to Dr.K? His fax number is on his website. The reason your calcium is normal is because your PTH is high and doing its job of putting calcium into your blood from where ever it can find it like your bones and your intestines. I forgot to tell you what I take: Centrum (regular) once daily. Kirkland Calcium with magnesium and zinc. Citrocal at night. Beta carotene three or four times each day, 25,000 units. That works for me as my Vit A is back to normal, and my magnesium and zinc (did we measure that?) are normal. So is everything except my PTH. Marta But I know my best knowledge comes > from the people who have already gone through this (POST OPS). So > what do you think of the below results. Anything I should be worried > about. > Parathyroid Hormone Intact: Normal Range 10-65 My Result: 165 > (Funny because my actual calcium level if normal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 a, Did you send your labs to Dr.K? His fax number is on his website. The reason your calcium is normal is because your PTH is high and doing its job of putting calcium into your blood from where ever it can find it like your bones and your intestines. I forgot to tell you what I take: Centrum (regular) once daily. Kirkland Calcium with magnesium and zinc. Citrocal at night. Beta carotene three or four times each day, 25,000 units. That works for me as my Vit A is back to normal, and my magnesium and zinc (did we measure that?) are normal. So is everything except my PTH. Marta But I know my best knowledge comes > from the people who have already gone through this (POST OPS). So > what do you think of the below results. Anything I should be worried > about. > Parathyroid Hormone Intact: Normal Range 10-65 My Result: 165 > (Funny because my actual calcium level if normal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Thanks Marta. You sure are taking alot of pills though. I just dont want to have to take that many. Idealyl I would like to take the CALCIUM chews. Do you know if they work. What is CITROCAL. -ERICA > a, > > Did you send your labs to Dr.K? His fax number is on his website. > The reason your calcium is normal is because your PTH is high and > doing its job of putting calcium into your blood from where ever it > can find it like your bones and your intestines. > > I forgot to tell you what I take: Centrum (regular) once daily. > Kirkland Calcium with magnesium and zinc. Citrocal at night. Beta > carotene three or four times each day, 25,000 units. That works for > me as my Vit A is back to normal, and my magnesium and zinc (did we > measure that?) are normal. So is everything except my PTH. > > Marta > > > But I know my best knowledge comes > > from the people who have already gone through this (POST OPS). So > > what do you think of the below results. Anything I should be > worried > > about. > > > Parathyroid Hormone Intact: Normal Range 10-65 My Result: 165 > > (Funny because my actual calcium level if normal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Thanks Marta. You sure are taking alot of pills though. I just dont want to have to take that many. Idealyl I would like to take the CALCIUM chews. Do you know if they work. What is CITROCAL. -ERICA > a, > > Did you send your labs to Dr.K? His fax number is on his website. > The reason your calcium is normal is because your PTH is high and > doing its job of putting calcium into your blood from where ever it > can find it like your bones and your intestines. > > I forgot to tell you what I take: Centrum (regular) once daily. > Kirkland Calcium with magnesium and zinc. Citrocal at night. Beta > carotene three or four times each day, 25,000 units. That works for > me as my Vit A is back to normal, and my magnesium and zinc (did we > measure that?) are normal. So is everything except my PTH. > > Marta > > > But I know my best knowledge comes > > from the people who have already gone through this (POST OPS). So > > what do you think of the below results. Anything I should be > worried > > about. > > > Parathyroid Hormone Intact: Normal Range 10-65 My Result: 165 > > (Funny because my actual calcium level if normal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Thanks Marta. You sure are taking alot of pills though. I just dont want to have to take that many. Idealyl I would like to take the CALCIUM chews. Do you know if they work. What is CITROCAL. -ERICA > a, > > Did you send your labs to Dr.K? His fax number is on his website. > The reason your calcium is normal is because your PTH is high and > doing its job of putting calcium into your blood from where ever it > can find it like your bones and your intestines. > > I forgot to tell you what I take: Centrum (regular) once daily. > Kirkland Calcium with magnesium and zinc. Citrocal at night. Beta > carotene three or four times each day, 25,000 units. That works for > me as my Vit A is back to normal, and my magnesium and zinc (did we > measure that?) are normal. So is everything except my PTH. > > Marta > > > But I know my best knowledge comes > > from the people who have already gone through this (POST OPS). So > > what do you think of the below results. Anything I should be > worried > > about. > > > Parathyroid Hormone Intact: Normal Range 10-65 My Result: 165 > > (Funny because my actual calcium level if normal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 > > Thanks Marta. You sure are taking alot of pills though. I just dont > want to have to take that many. Idealyl I would like to take the > CALCIUM chews. Do you know if they work. What is CITROCAL. > > -ERICA I also take chews and tums, whatever suits my fancy at the moment. Citrocal is calcium citrate and I take it at night when my stomach is empty since the acid is less then. I also buy orange juice with calcium in it. That is a recent addition. It isn't really many pills, only two or three or four doses each day. The chews, etc, do not feel like medication since they are more like food or candy. Marta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 In a message dated 6/13/2004 12:26:31 PM Central Standard Time, nabi80@... writes: I believe Dee said (at the May meeting) that if your parathyroid is out of whack and your calcium level is normal it could mean that your body is leeching calcium from your bones in order to keep the calcium blood level normal. _________________________________________- , This is right, I was leeching pre op from my RNY...No wonder I had compression fractures in my back!! If your calcium in the blood is low, you can have heart problems, so the body will try to regulate it this way....Our bodies are amazing aren't they? in Bama VBG 1982 (lost from 433lbs to 270's) VBG -RNY1996 revision(Lost from 343 to 299) RNY-DS revision Dec 2002 -down 141 lbs (377.7 to 236 and still going) Homepage address- _http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/myhomepage/profile.html_ (http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/myhomepage/profile.html) Many thanks to Dr. K willing to take on a 3rd timer....LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 In a message dated 6/13/2004 12:26:31 PM Central Standard Time, nabi80@... writes: I believe Dee said (at the May meeting) that if your parathyroid is out of whack and your calcium level is normal it could mean that your body is leeching calcium from your bones in order to keep the calcium blood level normal. _________________________________________- , This is right, I was leeching pre op from my RNY...No wonder I had compression fractures in my back!! If your calcium in the blood is low, you can have heart problems, so the body will try to regulate it this way....Our bodies are amazing aren't they? in Bama VBG 1982 (lost from 433lbs to 270's) VBG -RNY1996 revision(Lost from 343 to 299) RNY-DS revision Dec 2002 -down 141 lbs (377.7 to 236 and still going) Homepage address- _http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/myhomepage/profile.html_ (http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/myhomepage/profile.html) Many thanks to Dr. K willing to take on a 3rd timer....LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 > I believe Dee said (at the May meeting) that if your parathyroid is > out of whack and your calcium level is normal it could mean that > your body is leeching calcium from your bones in order to keep the > calcium blood level normal. Like others stated, you should send > your lab results to Dr. K and get his opinion. Good luck! > > , you are correct! The purpose of parathyroid hormone is to get calcium into the blood stream. How or where it comes from, well, that is a moot point when it is life-threatening to have it drop below normal. Normally, calcium uptake from the gut also increases, but in us, well...you can see where that could be a problem. Marta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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