Some very valuable information from all of you! Thank you! It is so important for people to take and active role in their healthcare, reading and interpretation of diagnostics and labs. For five years my PCP missed about 5 hallmark signs and symptoms off hyper parathyroid disease...the results, kidneys stones, hypertension, elevated serum calcium, bone loss so dental implants just fell out and an osteoporosis at a -3t level (goes from 1-4) 4 being the work, oh and chronic kidney damage! Another physician picked it up within 10 minutes of reviewing my labs.Coming from the health care field I wonder how errors such as these are reported. Certainly there must be a Quality Assurance team that reviews and addresses the physicians short comings. As Nurses we were mandated to report errors in medication, treatment etc. and report to the Board at times. So what happens to physicians......??????? There were serious and meaningful consequences to my health and well being. The tumor was an inch big on a small parathyroid gland (usually rice size).