Haven't had parathyroidectomy yet. Two VA MDs - one an endocrinologist and the other an endocrine surgeon - thought that Norman in FL was a bad place to go for surgery. I didn't ask each of them why they (who weren't together with me- different day with each one) felt or know that Norman's not so special, not so wonderful as it claims to be.

Maybe I'll have parathyroidectomy with surgeon Eren Berber of Cleveland or maybe with the VA-- I don't know yet. You see, I could travel alone to a surgery center but have no one, no helpers in my life, to then accompany me home after surgery-- the surgery location could be very far from where I live. [Most respectable medical/surgical businesses will not let a patient go home alone after various surgeries. I suppose this is due to state law in the states where they're located.] And I don't know what troubles/difficulties I'd have living alone, with no helpers, after parathyroidectomy. This is a complication I suppose for me.