My wife has had high calcium and PTH for years. Her Dr. here in Milwaukee has just watched it. She's had almost all the bad symptoms. So this year he ordered a sestimibi scan which showed 1 tumor in her parathyroid glands and a thyroid nodule. The surgeon here we talked to was only going to check the 1 bad gland. I found out about Norman parathyroid Center in Tampa Fl online. That's all they do there is parathyroid surgeries. They have done over 30K surgeries there. No student Dr.s only highly skilled Dr.s on this team. I told my wife, if i have to drag you onto an airplane your going here. This place checks all 4 parathyroids and thyroid during your typical 1/2 day surgery. We made the appointment and flew down to Tampa. Planes are only 1/2 full. She got a covid test that came back neg. We arrived on the surgery day at 6am, the surgeon called me after and said they removed 3 tumors and not 1 like our Dr. said in Milwaukee. The scans are not accurate and that's why you need all 4 glands tested. Now my wife is cured of this terrible disease. Her bones can now start to rebuild. NO TUBE down your throat only an IV knock out juice to sedate you. 1.1" scar close with a bandaid. My wife had 3 parathyroids removed and there was no thyroid nodule. We were back in our hotel at 12:30pm same day, no hospital stay required. These guys have this surgery down to a T and are experts.
My wifes PTH was 154 and now after surgery it's 15.4. This place charges for an initial consultation but since covid hit most insurance companies pay it for you. Another thing to ask is how many of these surgeries have you done? There are nerves that can be cut if they don't do these that often. This is a very mild operation when done by these guys! 1/2 day and your good to go. I'm sorry we waited so long to go here. My wife now can eat whatever she wants to, no restrictions. Don't take a wait and see approach to this because it's destroying you bones. Now my wife said she's happy she went after telling me she didn't want to go.