@rea721 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You have a large kidney stone in your ureter but you were told that no surgeon will do surgery because your PTH levels are not elevated. You want to connect with other people that have gone through someone similar. Members like @dave9136 @hopeful33250 have discussed this topic before.

Below I have linked a previous discussion related to this topic. You may wish to scroll through the previous comments. There looks to also be links provided by a member that may be helpful.
- Worrying About My Hyperparathyroidism https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/worrying-about-my-hyperparathyroidism/

You mentioned that you were concerned with, "letting it go." May I ask if you have considered a second opinion?

Read this.
https://www.parathyroid.com/parathyroid-disease.htm

Hello @rea721, I would like to also welcome you to Mayo Clinic Connect.

I'm happy that Erika, @erikas, invited me to this discussion. I don't understand why doctors refuse to remove the stone in the ureter because your PTH is not elevated. I'm wondering if you perhaps misunderstood what they said. I would encourage you to call the doctor's office and speak with either the doctor, the nurse, or a Physician's Assistant and clarify the reason why the surgery cannot be done for the stone.

In the meantime, I would also consider seeking a second opinion about the surgery for the stone in the ureter. Are you seeing a urologist for this stone?
Are you in a lot of pain?

I look forward to hearing from you again.

My husband has been dealing with his since August 2020. He has finally finished his work up at MD Anderson in Houston for one of the non-cancerous conditions they treat. He saw an endocrine surgeon first. She has been the most thorough doctor we have seen. Besides the usual PTH, calcium and Vit D tests, she ran markers for bone remodeling and a 24-hour urine calcium test. He just had a 4D CT/Sestamibi scan and will be going to surgery soon. He also has had thyroid issues which made for a more complicated situation. We can't say enough about the treatment he has gotten. Read every scientific journal you can get on the internet. Beware of here say and sensational websites. You, too might seek out a consultation there, as well.

Hello @sandrajune

I am glad to hear that your husband got such a good work-up. I'm sure he feels more confident having surgery. Could you share on Connect, what sort of symptoms led him to investigate this?

I had to smile when I read your statement, "He saw an endocrine surgeon first. She has been the most thorough doctor we have seen." I have seen an endocrinologist and I too am very impressed with how knowledgeable she is.

You indicated that he will be having surgery soon. Will this be surgery on the thyroid or the parathyroid? I certainly wish him well. After his surgery, I hope you post an update on how he is doing. Do you mind sharing the date of his surgery?

His first problem was extreme abdominal pain after vomiting for 2 hours in August. The ER Dr. said it could be reflux after negative CT scan and blood work. When I looked at all his blood work later, I noticed his calcium was on the edge of high normal. I looked that up and saw it could be a symptom of pHPT. I then looked at some blood work he had in 2018 when working up a thyroid nodule. The calcium was high back then. Neither the internist or the ENT never caught it two years ago. We were headed to Seattle the first of September and decided to get seen at the U of Washington. I asked for a parathyroid test and it was 188, the top of the norm was 80. That was when we know he had an issue. During August he had about 5 fainting spells and felt generally unwell, with fatigue, weight loss, insomnia, nausea, aches and pains, headache, nervousness and irritability. This continued into October. While we waited to see an endocrinologist, we had thyroid tests and scans. He had a spell getting off the elevator going the the endoccrine appointment. He was hyperthyroid (which was thought to be unrelated) and was started on medication to suppress that. We saw a Head & Neck surgeon who said he was not a candidate for parathyroid surgery since the bone in his forearm showed no bone loss or kidney damage. Four days later he was in the ER again with even worse abdominal pain than in August, requiring more morphine and dilaudid and was almost admitted. We were then traveling to south Texas in our RV for the winter. I looked up MD Anderson, as the surgeon in Washington knew some surgeons there. When I called, they sent us to the Endocrine clinic, (rather than a general head and neck surgeon) and we got this wonderful surgeon who is calling the shots. She is knowledgeable, thorough beyond belief and caring. I had to listen on the phone because of COVID. All the tests have been run, including a 24-hour urine calcium which was abnormal. He saw an endocrinologist because of the thyroid suppressant he was on and he thought the parathyroid might actually be causing fluctuating thyroid functioning and took him off the thyroid suppressant. He had a Sestamibi scan to check for the location of the parathyroid glands last week. He is now ready for surgery. I'm sure that we will hear from them after the holiday with a date. The surgeon here stated that he has a complicated case. From the intake people, nurses and doctors my husband feels he is in the best place possible for his situation. Not that Mayo is off the list, we just happen to be here. I have been treated at Mayo in Rochester and Phoenix and have nothing but wonderful experience with two dermatologists who made a diagnosis that no one previously could. People, read all you can about this disease and be an educated consumer.

rea721 - Sounds like you have a complicated case. Since you have bone and kidney complications, I hope you get yourself to a teaching hospital or a multi-discipline center like Mayo or MD Anderson to get yourself diagnosed and treated properly. Hyperparathyroidism is often missed and misunderstood by many doctors. You need someone who has treated many patients in a year, not just a couple.