yes and yes.............I watched and waited and no change...........now I have a broken arm and all the other symptoms you mentioned. In the united states the big hospitals have a legal/accounting term "capitation" and that basically says that doing minimal cost medical solutions brings bigger profits. i have an on-line interview with the Norman clinic in Florida. At least they don't lie to you = despite the fairly hefty cost. Keep researching and I understand taking these errant little parathyroids out is fairly minimal surgery (never take them all). Also, if you get a surgeon that doesn't do this tricky surgery all the time............then 30% of the general surgeon population miss the bad gland. Then you have to go in "again"..................i live in Oregon in the US