Yes and yes. However in my yearly checkups, my endo did never check the PTH...................mine are not horribly above normal, but my calcium is high.....but also the vitamin D level is low (another indicator).

I did a scan (ultrasound only) and a bone density..............There are other tests out there, but the norman clinic does this for "location" purposes. I have to get the bad gland out...........way too long and way too much damage.

I don't feel like myself either and sleep about 10 hours a night plus a nap.......These little glands are tiny tiny....and the Norman Clinic in Florida has a great video........check out Parathyroid.com and off to the left is the film of the surgery......the gland looks more like an infection and less like a tumor that you can just clip off...

it is approved .....but after the damage was done..............medical big corporate in the us.................