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Parathyroidectomy soon or maybe later? Some direction sought here
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Aug 11, 2023 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
If you’re having surgery make sure that the surgeon knows what he’s doing. My wife went to the Norman Center in Florida for this surgery. This was the best thing we ever did. These doctors are the best. You don’t want some rookie exploring your neck and damaging your vocal cords. The surgeon here said she had 1 tumor and she was only going to look for that one. She ended up with 3 removed in Florida. If you can afford it it’s the best money you’ll ever spend.
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Hi - I saved your message. I live in Portland, Oregon and just got back from Florida at the Norman Clinic. I agree with you I had Providence endocrinologist in our Oregon local. Well it was the "wait and see" medical suggestion. My feeling was that this was to save the "corp hospital" money????...........anyway within the wait and see time (4 years) period I broke a wrist, a shoulder and rolled into the osteoporosis category. Finally I self referred to Florida. During the 4 years of waiting (the hospital here did no PHTH test until two years ago). The trip to florida was long and a hassle, but they have a shuttle and hotel all set up - this part was good. Truly a production line, but focused and my surgeon was great. I had one large one removed and being hopeful for my bones - voice is fine, neck is fine, I feel fine one day after. They found the errant gland quickly (over 1 inch which is fairly large) and I do have 3 left.....I am told to go heavy on the calcium for about 6 weeks in order to remind the dormant ones to wake up. There is a parathyroid surgery center in LA.........in general--------see a specialist and believe me, there are not many. NIH is a great place to research for clinical studies. The bone matrix will be eroded away as one gets older - no recourse. Marceen740@gmail.com
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Thanks riflemanz64 for your help. I'm glad your wife was helped by Norman Surgery Center in Tampa, FL. Yes, I know that the bad outcomes include nerve damage (i. e. damage to one or both vocal cords so that one's voice is ruined or maybe even entirely lost?), hematoma, infection, and removal of too many of the tiny glands (which I know become larger when ailing, when abnormal).