tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12755559.post-1146682484230166462006-05-03T11:46:00.000-07:002006-05-03T11:54:44.246-07:00The trip was wonderful. The kids were great on the flights. The room was comfortable, the food was delicious, and the sites were fantastic.<br /><br />We are still trying to get back on Arizona time. For the last 2 days my kids have slept past 10am. This was fine on Tuesday as they don't start school until 11:30am. But today, Wednesday, we got up too late to go to cheerleading class which starts at 10:30am. There wasn't enough time to get them up, fed, and excited about it within 10-15minutes to give us enough time to drive to the rec center. Oh well.<br /><br />While I was gone my dr's office called with my latest blood test results. I had tests on April 6 and April 20. Both revealed high calcium levels which sounds to me like parathyroid disease (thanks internet).<br /><br />The dr said to wait 6 months and test again.<br /><br />I don't like that answer. I want to take action now. If I do indeed need to have one of my four parathyroid glands removed, I want to do it sooner rather than later. This is because I believe a lot of my daily complaints could be fixed with this possible diagnosis and possible surgery. Depression, constipation, headaches, moodiness, etc. Sounds vague, but given the high calcium levels it fits.<br /><br />So I have an appointment on May 15 to meet with the physcian's assistant to go over my lab results. WHy couldn't they just refer me to either an endocrinologist or a surgeon? I want this fixed now.<br /><br />This dr's office seems to drag their feet on all this stuff. Don't they understand that this is my life? My general well-being? Have they asked me if I'm depressed, constipated, or moody? They know for sure I have daily headaches. I feel as though I'm invisible and I have to be an advocate for myself. This just seems to be how it is these days.<br /><br />Oh well, I guess I sit tight until the appointment on May 15. In the mean time I'll jsut drive myself batty looking up parathyroid stuff on the internet. I feel as though it's too late to find a new primary care doctor who would just start from square one.Lynellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146484402048634926noreply@blogger.com0