i went to the doctor

Okay this morning i went to the doctor, waited 2 hours, she measured my pressure and looked concerned, made me breathe in and out and heard my heart rate, told her all the symptoms! Thank god i wrote them all down, so monday morning i have to go back in.

I am getting
Blood tests,
Hormone tests (the ones in the throat, have no clue what its called)
Plasma test
Ultrasounds in my stomac and throat.

In two weeks i have another appointment, i have to ride the bicicle, and have another ultrasound.

She told me if it is what she thinks it is she is going to refer me to a specialist!

Oh and by the way! She was able to answer me about my nails smelling burnt? She told me i was getting too much calcium, and that im rare

Originally Posted by fwan

Hormone tests (the ones in the throat, have no clue what its called)

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Would that be your Thyroid? I sure hope they can figure out whats wrong!!

What kind of specialist Fran?

I hope the test turn out ok. WOW To much calcium? Ive never heard of that before. I guess you dont have to worry about osteo perosis.

Good vibes for getting through it all and having a successful outcome.

Wow! Sounds like she is going to put you through the ringer. Well Good Luck with the test and let us know what they find. Lots of vibes that it is nothing serious.

too much calcium = hypercalcaemia. Your parathyroid may be overactive.

I hope everything goes well at the doctors!

The throat would be a thyroid test, Fran. Thyroid problems are extremely common in Germany, because there's next to no iodine in the soil, and most foods aren't fortified with it. Before reunification, none were in western Germany. Flour is now, because the eastern Germans insisted on it.

In addition to blood tests, they usually do an ultrasound on your thyroid to check for cysts on it. If the blood tests and ultrasound indicate a problem, you'll be sent to a radiologist for a "Szintografie", which isn't the least bit painful. I usually have the ultrasound done by a radiologist, too. (I have a "hypo", or underactive, thyroid, and take a little pill for it every morning).

Good luck with all the tests, Fran. Maybe all this will help you some...

Good luck Fran! I'm glad to see your on the road to finding out what has been going on!!!

Good Luck Fran

It does sound like a thyroid test. My husband ended up with hypo (low) thyroid, and gained weight, his hair went gray, he had headaches in the morning, and several other things. Now he takes a pill every day that only costs about $1 for a month's worth!

Originally Posted by fwan

Oh and by the way! She was able to answer me about my nails smelling burnt? She told me i was getting too much calcium, and that im rare

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Have her do a Vitamin D blood test. Vitamin D helps to absorb Calcium. It's possible that the calcium isn't being absorbed into your bones, in which case while you have loads of calcium floating around, it's not really doing your body a lick of good and you are at high risk for bone fractures and kidney stones.

Continued vibes for good health and high spirits!

Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

Have her do a Vitamin D blood test. Vitamin D helps to absorb Calcium. It's possible that the calcium isn't being absorbed into your bones, in which case while you have loads of calcium floating around, it's not really doing your body a lick of good and you are at high risk for bone fractures and kidney stones.

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she is actually doing alot of tests through out the next two weeks
but atleast she doesnt think its depression!

Originally Posted by Satai

Continued vibes for good health and high spirits!

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Same feelings to you Fran! ...don´t give up!!! ...Animo!

Originally Posted by fwan

she is actually doing alot of tests through out the next two weeks
but atleast she doesnt think its depression!

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Most doctors don't automatically check for Vitamin levels. Vitamin D is needed to help in the absorbtion of Calcium. If you don't have enough Vitamin D your body doesn't absorb Calcium into the bones. I would ask her to do a test otherwise she probably won't.

Fran , I am thinking of you, and I really hope everything goes okay. It must be a little scary to go through all these tests

Sending good new vibes your way!! I hope you're able to get an answer and it is something SIMPLE!