I think ¨I am still here and I am still trying¨ is a great NSV.

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Passdays used 9 (April 5, 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15)

I had a bilateral exploratory surgery on my throat on Thursday in Phoenix for hyperparathryoidism. (Assuming most are not familiar with this disease, the parathryoids are 4 glands, normally the size of a grain of rice, that usually sit behind the thyroid and hormonally control calcium regulation in the body. Dysregulation causes multiple systemic effects such as bone density depletion, kidney stones, and digestive, cardiological and neurological symptoms.)

My husband and I drove there and my son flew in to take turns with my husband for the 16 hour drive back. I am so pleased that the surgery seemed to be a great success and the surgeon found and removed the gland with what appeared to be an adenoma (benign tumor), that is the most coomon cause of this illness. More than 95% of the time, a successful surgery is a cure for this horrible disease, although it can take up to a year for the calcium regulation system to rebalance and to find out which symptoms are going to go away, because many of the symptoms, like brain fog, fatigue, anxiety, depression, constipation, and acid reflux, can also be caused by other things.

Today I got back to tracking more carefully what I eat. Unfortunately, one pair of pants felt a little tight-- I am up about 5 pounds from my lowest weight as I have not wanted to cut calories too low in this pre- and post- surgery process. I have to take an extra 1600 mg of calcium this week, with food, so that is a little challenging too. So I am re-committing to focusing the diet part of my health.