covet your prayers

[merryBe]

for those that do pray, I'm having an adenoma, parathroid gland removed from deep in my throat on Monday.

It's right next to the vocal nerves, effecting both voice and swallowing.

I really would appreciate all the prayers that could go up, going up.

thanks.  Love you guys.

[Mary4now]

Dont you worry, I will do my mantras to the medicine buddha

[lalapple]

Thinking of you Merry!  Good luck!

[paen53]

Thinking of you, MB and your upcoming surgery. Will keep you in my prayers and am sending positive thoughts for healing and strength.

Pam

[nygirl7]

Merry,

You know i will be praying, hard, that everything goes perfectly and that this somehow helps your overall health so much that you don't even recognize yourself anymore!  It's been a problem for you (parathyroid) for so long.....it will be nice if you can finally get it taken care of and move on from it.

You know I am praying right now.  Will continue to till we hear from you afterwards.

So don't forget to give us an update.

Debby

[meakea]

Will do Merry!  Post a thumbs up to us when you are done and feeling better!!  All the best.  

[Diane12855]

You'll be in my prayers for sure. I hope this is the answer to all of your troubles and life gets better than it has ever been for you after the surgery.

Diane

[Mary4now]

So MerryBe, when is the surgery scheduled? please keep us posted and many blessings

[IMstacie]

sending prayers your way.  Be well MerryBe.

[merryBe]

thanks x 1000000

you guys are great!!!

I can't wait to get this out of me...I've been almost as tired this year as when on tx, and a whole lot more sore as far as muscles go.

My hope is everyone will realize the endocrine system can go south due to HCV...

it's common knowledge on pubmed now, but most docs and patients don't know it.
If my example helps anyone else to keep a watchful eye on these systems,
like I've been saying for years now, well at least my suffering won't have been in vain.

[Trish77]

I hope this all goes well for you, merryBe.

Trish

[GoofyDad]

Best wishes and good luck. I bet you'll be back on you feet in no time.

[evangelin]

You've got my prayers.  
Blessings,
Ev

[fretboard]

Sure I can do that!  good luck, and get well!!

[IAmTheWalrus]

I'll be thinking of you and looking forward to a good outcome for you!

Brent

[Willy50]

Thinking of you today, thought I posted earlier, but apparently it didn't "take".

Willy

[carol411]

You'll be in my thoughts all day, and until we hear back from you!

Carol

[merryBe]

Mission accomplished!!!   I had a lot of people praying for me....

results=praise reports.

I got a very good surgeon. Even though the nerve to the vocal cord were entwined arounf the tumor she successfully removed the tumor with microsurgery and minimally invasive procedure (MIP) and NO damage to my vocal cords.

Been yaking all afternoon so hubby will have to put up with it...giggle!!!

Also the anesthetic nurse did the intake, spent 30 minute, and really thought through the process, then she and my surgeon and I all brain stormed and came up with a plan.

RESULT= this was THE BEST surgery I ever had....almost zero side effects, and no dopiness when I work up......the intensive care was shocked I was doing so well!!!

Ergo the right drugs, and not over medicating is ket for liver people.

I got the flow sheet, and will carry it with me for emergency purposes...it was that good.

Also....ALL the prayer got us here.... Thanks guys...and thanks LORD!!!

BTW, right before surgery PTH was 220

5 minutes after surgery PTH was 26......ergo normal !!!!

So good bye to all night tremors, charlie horses, all day muscle pain, extreme fatique, and 15 other things...



YIPEE !!!!!!!!!  YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

truly Merry now.

Also

[Mary4now]

Congratulations,  its so nice when "things" go right, good for you

[nygirl7]

WOW Merry that is totally amazing stuff! I cannot belive how quickly it went that far down (makes sense but you know us heppers are used to slower response rates!) I will have to have mine checked out as you have been telling me to for years. What test do they do a PTH test is in a blood test? I hve to go for bloodwork and can have the doc add that easily enough. Just to be sure.

I  am amazed at how well this went for you.  Certainly all the prayers and good wishes did indeed help. Wow. What great amazing news!

[frijole]

Congratulations on what sounds like a very complicated surgery.  I too am amazed at how fast your pth dropped.

frijole

[merryBe]

thanks again you lovelies, and yes it is amazing it dropped that fast but that is NORMAL for this condition.  PTH (parathyroid hormone) is secreted to get calcium to come out of the bones normally when there isn't enough in the system.

but when when goes rouge, and turns into an adenoma (slow growing/non spreading tumor) then that gland is irritated and secrets the hormone all the time.

Then your kidneys work overtime trying to get RID of extra calcium, but the hormone tells your body to get more...usually fom teeth and bone...

on average, people have this for several years before they get diagnosed, so it's possible to be diagnosed with "fibromyalgia", arthritis or several other things when in fact it's just a rouge gland.

The truth is hepatitis effects the entire glandular system and we should be checked regularly.

The truth also is that thyroid and parathyroid tumors are FAR more common then we know.

I know you'll think I'm nuts, but the majority of folks out age got radiated by the 1000 nuclear bombs they tested when we were children. The government never totld us what they did, but they nuked us all, and depending on where you lived, your chances of having endocrine issues as a result could be 100 times higher than the statistics they quote.   For comparison one needs to look at the statistics for the Chernobyl fallout, realizing the health effect of one exposure, and then realize that areas of this country has many times such exposures....particularly those in the southwest and midwest, but also back east.  Unfortunately, it didn't matter where you lived, if you were in Nevada or east you got hit...the jet stream would take up the mushroom clouds and then they would funnel back down here and there as they passed the country...so while we swung on our monkey bars we were all made guinea pigs and radiated hundreds or thousands of times over. Here's the spatter from a bomb...remember they knew which towns were hit, but never told us. Nice huh?
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://krygier.owu.edu/krygier_html/geog_111/geog_111_lo/geog_111_lo02_gr/NuclearSplat.jpg&imgrefurl=http://krygier.owu.edu/krygier_html/geog_111/geog_111_lo/geog_111_lo16.html&usg=__4faLACVFOMrU3sGWZ54XsacPPrM=&h=389&w=600&sz=106&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=QHxqnn33DghYHM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=169&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnuclear%2Bfallout%2Bmap%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1T4GGLL_enUS348US348%26biw%3D1225%26bih%3D563%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C23&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=292&vpy=271&dur=12500&hovh=181&hovw=279&tx=139&ty=138&ei=jF_bTMOtO4H2tgPp4qnlAw&oei=s17bTIe5DIe6sAOB4MGzBw&esq=9&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0&biw=1225&bih=563

For these reasons, the HCV rates being higher, and the bomb fallout, I think an endocrine workup should be as common as a yearly physical. Many folks suffer needlessly for years without knowing why.

Now that I know all of this, I can think of one relative I am 95% sure must have had one of these adenomas without ever being diagnosed. She had EVERY classic symptom, but alas, no doctor ever tested her.

BTW....as of the last 2 mornings I can make a fist in the morning, pain free...my hands are no longer stiff. Before, I could barely hold onto a broom stick, I couldn't get them to close. So my stiffness has definitely been related to this hormone excess.

Here's hoping we all get well to fight the good fight until the day we get called up!!!

[IAmTheWalrus]

Glad to hear the good result. I hope the quality of life keeps improving!

Brent

[GoofyDad]

"I could barely hold onto a broom stick"

I trust that, despite the functional vocal chords, your husband is pleased with the result? Yeah, broomstick. We get it.

[GoofyDad]

PS: Congratulations. Glad it went well!