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Some of you may remember I have been having some nasty gastro-intestinal issues and heart arrythmias for the last 3 months. I finally got a doctor who figured out that I have a hyperparathyroid. The parathyroid puts out a hormone that controls your calcium levels. Mine is putting out to much hormone causing the calcium to leave the bones and enter the blood stream. This has caused a serious case of osteoperosis in the bones, but has also caused a multitude of problems in the rest of me. Too much calcium in the blood stream has caused gastro problems, heart arrythmias, kidney stones, fatigue and sleep issues. This is classic hyperparathyroid, but some of these issues might be from the heart so we will see which symptoms go away after the surgery. I am doing it at Cedars Sinai where my heart team is just in case. It is normally an outpatient thing but they want to keep me over night again because of the heart. I am very hopeful that these problems I have had will digress after surgery. I wil let you know how it turns out. I am allergic to a handful of antibiotics, so please pray that I have no infections. They will give me clindamiacin pre-op.
By the way on top of this L. A. County Fire Department has made an effort to force me into reitrement. Many of you had mentioned that this might happen to me. I am talking with a lawyer and haven't yet decided if I will fight it or not. I have 21 years with the department and had hoped to make it to 25. We will see. Trying not to worry about that and leave it in God's hands.
By the way on top of this L. A. County Fire Department has made an effort to force me into reitrement. Many of you had mentioned that this might happen to me. I am talking with a lawyer and haven't yet decided if I will fight it or not. I have 21 years with the department and had hoped to make it to 25. We will see. Trying not to worry about that and leave it in God's hands.