hypercalcemia Diagnosis
I am a Káiser Permanente member since 1984. I also have stage 3 COPD. I was recently looking through a list of “Health Conditions “, that is on the Kaiser website of mine, and was surprised to find that I had hypercalcemia! It was diagnosed December 2022. It was never mentioned to me. I know nothing at all about it. I also have chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis and congestive heart failure. Should I be worried?
HI ! I personally feel any "new" diagnose deserves some concern, just for the fact it's something
I need to know for any future medical care, especially if I am seeing a new doctor or say out of town and
need to be seen. I was not sure what Hypercalcemia was so for the fun of new information I did a search.
Found this and thought it might be helpful to you, maybe even think back to see if you can remember the
doctor switching some of your meds around a little at the time or added something new. Hope this is helpful
to you! .
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/14597-hypercalcemia
and
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hypercalcemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355523#:~:text=Hypercalcemia%20is%20a%20condition%20in,result%20of%20overactive%20parathyroid%20glands.Thank you so very much, for taking the time to look up and post those links for me. That was very thoughtful of you! 💕 I read the information on those links, and can now honestly say, that I now understand hypercalcemia. 
Hi connie, and thanks for your posts here. I see my colleague, , and our fellow member, , have already jumped in and provided some very worthwhile information about hypercalcemia and hyperparathyroidism. I would think this is an important condition for you to be aware of since you were diagnosed just recently, in December 2022. It is also important since you shared that you also have chronic kidney disease (CKD), osteoporosis, and congestive heart failure (CHF).
What surprises me is that, although this new diagnosis appeared on your medical record in December 2022, no one has discussed with you how this relates to your overall health!
It's good to hear the information provided by our colleagues was helpful for you. Are you planning on discussing this, more in depth, with the folks at Kaiser Permanente?
If there is anything we can do to assist you, please let me or any other moderator / team member know. You are always welcome here in our online community.
Please do check back here, if you don't mind, and let us know how you're doing.
Warm regards,
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)
Hi @conniej, I can understand you finding out about a diagnosis that you were unaware of, to be concerning. I wanted to send along some information in hopes that this will help you. Jill, COPD.net, team member
https://copd.net/living/hypercalcemia.
https://copd.net/living/hypercalcemia-hyperathyroidismHi Jill, Thank you for providing me with those links. That was very thoughtful of you to help me! ❤️
Hi Leon, Thank you for the warm welcome to the online community.
Yes, in fact I do have an appointment scheduled for this coming Friday, to discuss the very issue of that diagnosis from December of 2022, with my new primary care provider at Kaiser.Hi again, connie - it's our pleasure - we have quite a team here at COPD.net, of both moderators, team members and of course, our wonderful community members. I am glad to have you as one of them!
Thanks for updating us on the planned appointment you have schedules for this Friday. I am hopeful this discussion with be informative and productive for you. We are all pulling for you here.
Please do check back and let us know how this all turns out for you.
Good luck!
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)
