I have never mentioned this before but I had a parathyroid tumor. The parathyroid is suppose to regulate calcium in the body. Well mine wasn't working and I had calcium everywhere. Before I knew what was going on I had an x-ray of my foot as I had so much foot pain. Two radiologist put me in a room and told me that he had never seen anything like it before. This was at a major teaching hospital. I had a layer of "something" on top of my bone and they could not see my bone. Well anyway, come to find out i had calcium everywhere and I was very sick. There are both mental and physical symptoms that I won't get into. If anyone is interested they can look them up. So it took a few years to be diagnosed with the parathyroid. It took changing primary care physicians to figure it out. Once diagnosed I had one (out of four) parathyroid glands removed, the one with the tumor. Yes, I felt better afterwards but still felt like a sludge. I have never had a calcium scan so I don't have evidence of how bad it was.
I have been on Vascepa since 2013 (with one break in the middle after my physician quit practicing. Over the years I have felt better and better.
How much better, just this week I golfed 18 on Monday and went to the gym Tuesday Wednesday and Friday., got the grass cut and did other work around the house. It is not just physical improvement is is mental as well. Also memory issues have resolved. I credit Vascepa with removing the residual calcium that was all over my body after the surgery. I literally feel great.
I feel like I owe Vascepa and Amarin my life. If anyone has high Calcium scores in your blood, make sure to get a PTH (parathyroid) test. Only way to fix it is to have the offending parathyroid removed.
