Idk if that question makes sense but basically I have a gut feeling that something is wrong with my parathyroid, however thats about it. I got some routine bloodwork done and found that I have relatively high calcium (but still within normal range) at 10.1. The reason I think it might be parathyroid related is that I’ve been having sharp bone pain all over that comes and goes, and a few weeks ago I was having pain in my left abdomen while urinating, which makes me think something might be affecting my kidneys. I also had trace amounts of blood in my urine found in a standard urinalysis test. I also have muscle weakness and fatigue but I know those symptoms are not exclusive to this disease. The final thing that has me scared for my parathyroid is that I had a benign tumor in my jaw (mandible) that I had to get removed when I was in high school, and I saw that for some people with a certain gene (CDC73) you are likely to get both hyperparathyroidism and jaw tumors. My PCP already seems very reluctant to do any sort of testing on me and thinks I just have health anxiety. My question is would it be acceptable to make an appointment with an endo or would they just laugh in my face since I don’t have tests to back up why I’m there?
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So I just recently established care with a PCP after not having one for a few years. Within the past few years I’ve discovered that I probably have celiac if not an intense gluten intolerance. I have already cut gluten out of my diet and was telling my doctor about it, and she says that I could do a blood test to be certain and that I’d just need to eat gluten for a “few days”. When I told her that I thought you had to eat gluten for a minimum of six weeks, she proceeded to look it up and said that it would be closer to 2 weeks, but if I really have as intense of symptoms as I was describing, it should be positive after the two weeks. I don’t believe her and think she’s wrong. Can anyone tell me what their experience was with the gluten challenge and how long they had to eat gluten? Either way, I don’t think I’ll do it, because before I was certain it was gluten destroying me I did a sort of “mini challenge” where I let myself eat gluten for a few days to see how I felt. I lasted two days and it was the most excruciating pain of my life, so I don’t think I’d survive even if it WAS only two weeks.