I feel fine, but a doctor told me that blood tests showed I have a hyperparathyroid. I hardly even knew I had a parathyroid! Anyway, a lot of calcium I've taken for osteoporosis isn't getting to my bones, and I could develop kidney stones. I now have an endocrinologist and have had a lot of tests he ordered. He has referred me to a surgeon. Thus far I have avoided making that appointment but know I must do it soon. In the meantime I am drinking lots of water to avoid those kidney stones! Most people don't want surgery, but I have already had one bad experience. Several years ago I went in as an outpatient for my first "routine" colonoscopy. During it, my intestine was perforated. During hospitalization I had a pulmonary embolism, a lung collapsed, I was put on a ventilator and into an induced coma. I came out of it after about a month. Soon after I was trached. After another month in that hospital I was transferred to a rehab hospital for 3-hours daily of occupational and physical therapy. When I entered my therapy started with wiggling my fingers and toes. When I left I was using a walker. I received more therapy at home for a month. I graduated to a cane and could drive. I walked daily at a mall. It took me a year to get enough stamina to travel. Planning the trip was what kept me going. I went to England to visit my childhood penpal and her husband. Before the trip I said I wanted to see a lot of churches. I like church architecture and knew that in a church there would be places to sit if I got tired! Now I'm supposed to have an operation on my neck! What if there's a slip-up during that!