by Bringo001 on Sat Jan 07, 2017 9:48 am
Hello,
Please excuse my English because I am French educated .
I am a 26-year-old male. Diagnosed in October with a fatty liver after having a biopsy that showed more than 50 steatosis .
And here the story begins.
I started to have several tests every week to see how my ALT and my AST are doing with my new life style (a healthy diet and workouts).
On 24 November, 2016 had a blood test after workouts that showed normal calcium 10.2.
On 30 November, 2016 had a blood test that showed hypercalcemia. My calcium level bounced from 10.2 to 10.8 in 6 days!
On 12 December, 2016 had a blood test that showed that calcium returned to normal level (10.1)
On 21 December, 2016 had an appointment with an oncologist who said to me: "Go enjoy your life. You're still young. And don't come back to me ever. Don't think about it. It's nothing."
And he ordered a blood test and calcium remains normal 10.1.
A few days later, I had another appointment with another oncologist and he said you should see an endocrinologist.. Your problem is somewhere there. Not here. And I repeated my calcium test. And it was normal again 10.0.
On 28 December, 2016 and when i was laying on my bed and putting my hand on my head, I heard a weird sound in my bones (I guess it was in my left arm or shoulder) .
So next day I had the calcium test again and it was normal 10.0.
Then I had an x-rays for my shoulder and arm. And it showed nothing abnormal.
On 3 January, 2017 (after 4 days since my last test ), I repeated the tests that the first oncologist ordered to me, and my calcium was 10.6! (again + 0.6 in 4 days).
Next day i went to an endocrinologist. He ordered some tests. One of them was free calcium test. He said my results are normal with serum 1.37 and ionized calcium 5.47, lab range is 1.17-1.40 and 4.64-5.60, but I saw on the Internet that this level is considered slightly high. And the next day told me that there nothing to worry about.. I asked him if I should go back to the oncologist, he said no, all is normal. Go live your life and forget about the calcium!
I called my oncologist, he asked me if the endocrinologist said that I should come back to him. I said no. He said ok, forget it then, and don't do your calcium tests again!
And here I am.. Afraid of having misdiagnosed multiple myeloma and no one is giving me a clear answer of the reason why my calcium levels are bouncing like that! And I really don't know if should forget about it, like my doctors said, or be concerned of this problem ..
Had an x-ray for my feet (because they hurt one month ago) and my cervical spine. And had a CT scan for abdomen.
I am not consuming dairy products and other high-calcium foods. It's been 1 month and I am starting to feel some mild pain in my chest and back sometimes.
