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High calcium
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Sep 26, 2012 - 2:02 pm
Has anyone here ever had a high calcium level? About two weeks ago my oncologist's nurse called me to tell me they wanted to recheck my calcium level. It had been 11 (should be no higher than 10, I think). I went on Monday, 12 days later and they called me today to tell me it is still too high,,,now 11.8. They said I need to hydrate a lot and go in for another blood draw next Thursday when I have my appointment with the oncologist. They want to run a few other tests. I've searched the internet (sometimes not a good thing) and got as far as 99.9% of the time, high calcium is due to hyperparathyroidism which requires surgery. Of course I know that I am not normal (haha) since I have RCC, but have any of you ever had this happen. Just wondering.... Paula |
Joined: May 2012
The quote below is from the website below. It gives a pretty thorough explanation about high/low calcium. I don't know if it has anything to do with their concern, but this site says high levels can indicate cancer has spread to the bone. I certainly hope that's not the case. Keep us posted.
"Cancer: Cancer can cause hypercalcemia when it spreads to the bones and causes the release of calcium from the bone into the blood or when a cancer produces a hormone similar to PTH, resulting in increased calcium levels."
http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/calcium/tab/test
Kathy
Joined: Jul 2012
Hi Paula
Before my RCC was discovered the only real medical problem I had was elevated blood calcium. It went on for more than 10 years with every doctor telling me "It's Just You". It usually stayed in the very hi 10's then once to 11.3 and twice to 11.8 where you are now. I don't want to get you nervous but once blood calcium levels get into the