Back in 2019, I tripped over something (moving backwards), and sat down on a hard floor rather heavily. Knew immediately I hurt my back, but thought it was soft tissue damage.
Bad period followed - unable to move at all and in bad pain, got my GP to send me some strong pain killers - upshot that it was a month before an MRI showed I had actually had a stress fracture in my spine.
My GP's practice went into overdrive when this result reached them, upped my ADCAL intake from one to two a day and put me on Alendronic Acid. When I asked for a Dexa scan was told 'No need - a stress fracture in a woman of my age (79 yrs then), could only mean osteoarthritus.
When I moved, I again asked for a Dexa scan and had it refused again - and remained on this high dose of calcium daily.
With my recent diagnosis of Acromegaly, I am having so many different types of tests (blood, MRI's, ECT's, et.etc) as they try to determine that damage I have suffered from the fact that this condition has been diagnosed so late. I am being very well looked after by NHS.
At my appt with Endocrinologist last week and I was told that my Calcium levels were TOO HIGH!!!! was told to stop taking Edcal at all immediately (Consultant will arrange with GP for me to be given just Vit D tabs now). Further check on this in two or three weeks time.
I had not known that too much calcium can also be dangerous - hope just stopping these tabs will sort this out for me, as I do like my yoghurts and hard cheese is one of my secret food pleasures.
Anyone else out there been told that their calcium levels are too high???
Is my neighbour mean? Opinions please.


