Many of you have probably heard that I surprisingly ended up in the hospital for a week with pancreatitis.  It was caused by having a high level of calcium and parathyroid hormone in my blood. I have a growth on the parathyroid gland on the right side of my neck, so I’m assuming they will need to surgically remove at least that gland, if not more.  I have an appointment to see a head and neck surgeon on Friday, Sept. 4th and hopefully will know when the surgery will be after that appointment.

Pancreatitis is one painful disease and it’s not been an easy recovery.   I wasn’t able to eat anything more solid than watermelon for 12 days. I have been wanting to lose 15 pounds, but this was not the funnest way to do so.

I’ll keep you up to date on when things will be happening as far as my follow-up.  I hope to get it all taken care of as quickly as possible and be able to be in the half marathon without any trouble.

Laurie