aaargh--all I can offer you is my sympathy and the hope you find a doc who understands this issue.....soon!

I wish that I could be there's a shortage of doctors here. I was on a waiting list for two years to get this doctor! My endocrinologist is good but she won't see me unless my doctor makes the referral again. At least I am getting blood work done more often!

Canadian system is great in many ways ..a good system but not a perfect system. Delays in seeing Doctors,even finding one or being referred to Specialists is difficult. In the US you do not require a Doctors referral to get a second opinion, to see Specialists. In Canada you cannot just pay to have lab work done or get scans taken you must have requistion by Doctor even if willing to pay for it personally. Also many do not realize that in addition to medicare system people also pay for private insurance and then often require additional private insurance if going out-of -province or holiday outside country. Taxes are very high. Alot of Canadians travel to US to personally pay for testing.
It's unfortunate that you are not getting followed by an Endo but very fortunate that you have a Doctor willing to monitor you regularily with testing.
Their are some Canadian Doctors that specialize in Parathyroid disease and are very well respected but unlike the US, they do not advertise so very difficult to find this information out.
If you look at Dr. Norman's site you will see how many Parathyroid surgeries he performs on people living in Canada. This is not free to them but obvious patients willing to be cured.
If your parathyroid disease is genetic based which is more likely in your case as you have already had 2 operations then it is every dna cell and you will be predisposed to develop another parathyroid adenoma. So keep advocating and following up on your blood work.

Yes we get taxed 13% here. I do have an endocrinologist but she referred me back to my family doctor. Until my calcium level reaches the number that she wants she won't refer me because she deems it unnecessary! I just want something to be done! I agree that my hyperparathyroidism is most likely genetic. My endocrinologist said she was worried that I had MEN. I am hypothyroid too. I don't know if that makes me more likely to have MEN or not. I read there's a blood test for MEN? Certain markers? I really do wish that I could go to Doctor Norman but I don't have the means to do that. I will definitely keep up with the bloodwork. I should be able to get a printout of my results at the hospital.

If the Endocrinologist is concerned you have MEN then were you referred for genetic testing? Although parathyroid disease is the first presenting system there are other endocrine tests used to screen for tumours associated with this disease.
These tests involve the adrenal, pituitary and not only the thyroid.
Surprised if this is suspected that your bloodwork did not involve a whole spectrum of tests that should be done on a yearly basis.
Go to AMENDS
Association of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disease Syndrome
Go across tabs at top, find publications and then look at each patient booklet. This will help you to see what is involved and what screening tests should be done.

Thank you for the website suggestion parachild, I know it will be very helpful. It has been well over a year since I last saw my endocrinologist. She tested my adrenals, did 24 hour urines(one container had acid in it), glucose levels, tsh, pth, calcium levels, metabolic panel, kidney function, and prolactin levels. She also had me do a bone density scan which still showed osteopenia.

I asked my doctor about getting another bone density scan done and she said that it takes a while for bones to build back up so it would be pointless to test! Calcium is being taken out out of bones so they will continue to weaken! My doctor does the metabolic panel, the tsh, vitamin D, calcium, pth and tsh. She only goes by the numbers.

I just want something to be done instead of all of this waiting!