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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How high is his serum calcium?  Does he have any other medical conditions? [/quote]

Op here. He has Parkinsons (now about stage 3) but is otherwise healthy.[/quote]

There is a relationship between calcium and Parkinson’s. You should do some reading.

Go ahead and make an endocrinology appointment now if the PCP already said to.  It can take months to get in and many endocrinologists require a formal referral. Would highly recommend you see an endocrinologist experienced in Hyperparathyroidism as many are not and failure to diagnose and offer treatment is more frequent than you would think. If he had bloodwork at a Quest or LabCorp attached to the doctors office, you should be able to see the results in the lab company portal and the doctors portal even with the doctor being away.

And, just to prepare you - there is something called humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. It is when calcium goes very high (usually over 11) and happens in Stage 4 cancer when cancer is affecting bones. If your dad is otherwise healthy, HHM would be extremely unlikely, but a provider may mention that possibility and want to rule it out by asking more Qs and running more tests. One test is blood work for PTHrP, which is different from PTH and only rises in late cancer, but it can mimic PTH and cause an increase in calcium.  In HHM, Ca is high, PTH is usually low (I think) and PTHrP is elevated.

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