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04-11-2010, 08:07 PM | #1 | |||
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Gee whiz; there should be a limit of one medical issue per person!
I went to my Doc for a checkup and she suggested a bone scan which is done in her office with immediate results so I said okay. I thought I may have a little bone thinning because I don't drink milk unless it is in ice cream. Imagine my shock when I saw the results and it was way worse than I thought. I have several compression fractures (?) in my back and a curvature in my spine I wasn' aware of. She said she has never seen such bone loss in a person my age and could not understand how it could be so bad. I told her my ex-neuro loved prescribing prednisone and she said "that's it; no more". My hips are in the red zone which is more frequent in a ninety year old! Anyhow; I have a free sample for Actonel which hope I can tolerate and then can get more as she gave me a prescription. Please; do get a bone scan because if you have been on steroids they may be leaching calcium and may lead to osteoporosis. I am really bummed about this but glad I found out before I broke a bone especially a hip!!
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