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Got My Mask Made Today
- By paaatriot101 · New reply 12:31 am
- Journal · 12 replies
- So yes got my mask made today. Not so bad as I thought it was going to be I guess. Then after the scans and simulation it was off for an MRI, and home again. Tomorrow morning we leave at about 6:30 for ...
Tell-Tale Symptoms of Osteoporosis?
- By nathji · New reply yesterday at 11:30 pm
- Discussion in Diagnosing osteoporosis · 61 replies
- There is one question that is paramount in my mind and it must be so in the minds of thousands of others as well. ARE THERE ANY PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS THAT TELL A PERSON THAT HE HAS OSTEOPOROSIS? We have all ...
What To Do? Drugs or Natural?
- By Barefootpop46 · New reply yesterday at 10:57 pm
- Discussion in Men with osteoporosis or osteopenia · 12 replies
- I am currently taking Actonel 150 mg (once a month) and I do not like how it makes me feel. I would like to stop taking it but I’m not sure other strategies work. The worst T-score in my back and hips ...
Testing on younger adults needs to be done
- By MamaMarks · New reply yesterday at 10:23 pm
- Discussion in Premenopausal women (ages 25-50) with osteoporosis · 25 replies
- Hello fellow bloggers~~ It seems that all the medications that are offered for Osteoporosis were tested on 'postmenopausal women’ and not on 'premenopausal people.’ I'm premenopausal and was diagnosed ...
Myths about Diets in Osteoporosis
- By nathji · New reply yesterday at 9:55 pm
- Discussion in Osteoporosis/Osteopenia treatment · 27 replies
- I recently came across these finding on the web through a web MD article which I thought would be of great interest to the members here. As always I am looking for answers and have little knowledge about ...
Vitamin D prevents Fractures in Osteoporosis
- By nathji · New reply yesterday at 9:20 pm
- Discussion in Osteoporosis/Osteopenia treatment · 34 replies
- There has been a great deal of discussion about high doses of Vitamin D and its relevance in Osteoporosis. People have spoken of raising the Vit D levels in the blood and people have also spoken of the ...
Civil Unrest and Demonstrations
- By GringoGrandma · New reply yesterday at 8:31 pm
- Journal · 1 reply
- Today is Constitution Day here. There is a large group of people who are acting up again, the Zapatistas. They have closed some roads, and are causing disruption here & there. You never know where they ...
THE CORRECT WEIGHTED VEST FOR WOMEN
- By beachkat · New reply yesterday at 6:52 pm
- Discussion in Osteoporosis/Osteopenia treatment · 9 replies
- I have osteoporosis and I wrote a while ago about the importance of getting and using a weight vest , they are so important to rebuild density of bones and also to keep the bone strong and to put a halt ...
Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run/Walk
- By Flexcin · Posted yesterday at 5:01 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- Get moving at the Arthritis Foundation's Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis this holiday season. Join the thousands of walkers and runners who will hit the nation's pavements, pathways and parks this ...
Weighted vest
- By fish_server · New reply yesterday at 4:59 pm
- Journal · 14 replies
- What a difference 10 lbs can make. As you lose weight, you burn less calories for the same exercise. Wearing the vest puts 10 lbs on you. It's good for your bones too. I use it with Leslie Sansone and ...
increase in blood pressure
Reclast & Hair Loss
- By dawnbath · New reply yesterday at 4:17 pm
- Discussion in Osteoporosis/Osteopenia treatment · 31 replies
- Can anyone tell me if they have heard anything about this new infusion causing excessive hair loss? Thank you ...
Raising Vitamin D and Thyroid Disease
- By SantaFe · New reply yesterday at 2:05 pm
- Discussion in Osteoporosis/Osteopenia treatment · 21 replies
- Since so many of us with osteo also have thyroid disease, I thought this might be helpful to post. A few others here, like me, have had a hard time increasing our vitamin D intake for bone health as it ...
Cement Dust, "Choke, Cough, Gag!!"
- By GringoGrandma · Posted yesterday at 1:59 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- What a trade off! a week of my kitchen being torn apart, old cement being taken out, and no use of my sink. Here, they literally have to hack out the 26 yr. cement, I can't believe how much and the ongoing ...
Please help
- By Granny19530 · New reply yesterday at 12:34 pm
- Discussion in Pain relief · 5 replies
- I am 56 and was diagnosed with osteoporosis last night- -3.2 on spine and -2.5 on hips. It was deep back pain that has lasted for four months that took me to the doc. I had Dexa and spine x-ray. Is this ...
Jumping Up and Down
Arthur
- By GabbyGrams · Posted yesterday at 11:50 am
- Journal · 0 replies
- Arthur Friday, November 20, 2009 | A Poem/Artistic story Arthur came into my life one day, really didn't care for art to much, why did art have to come in and mess things up. Was doing ok for a long long ...
Tai Chi
Reclast
- By HarleyDavidson · New reply yesterday at 11:39 am
- Discussion in Osteoporosis/Osteopenia treatment · 1 reply
- Today is my first IV infustion with Reclast - I am 60 yrs old. Can someone who had this recently respond with how i might feel afterwards ...
bone or muscle pain?
- By Gatekeeper · New reply yesterday at 10:59 am
- Discussion in Pain relief · 22 replies
- How does one tell the difference between the two? I have been assuming that if bone pain it wouldn't go away with massage, acupuncture or the use of muscle relaxers? Or would it? What does "bone" pain ...
