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Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- Journal · 23 recommendations
- Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- Journal · 12 recommendations
- We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
- Journal · 10 recommendations
- Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...
Reclast Research Info (aka Zoledronic Acid-Novartis)
- By windblown · Posted July 2, 2008
- Discussion in Osteoporosis medications · 7 recommendations
- Since so many of you have been asking about the Reclast, and Zometa infusions, I thought I would post the New England Journal of Medicine's article on Zoledronic Acid (Reclast), the once yearly infusion ...
I Got Busted Removed From Site. And It's Okay!
- By GRANDmother19 · Posted October 15, 2009
- Journal · 6 recommendations
- I Got Busted By The Powers That Be, was removed entirely from the site because, and I quote, "it was degenerating into an unproductive expletive fest where members were telling others to "f**k off" and ...
Vitamin D 50,000 iu Daily
- By LRFL · Posted August 15, 2009
- Discussion in Vitamins and supplements · 5 recommendations
- I just found my D levels are very low (23) My doctor prescribed 50,000 iu of Vitamin D daily for 3 months and then I will be tested again. I questioned her to make sure she said daily, every where I looked ...
Sit-ups are a HUGE no-no for low bone density
- By karenatheklineback · Posted July 16, 2009
- Discussion in Exercise · 5 recommendations
- HI, Everyone, Sit-ups (this includes crunches!) should NOT be done if you have low bone density or low back pain. Here's why: Imagine your spine is like a wicker chair. A spine of normal bone density ...
New study on immune system and osteo
- By SantaFe · Posted September 7, 2009
- Discussion in Osteoporosis/Osteopenia treatment · 4 recommendations
- This is an interesting new study---I posted the whole thing because the link wouldn't work. It correlates high LDL with RANKL which has a sole purpose to destroy bone. Also, the immune system plays a ...
I CAN HARDLY WALK TODAY
- By so-tired · Posted October 7, 2009
- Journal · 3 recommendations
- I HAVE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH ME, BUT TODAY IS REALLY BAD. I AM SO WEAK, AND CAN HARDLY WALK! ANY IDEAS AS TO WHAT THIS COULD BE? I'M SCARED! PLEASE, REPLY? LINDA (SO TIRED ...
Forteo
- By Kathleen43812 · Posted October 23, 2009
- Discussion in Osteoporosis medications · 2 recommendations
- Forteo * Newest messages * Delete * Mark as unread Kathleen43812 * By Kathleen43812 * October 11, 2009 at 12:09 am I am a 61-year-old with premature ovarian failure (age 28), and severe osteoporosis with ...
More on Bisphosphonates
- By millie123 · Posted October 22, 2009
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- This is actually an older article, published in the McDougall Newsletter in April of 2008. You can find the complete references by going to the link: http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2008nl/a pr/osteo.htm ...
If Happy Little Bluebirds Fly.....
- By GRANDmother19 · Posted October 20, 2009
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- When I was told in 2001 by a very detached shedoc that I had advanced third stage breast cancer, spread to nodes, (you guys know the medical term, but it was estrogen positive) in ducts or out of them ...
Vitamin D prevents Fractures in Osteoporosis
- By nathji · Posted November 16, 2009
- Discussion in Osteoporosis/Osteopenia treatment · 1 recommendation
- 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 ...
The Scary & Blessed Friday the 13th
- By GringoGrandma · Posted November 13, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- I just realized it is the 13th-Friday. Remembering what happened many years ago while driving semi truck with my now deceased husband. We had really pushed it, and were totally worn out. We stopped in ...
Hysterectomy & Osteoporosis
- By p-a-t · Posted November 9, 2009
- Discussion in Osteoporosis/Osteopenia treatment · 1 recommendation
- If you have had a complete hysterectomy do you need a larger intake of vitamins and calcium then women who have not had a hysterectomy? I had mine about 3 1/2 years ago and was just told I have osteoporosis ...
Sharing from my morning for all animal and especially horse lovers
- By paaatriot101 · Posted November 7, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- Thought I would share this from my morning with all you animal and especially horse lovers. Today I started wearing a mask when I go down to the barn and work around the horses and chickens and hay ...
Too much Acidity of the body being one of the problems?
- By LindaSS · Posted October 16, 2009
- Discussion in Vitamins and supplements · 1 recommendation
- I've seen other posts in this site about acidity being possibly one of the contributors to osteoporisis. I'm new, I'm trying to get as much info from experienced people here as I can. I read the following ...
bone or muscle pain?
- By Gatekeeper · Posted April 5, 2009
- Discussion in Pain relief · 1 recommendation
- 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 ...
