Posted by CareBear04 on January 10, 2005, at 23:46:19
In reply to Osteoporosis treatments?, posted by Racer on December 2, 2004, at 14:59:17
hi racer,
i've read some of your posts on the eating board, and i hope you don't mind if i ask you some questions because i'm sort of in the same place. i'm scheduled to have a bone density scan in a few weeks. i've been so dopey from my meds that i don't even remember why my doctor ordered it. i guess it's probably because he thinks i'm frail and malnourished. for awhile, i was having bone pain, and i'm curious as to what the results will be. i may be underweight and undernourished, but i've always been a little underweight (the malnutrition is a recent thing) and i've kept having menstrual periods, though they've always been irregular. i heard that the biggest risk for osteoporosis is loss of periods. is that the case with you? sorry, i know it's a personal question. i'm really surprised that my periods haven't stopped-- i read somewhere that you need close to 20% body fat to keep up, and my body fat has ranged between 8 and 14%.
do young people really get osteoporosis, or is it just that they have a higher risk for when they get older? i'm 22 now, and i can't imagine going through this at this age. you sound like someone pretty young, too, so you probably would agree that it really sucks to be stuck in a feeble old body when you're not really in the geriatric age range!
what was the bone density scan like? why does it take so long to get the results? sorry for all the questions...
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