Re: osteoporsis of the spine

[Guest guest]

I have osteoporosis in my spine, too. I met a endocrinologist who was newly

out of medical school and he had learned that alot of osto is caused my a

vitamin D deficiency. There is D2 and D3. I have forgotten which I was

deficient in but he said that he has been testing his patients with osteo

and they are turning up with this deficiency. And that changes the

diagnoses. Many older Endo's don't check this as it is new.

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The D will apparently help remineralize the bone. There's more to the story

but I would need my notes.

L

on 12-24-03 12:03 AM, joyce kaye at jamkaye@... wrote:

> I just finished 6 mo. on coumadin and had a dexa bone scan. I have osteoporsis

> of the spine. I take fosamax once a week and did it while I was on coumadin.

> Do you have any suggestions about how I might build my bones back up. The

> blood clot is gone and so is some of my bone. I don't do milk products because

> they clog up my sinuses. I do whey and goatein though. I do power yoga almost

> everyday so I am stretching. I have the neesby calcium ethanolamine phosphate.

> I wonder how many time a day I should take it and with magnesium too? thanks

> for your help. This is not good news. I have a lot of malabsorption problems

> that is why I am so thin. Part of the problem is that I don't make saliva

> because of sjogrens syndrome so I take digestive enzymes to help. This is just

> one more thing! joyce jamkaye@...

>

>

[Guest guest]

hi Joyce -

> I just finished 6 mo. on coumadin and had a dexa bone scan. I have osteoporsis

of the spine. I take fosamax once a week and did it while I was on coumadin. Do

you have any suggestions about how I might build my bones back up.

my doc suggested calcium 2 AEP (Beyond a Century and other places if you google)

2 caps a day, 1 mg. day/vit. K, 3 mg day/ Boron, I added fish oil for vit. D,

especially during the winter and take 200-400 mg. magnesium a day. There have

been some very mixed review of Fosamax and similar drugs - you can wind up with

bones that are dense but brittle as it prevents bone from " remodeling " itself.

Any kind of exercise you can do is great, especially light weights.

Judith G

[Guest guest]

Another missing link. I am also taking Coumadin, at least until two

clots are gone from the dead area of my left ventricle.

Calcium is mentioned a lot to maintain bone, but I am taking magnesium

Rxed by my doc in addition to vitamin D this is both for my cardiac

function as well as improved levels of calcium and potassium in the blood.

My bone densities have been Good, so far.

Bob

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Lucey wrote:

>I have osteoporosis in my spine, too. I met a endocrinologist who was newly

>out of medical school and he had learned that alot of osto is caused my a

>vitamin D deficiency. There is D2 and D3. I have forgotten which I was

>deficient in but he said that he has been testing his patients with osteo

>and they are turning up with this deficiency. And that changes the

>diagnoses. Many older Endo's don't check this as it is new.

> .

>

>The D will apparently help remineralize the bone. There's more to the story

>but I would need my notes.

>

> L

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