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I had an updated DEXA this week, and it shows consistent decline in the lumbar, with stable results in femur. Went from -3.2 to -3.7 lumbar, but -1.6 femur. Same machine as 2022, although different tech who seemed more interested in idle chitchat. So I don’t know what to think.
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I don't know what to think either. My best guess is that one or more of these readings is off.
The DXA and the REMS should not be so far apart on the spine or the hips.
The two DXA scans are close enough to each other to be reasonable. Some loss in spine but the same in the hip. That would not be uncommon.
Hopefully we'll get enough people doing both types of scans to begin to see a pattern and find out if the REMS test is worthwhile or maybe even a significant improvement. It's certainly a nice idea but we've got to know if it really works.