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List of questions for the MD - what do you wish you had asked?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 6 10:53am | Replies (54)Comment receiving replies
Hi @mayblin,
Over the weekend, another person on a different site also mentioned the hip score deviating from my other scores. She thought it was odd because there is more trabecular bone (than cortical bone) in the hip so she thought that score was atypical and an outlier. No one else has mentioned that so I definitely will. She thought it may have been a positioning error on the DXA machine.
I do not have a TBS score. I'm going over to the imaging center today to see if I can get any more detail plus an actual copy of the images. I'd love to get another scan but have not found a location that has the TBS software. Maybe Dr. M. will have a recommendation.
Thank you for weighing in and for all else - and stay tuned.
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My hips were the first to show bad numbers on Dexa. But, my spine eventually followed and is now just about as bad. I had a spine fracture after slightly improving numbers. I did finally have a TBS score, but no charts, it shows mild degradation, just slightly above the worst zone. I work out 2-3 hrs a day, partly in pool after fracture. I’ve always exercised. I’ve been on progesterone for years. Now trying other hormones. I’m afraid part of the reason some doctors seem short, aside from time, is that they’ve seen in the majority of cases, that for people who have true osteoporosis, nit osteopenia, that exercise, diet, and maybe even hormones aren’t enough. That said, I don’t want to add other new medical issues.
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@mayblin, I WAS able to get a disk of my DEXA scan and am really happy to have that. There is no deeper level of detail on my report. I