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REMS (Echolight) Scan - anyone?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 22 12:50pm | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
How did the femurs compare? I cannot find anyone who can explain how the density can be so different between the two machines. I so want to believe my -1.8 REMS lumbar and not the -3.7 DEXA, but I don’t feel like we know enough yet. Mine was also done by someone traveling to four different sites in the Dallas area, also a naturopathic clinic. I was told my bones were just fine.I think there are some holes here somewhere.. Don’t want to burst anyone’s bubble, but we need more information.
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Did you see this post? Thanks to Tetris for this. Worth watching...
"tetris | @tetris | 13 hours ago
OsteoBoston recently had an informative presentation by Kim Zambito, MD, on REMS and other scan technologies. It's at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7vViRvAizA. If you want to skip over the DXA, TBS, and MRI stuff, start listening after 17:45. The presentation also covers how to read a REMS report, including the fragility score. One of Dr. Zambito's takeaways was that a person needs to compare DXA to DXA and REMS to REMS over time, and not to compare DXA to REMS.
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My DEXA from 6 months ago for the right femur neck was -2.3. REMS (last week) was -1.8
I have another DEXA booked at Lionsgate hospital June 7th, looking forward to yet more information.
I had a Zoledronic Acid infusion in January and have been doing everything right ever since - diet, exercise, Vitamin D, getting enough calcium through diet and just started HRT.