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I would be asking for an MRI w and w/o contrast of the femur from the knee to include the ball joint. While the focus is on the (minor, would be major if one or the other were neither osteopenic nor osteoporotic) anomaly between the hip and the spine. I'm more intrigued with the difference between the low femur and upper femur ( dxa doesn' t actually measure the pelvic bone), especially in light of your dear mom's femur fracture. Do you know where on the femur her fracture was.
Sometimes I think about something a long while before I realize that I don't have enough information. Your brain may be bombarded with too much general information and not quite enough information specific to your particular situation, which can be confounding.
I would like to see the video, but I don't want you to struggle to find it. Thanks