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If newly diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis of spine
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 9 9:04pm | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
Thank you @nycmusic and @njx58!
If I implied an x-ray was sufficient, I'm sorry! Didn't mean to. I think it's a necessary first step in ascertaining how the t-score of the spine was derived. What you describe about the orthopedist not thinking to order a DXA . . . makes me shake my head. It would seem to be a logical test for anyone with a compression fracture.
More evidence of the need to be advocates of our care . . . and have doctors who are willing to listen and think logically.
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@karyn23 I have told my adult kids this joke many times: You know what they call the person who graduated at the bottom of the class in medical school? "Doctor."
Just because there's a degree hanging in a frame on the office wall doesn't mean he/she is competent.
I'm not sure there is any condition that has more misinformation and medical incompetence than osteoporosis. We really do have to be our own advocates.