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Calcium and Vitamin D for bone density
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jan 29 8:02am | Replies (340)Comment receiving replies
Bone pain seems to be common with bone loss, @contentandwell. When I lay down at night the shins in my legs and often the bones in my arms really ache, it's not a muscle ache but a bone pain. Is that what you experience as well? Have you had your parathyroid hormone level checked recently? As long as you are bothering your doctor, why not ask about that as well. An abnormal parathyroid level can cause bone loss, too.
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@hopeful33250 I also hurt when I'm on my left side the bones hurt there and back so I'm left on my right side
@hopeful33250 Is the test for parathyroid hormone part of another group of tests of a test for just that? That's a good idea, thanks. What do they do for that, if your number is out of range?
Teresa, he also wanted me to get tested for magnesium but I told him he already had those results, they are part of my regular lab work that MGH requires. Obviously he does not read my lab results that are always sent to him. My magnesium is within range -- on the low end of the range.
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I'm glad you said this. I have horrible bone pain and I just thought it was nothing. My doctors have been preoccupied with all my other problems. I really need a GOOD endocrinologist. I have a neurologist-endocrinologist who only sees me regarding my pituitary tumor. I'm going to ask for a referral to a regular endocrinologist. This doctor that abandoned me because I would not take Prolia isn't going to work out for me. Lately when I sit down, I have a horrible pain in my lower back - actually my left buttocks - it feels like I'm sitting on a big chunk of broken glass. With a -5.7 DEXA scan, I think I need to be very careful. I've already had a fractured wrist. You have inspired me.