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Antacid abuse? When is it too much?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jan 8, 2022 | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for this explanation. I take magnesium oxide and when the bottle is gone I had planned to get magnesium glycinate. I do sleep much better at night and even my recent sleep test didn't indicate anything too awful or worrisome. My digestive tract is much better. I have osteopenia and I hope it will help because the prolia shot made me very sick. My mother and sister lived to old age and never took a medication to promote bone health. My mother was a widow for 34 years and stayed in her two story home from 1945 until 2008 when she died. I am hoping to avoid any bone densifiers and consider it a victory over my gut and sleep issues that magnesium is so easy. M.E.
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You’re most welcome. It’s great you’d feeling the benefits of the magnesium. Regarding bones, from my experience with bone loss from chemo/transplant I found the magnesium played a huge roll in building bone density.
I was dismayed to see my first Dexa scan post transplant. Before the crazy cancer journey my Dexa scan didn’t even indicate osteopenia! So I was wide-eyed in shock to see I had osteoporosis. My transplant doctor wanted to start on bisphosphonates to which I resisted. I wanted to try rectify things on my own.
So along with diet and supplements, I added weight bearing exercises which helped reverse the bone loss.
I found a previous conversation I posted a while back. Here’s the link to what has worked for me. Since I wrote that reply, I’ve had a 3rd Dexascan and I’m holding my own with slight osteopenia. I’ve upped my exercises by adding leg weights of 3 pounds.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/638453/Have you tried any exercises specially for hip and spine?