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Reply: Confused

Thanks, this is helpful. The FRAX is what I will need to go by since I've never been on...

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Hi bonebabe, The DXA scan sounds a little different than what I had. The first pictures...

Posted by sbncmo

Hi bonebabe,

The DXA scan sounds a little different than what I had. The first pictures were while I was on my back. One set of pictures was taken while I was lying completely flat, then another was taken with my lower legs elevated on a foam wedge, then another was taken of my hips by forcing my my legs into a certain position with some contraption & velcro, then the final one with me on my side. I never had to raise my arms.

I fell & compacted my lower spine 26 years ago & was treated by a chiro. I had x-rays taken by another chiro 5 years ago because I was in such pain & PT/meds didn't help. I asked my doctor to order the same x-rays. In those x-rays taken a few months ago, the techs couldn't distinguish any of the damaged bones anymore, so they wouldn't even send it the radiologist. They moved the focus of the x-ray 7" higher & the report said I was normal. I am in hopes that this bone density test will also show the condition of my back injury. I don't know, maybe she was checking it as well. Having me lay on my side just doesn't make sense.

I just had a fasting Vitamin D test run & haven't heard any results. I know there must be some concern, because even though a doctor's nurse can't tell a patient anything until the doctor says to, when my doctor's nurse called last week to tell me about the osteopenia & I told her I had fallen 3 times in less than 2 weeks, she became very concerned & said I may need to consider talking to my doctor about having someone with me all the time. So, she had the numbers in front of her & it was enough to raise concern. But I'm not going to jump to conclusions. I'll wait until I get all the results back & talk to my doctor. My nurse basically said the same thing you did about osteopenia - it doesn't mean I'm safe.

I have written down the words "fracture risk", "FRAX or Canadian model" to ask my doctor about when I see her. That will help me a little. I'm sure she will refer to T-scores. I don't really know what any of it means. If you don't mind, maybe you can educate me a little.

Thanks for your help. I wish we could figure out the side-view x-rays. Maybe my doctor will explain. Thanks again.

SheliaView Thread

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I would have considered that, but she actually looked back at my records from last year when...

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6 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Confused I would have considered that, but she actually looked back at my records from last year when...

Confused

About 20 years ago, my doctor ordered x-rays & the radiologist said there were pin-point...

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