DebraL
09-13-2005, 08:45 PM
My 53 year old husband was just diagnosed with bad osteoporosis after falling down and breaking his hip, elbow, and foot. I am wondering about the drugs he takes for diabetes and Vytorin for cholesterol. Any studies on these causing bone loss? He also drinks way too much diet soda which i KNOW is bad.
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Canyondweller
09-14-2005, 02:34 AM
Does he smoke? That is the worst thing. I understand the diet soda is very bad also. How much calcium does he take? Has he been tested for Hyperparathyroid disease which depletes calcium from the bone into the blood stream? He needs to see a specialist as he is way to young to let this get out of control.
taape
09-14-2005, 09:45 PM
Does your husband already see an Endocrinologist for his diabetes? If not, he should be seen so his osteoporosis can be treated and the other medications he takes can be evaluated. This stuff is complicated enough that he should be seen by a specialist not just a family doctor.
BoneMan
09-15-2005, 07:27 PM
DebraL
I am a 53, soon 54 this Saturday Male, and have Osteo as well. I have broke my tailbone, 4 vertabrae, ribs on both sides, toes, fingers, and repeatedly my right hand.
Bone Density 2 years ago was as bad as -3.3 spine and -2.7 hip but with 2 years on Fosamax, lots of calcium and exersize I am a lot better.
Read through this board and get an idea of what people are doing for themselves.
Find a specialist Dr. in Osteoporosis, and don't be too down on his condition, as its not as bad as things look, and seem. Broken bones heal, life goes on, and remember that old story, I felt bad I had no shoes, then I met a gal that had no feet, so life is not so tuff, is it.
I can't ride a horse any more, nor ride a Harley Motorcycle, but I can, and do anything else I want to with moderation. No bunjie jumping, and certainly cannot high dive 40 feet.
But, life goes on, and there is lots of it left to live.
Funny story, guys when they shake hands usually enter into a grip contest, well, my right hand has been broken 4 times by guys. When it pops, they jump back, I jump, and say, you are just too stong for me big guy. Then I nurse that darn paw for a month or two, and life goes on.
I was at a meeting, and Osteo meeting this AM, and there were 95% women there, and I was probably the youngest person there, and for sure the youngest man.
Don't let your husband hide his condition, have him seek help.
And above all, be positive.
I am a 53, soon 54 this Saturday Male, and have Osteo as well. I have broke my tailbone, 4 vertabrae, ribs on both sides, toes, fingers, and repeatedly my right hand.
Bone Density 2 years ago was as bad as -3.3 spine and -2.7 hip but with 2 years on Fosamax, lots of calcium and exersize I am a lot better.
Read through this board and get an idea of what people are doing for themselves.
Find a specialist Dr. in Osteoporosis, and don't be too down on his condition, as its not as bad as things look, and seem. Broken bones heal, life goes on, and remember that old story, I felt bad I had no shoes, then I met a gal that had no feet, so life is not so tuff, is it.
I can't ride a horse any more, nor ride a Harley Motorcycle, but I can, and do anything else I want to with moderation. No bunjie jumping, and certainly cannot high dive 40 feet.
But, life goes on, and there is lots of it left to live.
Funny story, guys when they shake hands usually enter into a grip contest, well, my right hand has been broken 4 times by guys. When it pops, they jump back, I jump, and say, you are just too stong for me big guy. Then I nurse that darn paw for a month or two, and life goes on.
I was at a meeting, and Osteo meeting this AM, and there were 95% women there, and I was probably the youngest person there, and for sure the youngest man.
Don't let your husband hide his condition, have him seek help.
And above all, be positive.
spinewhine
09-15-2005, 10:17 PM
Boneman, you sound like a very upbeat positive guy and someone who knows his own body and is comfortable in his own skin. My question -- Why do you shake hands knowing the risk? Sometimes, when I have a cold and someone starts to kiss or shake hands, I'll say I can't because I have a cold. How about saying something like I have tendinitis and giving a wave if someone goes to shake your hand rather than taking the chance that you'll be mangled.
Of course, I probably shouldn't give advice since I like to wear rings and I have been placed in excruciating pain several times after some guy gave me a "grip contest" shake, squeezing my ring into the surrounding fingers. I'm not sure what my options are other than giving up jewelry which is just NOT acceptable :) Maybe I'll try the tendinitis line.
Of course, I probably shouldn't give advice since I like to wear rings and I have been placed in excruciating pain several times after some guy gave me a "grip contest" shake, squeezing my ring into the surrounding fingers. I'm not sure what my options are other than giving up jewelry which is just NOT acceptable :) Maybe I'll try the tendinitis line.
BoneMan
09-15-2005, 11:18 PM
Spinewine
I have been, and still am in sales and marketing, and its just the customary thing to shake hands.
I guess I could always say sorry, and make up something creative, like I am a nose picker, and just had a real good booger fest.
Seriously, in the last 5-6 years that it has been an issue, I have probably shaken 1,500 hands, and only broke 4 times, so that is not a bad average. The break is always the little bone that runs between the small finger and the wrist right at the edge of the palm. It takes the most squeese from a hand shake.
I have learned to limp shake to discurage a contest, works rather well.
Yes, I try to have a good attitude, and are real happy with the skin I am in. Does not matter where I move to, or how often I try to hide, I cannot run from myself.
My Brother-in-Law has named me Dusty Bones, and I love him for that. I like all of the nicknames people who know me pick for me, some I cannot write here, but you could guess at a few.
No matter how much you dwell on the pains of the past, emotional, or physical, we all live right now. Forgiveness, and forced forgetfulness, is a gift, I live for today.
I have been, and still am in sales and marketing, and its just the customary thing to shake hands.
I guess I could always say sorry, and make up something creative, like I am a nose picker, and just had a real good booger fest.
Seriously, in the last 5-6 years that it has been an issue, I have probably shaken 1,500 hands, and only broke 4 times, so that is not a bad average. The break is always the little bone that runs between the small finger and the wrist right at the edge of the palm. It takes the most squeese from a hand shake.
I have learned to limp shake to discurage a contest, works rather well.
Yes, I try to have a good attitude, and are real happy with the skin I am in. Does not matter where I move to, or how often I try to hide, I cannot run from myself.
My Brother-in-Law has named me Dusty Bones, and I love him for that. I like all of the nicknames people who know me pick for me, some I cannot write here, but you could guess at a few.
No matter how much you dwell on the pains of the past, emotional, or physical, we all live right now. Forgiveness, and forced forgetfulness, is a gift, I live for today.
DebraL
09-16-2005, 11:26 AM
Thanks for all your answers. We are learning quickly. I am not one who takes a drug lightly, but he takes whatever they prescribe. I like to study them myself. I think drugs cause side effects and then they prescribe more drugs BUT some of them are necessary and are wonders. But interactions are not that well studied.
I think he is going to be in a 'study' so will get specialists and all. Ill be reading here to learn. Thanks.
I think he is going to be in a 'study' so will get specialists and all. Ill be reading here to learn. Thanks.
BoneMan
09-16-2005, 11:34 AM
DebraL,
Good for you guys, the best part of what you are saying, is that you are working on this together.
What a TEAM!!!
Your team will win, no doubt in my mind.
Good for you guys, the best part of what you are saying, is that you are working on this together.
What a TEAM!!!
Your team will win, no doubt in my mind.
spinewhine
09-16-2005, 10:40 PM
Sounds like shaking hands is an occupational hazard you have learned to live with!
Happy birthday tomorrow. Your improvement in bone density is a great gift. I'll overlap you for a few months before I leave you in the dust, Dusty Bones, and turn 55. I want improved bone density for my birthday too. If I don't get it, I'll ask Santa.
Happy birthday tomorrow. Your improvement in bone density is a great gift. I'll overlap you for a few months before I leave you in the dust, Dusty Bones, and turn 55. I want improved bone density for my birthday too. If I don't get it, I'll ask Santa.
BoneMan
09-17-2005, 01:57 AM
Spinewine
My numbers seem to be improving, but that darn osteo Arthrit. is what I would like wished away for one day, my birthday.
So, for my birthday wish.
1 hour in a roman style mineral bath, 1 hour in a mud bath, 1 hour to eat medeteranian food, 1 hour of sleep, then 3 hours of massage, then 3 more hours in the mineral bath, 1 hour sleep, 1 hour of mediteranian food, 1 more mud, 2 more massage, I could fill my birthday hours pretty quick with my wish list.
Typical Male, eat, fun, sleep :D .
My numbers seem to be improving, but that darn osteo Arthrit. is what I would like wished away for one day, my birthday.
So, for my birthday wish.
1 hour in a roman style mineral bath, 1 hour in a mud bath, 1 hour to eat medeteranian food, 1 hour of sleep, then 3 hours of massage, then 3 more hours in the mineral bath, 1 hour sleep, 1 hour of mediteranian food, 1 more mud, 2 more massage, I could fill my birthday hours pretty quick with my wish list.
Typical Male, eat, fun, sleep :D .
spinewhine
09-17-2005, 05:19 PM
Spinewine
My numbers seem to be improving, but that darn osteo Arthrit. is what I would like wished away for one day, my birthday.
So, for my birthday wish.
1 hour in a roman style mineral bath, 1 hour in a mud bath, 1 hour to eat medeteranian food, 1 hour of sleep, then 3 hours of massage, then 3 more hours in the mineral bath, 1 hour sleep, 1 hour of mediteranian food, 1 more mud, 2 more massage, I could fill my birthday hours pretty quick with my wish list.
Typical Male, eat, fun, sleep :D .
Hope you got your wish -- Happy day!
My numbers seem to be improving, but that darn osteo Arthrit. is what I would like wished away for one day, my birthday.
So, for my birthday wish.
1 hour in a roman style mineral bath, 1 hour in a mud bath, 1 hour to eat medeteranian food, 1 hour of sleep, then 3 hours of massage, then 3 more hours in the mineral bath, 1 hour sleep, 1 hour of mediteranian food, 1 more mud, 2 more massage, I could fill my birthday hours pretty quick with my wish list.
Typical Male, eat, fun, sleep :D .
Hope you got your wish -- Happy day!