Thinning Bones

suzette50
on 6/23/09 8:27 am - Colorado Springs, CO

    I got this article from my sister yesterday and thought I had better share it..so here goes..
   Obesity surgery may thin bones, causing breaks
   It isn't just the thunder thighs that shrink after obesity surgery. Melting fat somehow thins bones, too.                  Sorry to hear this and I bet Connie is too.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31374099/from/ET/
suzette50

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Brenda R.
on 6/23/09 11:09 am - Portage, IN

RNY on 10/08/07

Suzette, thanks for the information...it was very interesting. I have to get yearly scans and have for the past several years. This problem runs in the women of my family including my mom and sister. I am on the edge and so that is why I have had to have them. My yearly one is due and since I go see my pcp tomorrow I need to mention this to her.

Again thanks for the info. We do have to watch out for each other don't we?

It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.

suzette50
on 6/23/09 11:15 am - Colorado Springs, CO

RNY on 08/12/08

Brenda...You are so very sweet and I hated to post this because I did not want to scare people. I had a bone density test last month and all was well..but you never know. I guess it just means we better take our calcium faithfully. Take care Brenda and thanks for the reply.
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Darlene
on 6/23/09 11:16 am

RNY on 08/26/00

Works the same for those that have not has WLS. As we age our calcium depletes. That's why so many elderly people break bones when they fall.

The advantage we have is we know it's going to happen so we supplement our butts off to curve it.

Women are angels.
...and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly...on a broomstick.

We are flexible.

Darlene

Brenda R.
on 6/23/09 11:24 am - Portage, IN

RNY on 10/08/07

The really bad thing is that I am not able to take the calcium since the kidney stones. I have had them twice and they took me off the calcium since they were calcium stones. So I get the cheese and milk the best I can but lets face facts that not the same either.

It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.

vitalady
on 6/23/09 12:06 pm - Puyallup, WA

RNY on 10/05/94

OH WAIT!

If they are calcium oxalate stones, yes, you do not take Tums, carbonate, brown liquids (coffee, tea, cola), deep green leafies ......

BUT you do take calcium and magnesium CITRATE and drink as much s/f lemonadey stuff as you can.

Citric acid binds oxalates, so it is ALSO a preventitive. You really do not want to sacrifice your bones.

And D3, of course, goes without saying.

I guess I was lucky when I had my stone, I had a uro who grasped the differences, even back in the 90's. Since, my dh has had 2 sets and neither uro understood a thing about the differences. They just hand you the list of high oxalate foods (half the formula), but don't know to tell you to down the citric acid to soak up whatever oxalates manage to get into you.

And water is water is water. If it isn'****er, it isn'****er. Your kidneys know the difference.

Understanding that we learned all this the hard way, of course.

Michelle
RNY, distal, 10/5/94

P.S. My year + long absence has NOTHING to do with my WLS, or my type of WLS. See my profile.

Brenda R.
on 6/23/09 1:12 pm - Portage, IN

RNY on 10/08/07

The sad thing about this is that the Urologist isn't the one that took me off the calcium....the wls doctor is. So what does that tell you? I am rapidly losing faith in this doctor since he is the one that got me into the mess that I am in now with the navel....and it isn't good either. I am going to talk to the Urologist about this let me tell ya.

It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.

vitalady
on 6/23/09 1:36 pm - Puyallup, WA

RNY on 10/05/94

Well, um, all I can say is that it's kinda not WLS doc field. And even some uro or endo don't really understand the differences.

Hunt down some ND info, and you might get the "degee" type person you need to sway you over the line.

I am no one, not medical, don't pretend to be. I'm a data gatherer.

Michelle
RNY, distal, 10/5/94

P.S. My year + long absence has NOTHING to do with my WLS, or my type of WLS. See my profile.

Susan H.
on 6/23/09 7:11 pm - Columbus, OH

RNY on 05/13/08

Thanks Suzette. I would assume it is related to malabsorption issues? But it still beats being overweight.

I'M AT GOAL!

Jean M.
on 6/23/09 10:15 pm

Revision on 08/16/12

I saw that, too. I'm not sure what to make of it. My last bone density test (a few months ago) showed osteopenia, so I've had some bone loss, but since my previous Dexascan was something like 8 years ago, it's kind of hard to tell if it was time, weight loss, or something else that contributed to the bone loss.

Jean

Jean McMillan c.2009-2013 - Always a bandster at heart
author of Bandwagon (TM), Strategies for Success with the Adjustable Gastric Band & Bandwagon Cookery. Bandwagon for Kindle now available on Amazon. Read my blog at: jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com

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