Comments on: Boning Up On Menopause Health http://www.menopausegoddessblog.com/2009/03/26/one-of-our-menopause-goddess-readers-thanks-dale-shared-a/ Mapping a course through menopause and midlife TOGETHER Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:21:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paulette Rees-Denis http://www.menopausegoddessblog.com/2009/03/26/one-of-our-menopause-goddess-readers-thanks-dale-shared-a/comment-page-1/#comment-871 Paulette Rees-Denis Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:44:02 +0000 http://test.dev/?p=335#comment-871 Yes, it is never done is it, thanks for the reminder! Yes, it is never done is it, thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: Lynette Sheppard http://www.menopausegoddessblog.com/2009/03/26/one-of-our-menopause-goddess-readers-thanks-dale-shared-a/comment-page-1/#comment-872 Lynette Sheppard Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:44:02 +0000 http://test.dev/?p=335#comment-872 So true, Paulette. It's a good thing I write the blog - because I need to remind myself! So true, Paulette. It’s a good thing I write the blog – because I need to remind myself!

]]> By: Betty Zahler http://www.menopausegoddessblog.com/2009/03/26/one-of-our-menopause-goddess-readers-thanks-dale-shared-a/comment-page-1/#comment-868 Betty Zahler Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:44:01 +0000 http://test.dev/?p=335#comment-868 Aloha Goddesses, I, has an antiquated Venus, think that all preventive measures we can take are necessary. Of course there are many options to meds to improve our bones. Most of all exercise such as walking is to me the best way to improve our health. Keep up the good work, Lynette. You`re such an inspiration! Aloha Goddesses,

I, has an antiquated Venus, think that all preventive measures we can take are necessary. Of course there are many options to meds to improve our bones. Most of all exercise such as walking is to me the best way to improve our health. Keep up the good work, Lynette. You`re such an inspiration!

]]> By: jackie http://www.menopausegoddessblog.com/2009/03/26/one-of-our-menopause-goddess-readers-thanks-dale-shared-a/comment-page-1/#comment-869 jackie Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:44:01 +0000 http://test.dev/?p=335#comment-869 I've been going through the menopause (shouldn't that be menohalt?) for about two, maybe two and a half years now. I'm 49. I get the hot flashes (real nuisances considering I've always been on the cold side) and the night sweats, and recently discovered I'm running low on bones. I found this out when I was given an x-ray after coming off my cycle and breaking a finger, the second bone I'd broken in two months and the second EVER in my life. While looking at my gnarled finger with the doctor in A&E, I asked if he could detect any signs of osteoperosis, as this was a family trait and I'd been menopausal for a couple of years. He looked at the x-ray and said that it wasn't really the right test to diagnose OP, but if I hadn't been sitting beside him, he'd have thought, from looking at it, that he was looking at the bones of someone in their 60's, not late 40's. He advised calcium, and asked if I wanted a proper bone scan. I duly had one done and though I don't have full-blown OP, I have osteopeina, which is apparently a forerunner. Several things disturb me about my encounter. Why, when the doc saw the x-ray, didn't he ASK about OP as there were obvious warning signs? Why didn't he automatically put me forward for a bone scan - two breaks in as many months for the first time in my life? And finally of course, why didn't he look properly at the x-ray, and spot the second break that wasn't treated and has left me with a nasty, squint finger, that now, because it's healed up, nothing can be done about? Ah well. That's life. I'm avoiding the HRT route as I feel I've come so far I've got to be getting there and HRT would just put me back, but the spare tyre, the midriff bulge, is horrendous and I'm glad to have found a site full of like-minded (and bodied) souls to commiserate with. I’ve been going through the menopause (shouldn’t that be menohalt?) for about two, maybe two and a half years now. I’m 49. I get the hot flashes (real nuisances considering I’ve always been on the cold side) and the night sweats, and recently discovered I’m running low on bones. I found this out when I was given an x-ray after coming off my cycle and breaking a finger, the second bone I’d broken in two months and the second EVER in my life. While looking at my gnarled finger with the doctor in A&E, I asked if he could detect any signs of osteoperosis, as this was a family trait and I’d been menopausal for a couple of years. He looked at the x-ray and said that it wasn’t really the right test to diagnose OP, but if I hadn’t been sitting beside him, he’d have thought, from looking at it, that he was looking at the bones of someone in their 60′s, not late 40′s. He advised calcium, and asked if I wanted a proper bone scan. I duly had one done and though I don’t have full-blown OP, I have osteopeina, which is apparently a forerunner.

Several things disturb me about my encounter. Why, when the doc saw the x-ray, didn’t he ASK about OP as there were obvious warning signs? Why didn’t he automatically put me forward for a bone scan – two breaks in as many months for the first time in my life? And finally of course, why didn’t he look properly at the x-ray, and spot the second break that wasn’t treated and has left me with a nasty, squint finger, that now, because it’s healed up, nothing can be done about?

Ah well. That’s life.

I’m avoiding the HRT route as I feel I’ve come so far I’ve got to be getting there and HRT would just put me back, but the spare tyre, the midriff bulge, is horrendous and I’m glad to have found a site full of like-minded (and bodied) souls to commiserate with.

]]> By: Lynette Sheppard http://www.menopausegoddessblog.com/2009/03/26/one-of-our-menopause-goddess-readers-thanks-dale-shared-a/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Lynette Sheppard Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:44:01 +0000 http://test.dev/?p=335#comment-870 Hi Jackie, First of all, I love MENOHALT - what a great (and accurate) word! Second, it does seem like a no-brainer that your health care practitioner might think of a bone problem when you break 2 bones in rapid succession AND you are menopausal. Sounds like time to shop around for another practitioner who will really partner with you. They are out there! Unfortunately, at this time of life, we feel less like making changes than at any other - we just want something to stay the same. Our bodies, minds, and emotions are variable enough for us. It's a cosmic joke for sure. Anyway, so glad to have you part of our virtual community. (And yes, can most of us relate to the spare tire! I've lost and found mine about 4 times already. Sheesh.) Hang in there - we women can get through anything as long as we have each other. Hi Jackie,

First of all, I love MENOHALT – what a great (and accurate) word! Second, it does seem like a no-brainer that your health care practitioner might think of a bone problem when you break 2 bones in rapid succession AND you are menopausal. Sounds like time to shop around for another practitioner who will really partner with you. They are out there! Unfortunately, at this time of life, we feel less like making changes than at any other – we just want something to stay the same. Our bodies, minds, and emotions are variable enough for us. It’s a cosmic joke for sure.

Anyway, so glad to have you part of our virtual community. (And yes, can most of us relate to the spare tire! I’ve lost and found mine about 4 times already. Sheesh.) Hang in there – we women can get through anything as long as we have each other.

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