Osteoporosis/body armor

[mimitabby]

Robyn,
Keep your coffee. But get with the weight bearing program. I don't run either, but I can do stairs with the best of them. (I'm going to be in a competition in a few weeks, 69 flights of stairs!)

I wish I could run, but whenever I try (you know, run 300 feet) my whole body tells me it's not good, and shortly, I stop.

[hellosunshine]

well,ive been on the pill for 2 months now for my bones,wonder whats going on inside-if only we could look!!oddly i dont think its given me bigger tits,i got no spots and i bled for a mere second,no kidding,HOW DULL.


i drip milk into me,love it,i work upstairs at home so run up and down them constantly,BUT did wonder after a previous reply should i do a conscious 15 mins of up and down as an exercise????walk the dog.im afraid im a bit 2 fingers to running


gave up fizzy drinks 9 months ago and no regrets,infact my halo shines and aspertame,a harder thing to kick but all possible and very worthwhile,my place is secure in heaven-if only!


my vice is tea,but there again im am british and most things are solved over a cuppa

[silver]

Hi, My name is silver and I have osteopenia.

add me to the list. I'm 42. I've been referred to start some sort of Rx therapy. My hip number was -1.44 down from -.98 at 38.

This thread has been good info.

I've been doing weight training, running, and taking calcium for the last 5 years and the numbers still going down.

[mimitabby]

Hi, My name is silver and I have osteopenia.

add me to the list. I'm 42. I've been referred to start some sort of Rx therapy. My hip number was -1.44 down from -.98 at 38.

This thread has been good info.

I've been doing weight training, running, and taking calcium for the last 5 years and the numbers still going down.

Silver, that's a bummer, how much calcium are you taking?

hellosunshine, how long do you think you can take the pill for your bones?

read about Bone Divas

[silver]

I'm taking supplements of 1000 mg calcium and 200 iu of Vit D. In addition a lot of the other things I eat have added calcium. I need to make the appt with my family doctor but am somehow procrastinating.


hummm.....looks like I could up the vit D, but isn't there risk to too much vit D? I wonder what that is....

[mimitabby]

make sure you are getting 500 of Vit D (not too much) and also BORON.

[Crankin]

Mimi, when you do stair climbing, do you run or walk? I can't see me running up the stairs! I can do it cardio wise, but my knees would suffer. Where do you do this?

Robyn

[hellosunshine]

hellosunshine, how long do you think you can take the pill for your bones?

read about Bone Divas[/QUOTE]


havent a clue!not 100% happy about taking it,it has coincided with a real bad patch of depression,maybe just coincidence,hmm.

tell you what i do fancy though!(?) stair running races.

[BeeLady]

Osteoporosis is a worry for me. Had a total hysterectomy in April '05 and no HRT. My bone scan then was fine and had a bad accident involving a cow and a pipe fence last year and no broken bone so I'm still dense .

Good info on this thread. I have started more weight-bearing stuff like running using the Couch to 5K podcast and some strenuous yoga (push-up type stuff, etc.) I wasn't aware that cycling would not help bone density, but like Mimi said the stamina from the cycling helps with the other stuff.

If I can make it to 80+ before the fractures start, I think that would be ok (maybe I won't think so if I'm fortunate enuf to actually turn 80!) The studies showing bone density improvement thru weight-bearing excercises is encouraging as I would rather do that then go the prescription med route.

[mimitabby]

I am going to be in a stairclimb race next saturday, March 17th. It is 69 flights of 19 stairs. I am entered as part of a team with my 26 year old son, but he has been sick with a bad throat/cough/fever virus so I am thinking i am going to be a team of one.

I don't know if I'm allowed to fundraise here for my stairclimb, but if anyone is interested in donating to the Leukemia Lymphoma Foundation, here's a link.

anyway, taking Birth control pills is only going to help for a few years, no doctor will keep you on them indefinitely because of all the other side effects. Got to start doing something for your bones!