Hi everyone, Hope your having a fabulous day. 😊
I've mentioned in earlier posts about how my health has deteriorated over the last year. Alot of it is down to my fall down the stairs it was a really bad fall. I have since found out that I fractured my spine but with the Doctor missing it is now too late to do much with as it's now compressed. I have been going through bone densities tests to see if my bones are brittle.
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I had a phone call from my Doctor this morning to go over my bone density scan and what the specialist wants to do. I've been prescribed a pill that you take once a week, you must take it on the same day and time every week on a empty stomach, 30 minutes before food, I need to drink a lot of water with it plus you must either stand or sit upright for 30 minutes so the pill goes straight into my stomach. I take this every week for 2 years then get 18 months break before they do another density scan. Hopefully by then my bones are stronger. I've also got to stop taking the Vitamin D I take on a maintenance dose to now take a Vitamin D with Calcium.
Next step: I have a phonecall booked for next Monday with the Musculoskeletal service too see what they can do about my spine. The pain is becoming unbearable. I don't know what they can do other than give me painkillers, they sometimes tell you to do exercises but with my other problems that is very doubtful. I also have to go for blood tests to check for coeliac disease and Myeloma which is a
type of blood cancer that affects plasma cells - a type of white blood cell that helps fight infection.
The Doctor that is dealing with me at my GP surgery is the best Doctor I have had, she is thorough on everything, I've never had so many tests and appointments. At least one thing I'll know whee I stand with my health.
Old age isn't fun week its not for some people especially when you have health problems. Just getting out of bed is so hard and painful, it's something we all take for granted until we lose it. A simple job of swinging your legs out of bed to start a full day causes me so many problems so from then on everything I do through the day causes me more pain and more stress.
I never thought I would end up disabled as growing up I lived gymnastics, I was always joining in on sports but now I feel like I've lost everything all the plans I made for getting old, all the things I wanted to do If I got luck with grandchildren. I can't even take my gorgeous pups for a walk.
Pleases becareful whatever you do as all my problems stemmed from me jumping over a wall when I was 14.
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