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Re: lupron & bone density test resultsFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri Jan 12 21:09:10 2001
basically he is tellin you that something whether it was the shots or not has made your bones weaker and in this case your spine which makes it easier to injur your spine because it is more fragile hope i could help At Fri, 12 Jan 2001, anonymous wrote: > >At Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Laurie wrote: >> >>I have had 3 shots of a 6 month course of lupron and went for a bone >>density test earlier this week. I got my results from the radiologists >>office (they hadn't sent them to my dr yet) and am wondering how to >>interpret them. My 'hip' scores were normal but my 'spine' scores were >>not. My T# on the spine was -1.38, which according to the radiologist >>means that "bone mineral density in the spine is in the mild osteopenic >>range." Can somebody give me some non-doctor spin on what that 'really' >>means? I was going to call my gyn dr to tell him I had picked up the >>results myself but I figured I'd get more info before I talked with him. >>I decided NOT to get anymore shots- it's pretty clear to me that the >>questionable pain relief is not worth the risk to my bones. Any >>insights or info would be appreciated.
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