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gbraide t1_iuvfbjo wrote
Reply to comment by AndrewFGleich in When I was 32, I was told that my bones were like that of an 80 year old. I have built a web application to track bone health and monitor treatments for those like me. No sign-up, No personal data collected, Completely Free and Open-Source. by Abishek_Muthian
Thank you. I actually broke the femur neck during the run. I was in a bit of pain, but you learn to run with the odd bit of discomfort so for whatever reason managed to drag myself around the remaining 6 miles of the course. I think that was later diagnosed as pure stupidity. About an hour after finishing I was unable to support myself so I had to go to hospital. Despite all of this I was adament that it was a muscular problem because surely you can't walk after breaking a femur. How is your running going now?
gbraide t1_iutfqst wrote
Reply to When I was 32, I was told that my bones were like that of an 80 year old. I have built a web application to track bone health and monitor treatments for those like me. No sign-up, No personal data collected, Completely Free and Open-Source. by Abishek_Muthian
Thank you! Last year during a half marathon I broke my hip. After many dead end conversations with doctors I eventually got myself a bone density scan where I was diagnosed with osteopenia. I am 43 and felt so old and lost. I have struggled to get back to some normality and find that my condition is rare in males by age and work like this gives me some confidence that I am not just an oddity. Thank you again, so much
gbraide t1_iuvg3ci wrote
Reply to comment by Abishek_Muthian in When I was 32, I was told that my bones were like that of an 80 year old. I have built a web application to track bone health and monitor treatments for those like me. No sign-up, No personal data collected, Completely Free and Open-Source. by Abishek_Muthian
Thanks, I uploaded my data. My scan gave me extra information not required by your site for the femur, I have been given alongside the neck, troch & shaft. Not sure if that data is useful.
I can only speak from my viewpoint of a white British male that every bit of research I found, medical paper, support network seemed to be centred around the elderly or menopausal women. The health service here in the UK is fantastic however stretched to the limit in funding. Something "frivolous" such as a dexa scan is so low down on their services that I had to persistently request something to find out what has gone on. I am taking over the counter calcium tablets (recommended by a UK charity - royal osteoporosis society), upped my calcium intake, started strength training to load up my bones but not given a great deal further. I have seen talk of hormone levels have some impact on this but again I feel I will be given short shrift on this by my doctors. It has been a year since my break and they have booked an appointment to see me in a couple of weeks. Are there other avenues that I should be pushing for?