I MIGHT not have osteoporosis!

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YEAH!!!!! : ) I really hope that is the case!!Amelia ----- Forwarded Message ----To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Thu, January 21, 2010 3:42:06 AMSubject: I MIGHT not have osteoporosis!

Guess what?? I might not actually have osteoporosis! !

I went to a new endocrinologist today, and she said that sometimes

when bone density scans are done on young people, they don't take into

account that our bones might just be SMALLER than the average bone,

since we're not full grown yet. The scan sends x-ray beams through

your bones and measures how much comes out the other side to determine

bone density, but a small bone would let more past than a large bone

no matter HOW dense it was.

So she has to double check everything, and I may have to get a new

bone scan done. So I'm hopeful, but trying not to get too excited

because I may still very well have osteoporosis. Anyways. I'll let you

guys know what I find out!

Peace =)

Alyssa 15 yo

UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

SCD June 2009 (restarted)

Chinese Herbs (not legal but helping!)

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oh I SO HOPE you're ok!!!

eileen

>

> Guess what?? I might not actually have osteoporosis!!

>

> I went to a new endocrinologist today, and she said that sometimes

> when bone density scans are done on young people, they don't take into

> account that our bones might just be SMALLER than the average bone,

> since we're not full grown yet. The scan sends x-ray beams through

> your bones and measures how much comes out the other side to determine

> bone density, but a small bone would let more past than a large bone

> no matter HOW dense it was.

>

> So she has to double check everything, and I may have to get a new

> bone scan done. So I'm hopeful, but trying not to get too excited

> because I may still very well have osteoporosis. Anyways. I'll let you

> guys know what I find out!

>

> Peace =)

> Alyssa 15 yo

> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> Chinese Herbs (not legal but helping!)

>

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Guess what?? I might not actually have osteoporosis! !

Alyssa, that's great! I can see how small bones might confuse

things. Sounds like at the very least, you probably have a lot less

than they thought! These tests can be totally off if you don't fit

the normal parameters. I had that when my IBS started. They did a

transit time test and said I was normal, when I was always racing off

to the bathroom. Found out later in a colonoscopy that my lower bowel

is three feet longer than normal, so a supposed normal transit time

wasn't at all. Things were really racing through (as I knew).

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At 08:53 AM 1/21/2010, you wrote:

I went to a new endocrinologist today, and she said that sometimes when

bone density scans are done on young people, they don't take into account

that our bones might just be SMALLER than the average bone, since we're

not full grown yet.

Heh!

Here's hoping you don't, m'dear!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

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Found out later in a colonoscopy that my lower bowel is three feet longer than normal, so a supposed normal transit time wasn't at all. Woah, 3 feet! That's crazy! I'm surprised you didn't have more C issues than D. Peace =)Alyssa 15 yoUC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Chinese Herbs (not legal but helping!)

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Woah, 3 feet! That's crazy! I'm surprised you didn't have more C

issues than D.

Peace =)

Alyssa 15 yo

I did. I was dramatically C until the violent onset of the IBS after

a flu in 1982. I can tell you, the new problem came as a real

surprise! I just thought -- maybe this is the reason I tolerate

salads and raw fruits so well, maybe I need them for my longer transit time!