re: Calcium Causing Hip Pain?

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Dan, Thanks for your suggestions. I can see that I have been much too trusting

of the medical profession, formerly being quite satisfied with an " everything

looks fine " response. After reading these recent posts, I will definitely begin

to collect copies of labs, etc., beginning just before surgery and make some

comparisons for myself and begin educating myself! Since my Dexi was " very

good " , I thought, maybe I'm getting too much calcium (DON'T LAUGH) and it's

accumulating at hip joints......oh, never mind! = just an old lady with

wandering brain!! = who posted that AAADD recently?? :-)

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Message: 25

Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 17:35:38 -0500

Subject: RE: Calcium Causing Hip Pain??

I dunno if there is any connection whatsoever either but my right hip

is the one that has me seeing the rheumatologist on a regular basis and the

hip is where the dexa revealed osteopenia,,,,,,,,soooooooooo

On the other hand, I have been wracking my brain to try and remember if the

hip was this bothersome before I had WLS or not and honestly I cannot

remember ever seeking treatment for it. Just seems it gradually got worse

over time,,,,,I have no clue if there is any connection or not. I would

think about getting copies of and tracking every lab and every test I had

were I you. It has proven to be a veritable treasure house of info for me

and I do on the Excel spreadsheet for dummies version too. Everytime I have

an appointment with a doc, I print off the latest labs,,,,,,over the last

three years,,,,,showing them,,,,and trends, my health history which is

becoming voluminous on a Word document and a print off of all current

prescription meds and a sheet showing every other OTC thing I put into my

body,,,,,,,I give them copies,,,some are interested some are not but I am

tired of trying to memorize all that stuff to add to health histories

everytime I see someone. I also figure it might make it easier in case

someone else has to do it for me somewhere down the road.

Interesting about the hip comment tho and I think I remember others talking

about it. I find the dental thread fascinating as well as I am switching

dentists tomorrow cause the one I got will not talk to me about anything or

a " plan " or discuss anything on a long term basis. I cracked another tooth

last week and my mouth has been a disaster since surgery. I have no idea

whatsoever if it has to do with surgery or calcium,,,,,,someone in the field

commented on the calcium having to do with the bone the teeth grow in,,,,,I

thought that was informative,,,,,,just seems like there are lots of things

that get mentioned here in this community that are of more than passing note

along these lines.

Of course since our ceep did our survery on age, LOL, I am not convinced

that I am into geezerdom on my own anymore and some of this could have to do

with conditions not related to WLS whatsoever! This next decade should be a

decade of note in research on us and the new developments for morbid obesity

and I am keen to see what is revealed.

Dan Slone

Surgery 5/2/2000

Calcium Causing Hip Pain??

Hello.

I am a regular lurker, but rarely post. I appreciate all the info I glean

every day from this group. Anyway, I had open RNY January of 2001 and am

down about 140 lbs from a starting weight of 375. I have been diligent

about my iron supplements and vitamins, but not too much with the calcium

until reading here and seeing others suggestions/problems regarding calcium

intake. After I started taking as much calcium as I should be I noticed

that I was having arthritis symptoms in my hips. Started to pain me like a

tooth ache, especially driving and riding in the car and keeping me up at

night tossing and turning because of the pain. If I go off of the calcium a

few days, pain is GONE. Start back the calcium, back it comes the next

day!!!! Anyone else experience problems with calcium supps? My Dexi was

good 2 years out, but I don't know the numbers. Asked the nutritionist in

my doctor's office, and she says there is NO connection; keep taking the

calcium. Haven't mentio!

n it to doctors yet; thought I would ask here and see if anyone else has

problems like this. I am convinced there is a connection; have tried it on

and off numerous times with the same results.

TIA