All My Children Discussion Group -- Take Your Calcium!

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Topic: Take Your Calcium!

Topic Posted by: Peace
Date Posted: Fri Jul 18 11:16:10 2008
Additional Comments:

This is just a little health warning.

I have been sidelined for weeks with a compression fracture of a vertebrae. While on vacation I lifted my suitcase and that did it. The pain has been intense and I have had to take Percocet, which bothers my stomach, so, in short, I am miserable.

I have always taken calcium. Vitamin D and Fosamax.....so I thought I was okay. My last bone density test was passable, and I eat lots of veggies and yogurt. But I haven't had a density test in almost two years, so here I am, wasting all these beautiful summer days doing nothing. I know I have degenerative arthritis but have tried to manage it. Guess not!

My doctor says two more weeks of doing nothing, no driving, no nothing!

SO......take your calcium, have a bone density test and eat healthy, and don't lift things that are heavy.

Posted by: songbird
Date posted: Fri Jul 18 11:50:34 2008
Message:

Be sure to watch those Vitamin D levels. The number should be at least 30 with 50 being a great reading. It's a simple blood test that I think should be included each year during the annual check-up. Too many doctors ignore it until bone problems surface!!!

Calcium is a real challenge, isn't it? I was told by someone who works with gastric-bypass patients to use CHEWABLE Calcium Carbonate as it's easier on the stomach.

Posted by: Donata
Date posted: Fri Jul 18 11:50:24 2008
Message:

So sorry to hear of your Injury. Hope you get to feel better soon.

I have Osteoporosis and Arthritis in the back and through out my body.... I take calcium+D, Fosamax, and hormones. I had a bone density test as well, and have been on Fosamax for at least 15 years. I drink decaf coffee and tea, as caffeine robs your bones of calcium... Walking is the best exercise.

Posted by: W.E.

Date posted: Fri Jul 18 11:29:24 2008
Message:

I'm a vitamin NUT. I take the recommended dosage of calcium that my doc told me (it includes D as well).

So sorry to hear you are laid up. Hope the time flies by quickly and you're up and at 'em soon.

Posted by: Bonnie
Date posted: Fri Jul 18 11:26:54 2008
Message:
I'm so sorry about your injury and hope you feel better quickly. My tummy can't calcium, so I do weight bearing exercises. A nutritionist told me that they can be as beneficial as taking calcium, so I'm hoping for the best.

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I can't take calcium either. Makes me so sick. I try to eat right and get plenty of exercise.