Question..

[lunahalo.livejournal.com]

..a friend of mine is in her mid-40s and is having problems with osteoperosis. She's also having issues with her digestive system, and is thoroughly convinced that the 2 issues are connected. She said she thinks she might be pre-menopausal, but I don't know.

She wanted me to ask around and see if there's anything she can do about this. She said something about she'd like to take more calcium into her diet, but she's not sure how that's going to work out. I don't know why she's not seen a gyno about all this, but that's just me.

Is there anything can be done??

Comments

[yellowrosetx.livejournal.com]

It is possible that they are connected. There are a lot of medical conditions that combine symptoms. While they appear to be separate conditions, they are actually parts of a whole.

Tell her to see a ortho specialist for the osteoperosis. Having bone pain and problems is often crippling, literally and figuratively. I have suffered with that sort of thing for several years after a car wreck. No menstrual pain or labor has compared to that agony.

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[lunahalo.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I shall let her know. :-)

PS

[lunahalo.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about your car accident, and the pain you're still going through...

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[yellowrosetx.livejournal.com]

Thank you, it was several years ago, but if anything I have learned from that experience is helpful to others then I'm glad to share it.

Re: PS

[lunahalo.livejournal.com]

That's so kewl. The only thing I've learned from car accidents? BE CAREFUL, there's IDIOTS IN THEM THAR STREETS!! LOL

[k3rn3lkill3r.livejournal.com]

Hormone replacement therapy. A pill I believe. I'm not a woman, but my mother has been taking a pill ever since she had her ovaries removed.

It puts you back normal, but you have to take them everyday for the rest of your life, or it'll keep getting worse.

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[lunahalo.livejournal.com]

Thanx. I'll let her know.