My mom, who is 82, fell and hit her head on the stove then twisted around and landed on the floor on her hip. She denies this but I saw it. I was going to call 911 but she said she would kill me if I did. I think she would do it. She has become extremely violent lately. I enlisted the help of my sister and brother but she wouldn’t listen to them either. She says if anything were wrong she would know it. Is this true? Are there any signs I should look for that she needs immediate medical intervention, especially broken bones? Her doctor says her osteoporosis is so severe her bones could break spontaneously.
My 79 year old grandmother broke her femur in two places in a car accident this morning . She has osteoporosis and they had to do surgery. How long will she take to heal? What are the chances of infection in a person here age? I am so worried about her! it has been a bad year for our family and this just made me really worried and has made me cry cause i don’t want anything more to happen to her!
Today was enough just seeing her in pain and in the hospital!
My dad has been a pretty sick guy for years. He is a 71 year old man who has a kidney disease and now has been told that he has to take dialysis. He has a few other illnesses, he has osteoporosis, which usually affects women, and rheumatiod arthritis and cannot walk very well and cannot do a lot with his hands which are almost completly closed and crooked from his painful condition. My dad does not say much and never complains I worry so much about him. I would just like to know what his chances are without coming right out and asking him. ANY info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
calcium carbonate (Cacit + vit D) and Fosamax for 4 months, then calcium citrate (Citracal + vit D) and Fosamax since September. Over a total of 7 months my densitometry shows no improvement.
My doctor says it’s normal, it takes a long time… If this is so it will take forever!
Why does it worry me so much? I’m only 42 and it gave me a small tibia fracture, which only seems to heal very slowly, and I ‘m afraid there might be other fractures along the way.
Well, I know there’s no miracle cure, but I saw a shrink who told me that my depression hampers the recovery. He says I reject my own body as it is, and I subconsciously hamper its reconstruction. Does that make sense?
At 42 it makes me feel like an old man, I really didn’t that on top of AIDS.
I’m a teenager, and I don’t think osteoporosis is in my family (is it hereditary?). If there are certain things to eat or exercises or stuff that can help avoid bone damage, please tell! Oh, and I have a disc bulge, which means I can’t run on treadmills and stuff, but I can still do bicycling and ellipticals and such.