Re: fosamax



Cyli wrote:

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:59:30 -0400, anneb40434@xxxxxxxxx (Anne
Brennan) wrote:

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I am puzzled when other doctors ask me if my mother or other family
members had osteoporosis.  I am 70 yrs old.   Most of my family are
dead.  Funny thing  is I dont remember anyone of my mothers generation
even mentioning the  word "osteoporosis"   I find it a bit odd doctors
would  even ask that question.  Anne.



They're assuming you know the most obvious symptoms.  Breaking bones
easily as they age and the one you can tell at a glance.  Did they get
shorter as they got older?  Or the other at a glance one.  Did they
have Dowager's hump?


Hi heels, the most unhealthy foot wear possible certainly can contribute to dowander's hump. I compare high heels for their long term physical effects to the Chinese binding of feet. There is not drought high heels ae bad for the feed and worse for the back. 

No one of your mother's generation would have used the word
osteoporosis.  I don't know if it was a labeled disease back then I
doubt it), but it was just another facet of aging that some people
broke hips and had to go to nursing homes (or stay at home with
someone caring for them).


Cyli
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