Welcome to the world of the post-menopausal woman Beep
 
I hear chocolate has a lot of calcium in it  (if it's milk chocolate)..
 
and then there's cream cakes..
 
and
 
 
 
 
I'm not helping, am I?

Truly sorry to hear that, Beeps.
 
I was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis a few years ago (in my mid forties).  After extensive tests and treatments, I now have yearly biophosphate infusions ( not overly pleasant), and my last scan showed an improvement, so there may be hope.
 
Good luck, my friend.

Sorry to hear this Beep, I know a little about blown disk's, not gone yet but two are close to popping if I do not take care and the bones do grind most days.  Wishing you the best, hope it shows some improvement soon.

Careful with all that dairy though. You don't want to clog your arteries up on top of everything else 
 
 

Timing being everything, I just read about calcium on Wednesday and, by itself, it's not going to help much unless it can actually get to the bones.  That, however, is apparently accomplished by a little-known vitamin called K2 which we no longer get much of in our normal diet.
 
Here's a couple of the many mentions that I found (not where I originally read about it - but I figure you'll do your own research anyway!).
 
http://www.uswellnessmeats.com/newsletter_archive/newsletter/2008/July_27_2008_Newsletter.html
 
http://www.alsearsmd.com/2009/12/prevent-liver-cancer/
 
 
 
 

My wife's grandmother used to give me some sage advice. "Never grow up to be an old lady," she'd tell me. I'd just laugh it off. I mean, that's highly unlikely, right? What are the odds that I would ever grow up?
 
Anyway, I hope you feel better soon. Bones. Without them, we'd be jellyfish. That's not quite as much fun as you might think. Hang in there, Beeps.

Hi, guys. Kind of being a bit of an Eyore today I guess as I process this ("Woe is me. I lost my tail. Eee Haw. Wah wah. Blah blah."). Hopefully I'll get it out of my system today and get on with it. Again the well wishes are definitely appreciated and really this, although not cool, is not as bad as things could be. I was more concerned about my bloodwork (kidneys/liver/etc) and that thankfully turned out fine. This just really took me by surprise for some reason and is going to cost money which is what is stressing me out. I have put the appropriate pokers in the fire and it should work out but it's a waiting game now which drives me nuts. In fact if even one of the multitude of things I have set up over the past few years pans out everything becomes instantly "okay" so... fingers crossed.
 
I have a lot of friends in the meatworld but really I don't keep in contact as much because all this is very embarrassing to me and I don't like worrying them or dragging them down. I don't really discuss this much here either I guess but in a lot of ways you all have become my inner circle and just helping me wrap my head around this fancy schmancy music production stuff has been a great distraction from my frustrating existence. With any luck it'll turn into a viable career at some point but even if I only just get to unleash the noise in my head and toss it out into the world that's something.
 
So, thanks for being there and putting up with my nubile ways. Ain't no place like the CW forums and really it's amazing that a forum that is essentially a promo/p2p support mechanism for a software product has morphed into such a close knit community that goes way beyond those functions. Guess that's why I get a little overprotective sometimes but I'm like that with my IRL friends too.
 
@jb... I am glad to hear that the treatments are working for you and that does give me some hope. They are telling me I will have to take a simple jab periodically to inhibit the destructor cells (the demolition Fraggles) so I'm not sure if it is the same thing. They said it was non intrusive though with no real side effects so if it isn't the same thing maybe, iffen you want, once I get to research this more I can give you the details for you to ask your doc about it. Perhaps it is a new treatment or something. Best to ya.
 
@Wook... Are you doing physio at home to keep those discs in place? I do a very specific but simple "exercise" that shoves the discs back into their little hidey holes and it's very effective. It's essentially just laying on my stomach and slightly arching backward curving my lower back (where my slipped/bulging discs are). This pushes them back into place so they are hitting the nerve bundle that runs down the spine (which is what causes the pain and leg numbness). If you can keep those buggers in place and strengthen your core (which as a whole other set of simple yet effective exercises) you should be golden. The surgery is a joke and best avoided if possible. Most people that get it have to have it done again a couple years later. Good health my furry friend.
 
@Karyn... I don't care for sweets... got any stinky cheese? Shropshire is my fave. All the tangy, rotting stinkiness of Stilton but with less foot flavor. :-p
 
@sharke... I have not drank milk regularly since I was a kid and avoid all sorts of other artery clogging foods specifically to avoid that kind of crap. Now they are telling me to guzzle whole milk. I did ask about this as well and I guess dealing with starvation/bone loss takes precedence over crudded up gaskets. I do already see a cardiologist once a year anyway though (to make sure my tubes don't explode for other reasons) so I'm more likely to have that stuff caught earlier that other folks.
 
Back to my vids/notes. I can finally understand what the heck Craig is talking about in those X1 Advanced vids that came with my X1Pro Expanded purchase all those years ago. Lots of cool stuff I want to try.
 
Thanks again, guys.

Lots of vitamins/supplements have been mentioned already by the doc and I'm guessing a nutritionist will likely get involved at some point. I just started seeing this new specialist (after many years of waiting to get anywhere near these types of docs) so the journey is just beginning.
 
But as it stands the Vit D and Milk are goign to be the crucial two. Magnesium and another that I'd have to look at my notes for are others.
 
Actually eating regularly... well that's important too. As I said, the system seems to be designed to wait for people like me to simply give up and die. I'm too bloody stubborn for that though and all they are doing is making me mad.
 

Remember to check out that vitamin K stuff Beep!
 
(I may be the only person you've ever heard of who regenerated two of his lower vertebrae too!)