Hip Bone is Connected to the Thigh Bone

I DON'T want to break, even if I'm Breaking Bad!

So this blog was set up many years ago to share with my loved ones my progress and to educate anyone that possibly stumbled across this on their research regarding cancer and survivorship.  I really don't think any of my friends read this anymore but it feels good to the soul if anyone can possibly learn from my experience. I'm not the best writer nor have I blog consistent enough but I truly hope I've helped at least one person.  If so, I've done what I set out to do.  

Recap, I was diagnosed November 16, 2005 at 28.  Fast forward to today I'm now 37 and I'm in survivorship mode.  Survivorship tends to be the hardest on most since the "fight" is over and then you have to live with how you've mentally and physically changed.  What I always find hardest is that we'll never know sometimes if it's because we're truly getting older or if treatment has a hand in all this.

Anyway, back to my original topic of BONES!  Because of my last discovery that I was in perimenopause, I immediately asked for a bone density test.  I had a baseline one.  I had one done shortly after I finished chemo and I suggest everyone that has chemo or have things done with their ovaries ask they med oncs about it.  Baseline tests can be good because then they can use it to compare it to when they perform the test in the future.  The reason why you may want to have it check from chemo or ovarian treatment is because those treatments can disrupt your estrogen which tend to help your bones.  That is why older folks, mainly older women, have a higher chance of having osteoporosis.  Osteoporosis are porous or fragile bones more susceptible to breaks.  Most folks are recommended to have this test done every 1-3 years so talk to your docs.  They may or may not bring it up on their own.  They are super busy and see so many patients in a day.  Be your own advocate! 

I had mine done back in the days and it was normal for someone my age.  So I have decent bones going for me with my latest news!  My lumar actually shows a slight increase (these test aren't 100% accurate) and my thigh and hip bones showed just 3% decrease in bone density.  I'll take that!  No changes in my life style are recommended.  I know the lower body has bigger bones but I do weight bearing exercise, usually take my calcium supplement and try to eat a fairly healthy diet.  All this tends to help and that means I'll continue to do all this and may up my weight bearing exercise more since that's just a win win.  I also have to admit that my cal/mag supplement a dose is two tablets.  I tend to only take one so I may need to take the full dosage since I found out about my perimenopause issue.  Things to think about because we have one body so lets take care of it!