Curious of Others Bone Doc Activity Advice
Hi all,
I'm 63...I've had all of my prior bone scans done in Seattle (my spine was already -2.2 at 50) This past one was on a different GE machine (older) and different tech/facility. In 3 years time, I went from -3.0 to -3.7 in my spine. Ugh. This is super frustrating because after years and years of just jogging, I really started focusing on full body strength and weight bearing exercises in the past 3 years, which somehow didn't seem to help. I was referred to an endo. My hips have remained steady (osteopenia), even with some improvement over the past several years, but my spine not so much. An Xray showed a deformity at t-12, which is strongly suspected to be a healed compression fracture. Guess how that happened? MAKING A BED. I thought I strained my back last September while lifting a very heavy mattress with my left arm and shoving/tucking in a heavy comforter with my right (i was on my knees). All of a sudden I felt this jarring and heard a very audible crack. Scared the bejeeezus out of me. I immediately stood up, felt no pain, bent over, felt no pain....no pain walking. In fact the next morning i felt so good I walked 4-5 miles. Bad idea. I had 4 days of back muscle spasms, but only at night. No fun at all. The only pain I felt was an achiness. Fast forward 7 weeks and I felt good enough to golf. I started up my two 15 pound weights again end of Jan....swings, overhead cleans. Looking back knowing what I know now, I kind of cringe. I had no pain or problems whatsoever...
Anyway, my endo has referred me to a bone specialists at OHSU who I can't get in to see until March 1st! 8 months is a long time to wait and get some true guidance on what I can and cannot do. My endo in the meantime says no jogging, no golf :( He said lift with my legs and nothing more than 15 pounds total. Needless to say I am very frustrated and sad that I am here. I had ER+ breast cancer 22 years ago (no chemo or radiation), so I am not a candidate for HRT, which i think would help.
Do any of you have any similar experiences or can share what your bone specialists told you regarding activities? thanks much for reading