could i please have help in understanding my letter

dachshund
dachshund Member Posts: 9,119
edited 17. Sep 2011, 07:34 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hello everyone
i need help i would like to understand what it means.
investigation findings x-ray is satisfactory quite marked osteopenia but good signs of bony consolidation.
i hope everyone's having a good day.
thank you.
joan xx
take care
joan xx

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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hello dachshund, I hope I can help. Osteopenia is a condition where bone density is measured as being lower than might be expected (but not as low as osteoporitic bone) and the consolidation means that the bones are becoming stronger, more solid. I hope this helps. How is life without the plaster? Does your foot now feel as though it belongs to you? DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh Joan Im glad DD is on the ball...I would have had to google it...I do hope your foot is feeling better without the plaster, you really are getting there..and good for you.
    Love
    Barbara
  • traluvie
    traluvie Member Posts: 2,579
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    As Barbera said glad DD is around :grin: as i would have done the same as Barbera and googled it.. :lol:
    Hope your resting up..xx
    th_tn_TisFORTIGGER.jpgxxTracyxx
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,119
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you DD Barbara Tracey
    i hope everyone's having a good day and not in too much pain.
    yesterday i walked around sainsburys pushing a trolley i think it was a bit to far as today my foot hurts so its had the ice today.
    i've gone back swimming and i go to physio and have a massage
    my foot is feeling nearly normal before it felt numb and swollen
    its nice to have my big toe up straight.
    thank you everyone.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Golly gosh Joan, you ARE doing well! I think that sometimes we walk further round supermarkets than we realise, possibly because the trolley supports us and we feel can get further and do more. I am not surprised your foot is hurting today, I hope the ice has helped and that you have been resting it. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,119
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you DD.
    yes dd you are right we want to be like we were and we think we can do it but some times we cannot it take's time in mind and body.
    thank you for your help i thought you would know what the words meant.
    i hope everythings well has can be for you.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi
    Yes our DD is right as usual :grin:
    I've got osteopinea and the bones are weaker than normal but not as bad as osteoporosis
    I dont take any medication for it

    Love
    Hileena
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 29,838
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Joan

    good to see you and yes l agree with Hileena and the others. l have a friend who has osteopenea.

    I think it's almost pre-soteoporosis because they do keep an eye on her.

    The consolidation sounds like good news.

    Well done you doing all you are doing l am very impressed :grin:

    Lovely to hear your toe is now where it should be :wink:

    Love

    toni xx
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,119
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you Toni Hileena.
    i hope you are both as well as can be and not in too much pain.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Joan,

    I think also that they are saying its not too bad and it is strengthening so thats good as well.

    Glad you're giving it a run for its money but go a bit careful if it starts hurting flower.

    Really pleased your doing so well and yep i am a fully paid up member of the do it and be damned brigade ... but just go a bit careful cus its still healing. A cuppa and a capachion to you and Sue. Cris xx
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,119
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you Cris.
    yes i'm being carefull and slow in what i do no hurrying yet.
    you take care.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Joan,

    I'm glad others are up to the mark with their medical vocabulary cos I hadn't a clue. However, I'm sure you're doing all the right things - as usual. Well done!
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • prefabkid47
    prefabkid47 Member Posts: 1,316
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Joan
    Great that you are getting about now.It's so lovely when the plaster comes off but at the same time you almost miss the security it gives.
    It is so easy to overdo things when you are let free (especially with the shopping trolley),I've been there!!
    Just take things slowly.
    Ron x
    ''Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy''. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,119
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you Stickyw Ron.
    the last few days i've had pain at night and all day when i put weight on my foot and aching i'm taking 6 co-cods a day where before i was only taking 2 i had no pain since the op i think it's becouse i have not got the plaster i see the physio on tuesday.
    it's not too bad when i walk with the frame.i see the physio on tuesday.
    i hope everyone's having a good day take care.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx

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