Tim & Greg, You're right... a CBC won't show any indication of either. I have pretty bad bone loss and have been on Fosamax for a few years. We're considering Reclast, the once-a-year injection/IV. I also had to have my Vitamin D monitored because it didn't matter how much Fosamax and/or calcium supplements I got, calcium won't build bone without Vitamin D (from sunshine or 400mg tablets).
Greg... I had a question about the testosterone. Is that also related to bone loss or just energy? Best to All! --Tod ----- Original Message ----- From: t crook To: [email protected] ; Greg Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Bone Scan Testosterone Wow- I may get that done. I too have been tired quite a bit; and have had just been about every other test done but those. A CBC (complete blood count) probably wouldn't show any signs of deficiency's in those areas, would they? Tim c5-c6, 20 yrs. post www.geocities.com/onemofortom WhoopieKat.com --- On Fri, 2/6/09, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: From: Greg <[email protected]> Subject: [QUAD-L] Bone Scan Testosterone To: [email protected] Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 8:35 AM I would encourage those who have been in chairs for awhile to get their bone density and testosterone (for guys) checked. I just got my results back from mine and both were very low. Not sure of the difference in bone scans, but I was sent for a “Dexa” Bone Scan. Test came back and my bone loss was pretty high. So he then sent me for a testosterone test and it came back as basically nil. So now I have to take a weekly thing for bones and a daily gel rube for testosterone. Maybe that’s why I’m so tired lately. G.
