Bone density scan.... anyone ?

[ebikeerwidnes]

I had one last year due to smashing up my pelvis. Couldn't get readings off my broken areas (spine and pelvis) as the bone gets stronger from a break. Happy to report bone density was excellent and above average for my age.

Worth getting done as we age. Friend's wife didn't realise she had osteoporosis until she fell in the garden and broke her hip. Hasn't healed well at all

Yes - best to check before things are a problem than deal with teh consequences later on

mostly anyway
a few jabs with a needle and lying on a table while a machine does something is a small thing compared to the problems once they crop up

 

[fossyant]

Yes - best to check before things are a problem than deal with teh consequences later on

mostly anyway
a few jabs with a needle and lying on a table while a machine does something is a small thing compared to the problems once they crop up

No jabs these days. It's like a moving xray machine. Very quick.

 

[mickle]

A lady i did some work for had a hysterectomy many years ago after cervical cancer. No one thought to suggest HRT. And so her vertebrae started collapsing and now she's in a wheelchair.

 

[postman]

All the best sir.

 

[toffee]

Had a scan couple of month's ago due to a fall i had in which I broke a vertebrae. Walking distances is now an issue but cycling is not affected.

The result showed i had reduced bone density. Had fallow up blood tests for calcium levels.

 

[slowmotion]

I was offered one a few years ago and took it. It might have been because I was taking a number of medications . Anyway, I got a brief report saying that there was a reasonably small chance of some kind of bone related crisis in the next fifteen years.

 

[SuperGalactian]

I reckon that sometimes you get a slight problem as you get older and the GP just looks at your record and thinks they may as well test for everything now
and then try to keep it a low level thing
rather than sort the problem out when it gets worse later

That made me laugh. The thought of my GP actually reading patient records for fun in case there was something they could prevent! If you are already ill, waiting time for a 10-minute appointment here is 2 months.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

That made me laugh. The thought of my GP actually reading patient records for fun in case there was something they could prevent! If you are already ill, waiting time for a 10-minute appointment here is 2 months.

I didn't mean they do it for fun (as you know!)

but our lot will have a general look and say "while we are at it we may as well check for x y and z"

If I need a general blood test for one thing - the list on the form often includes 3 or 4 things that are unconnected but they thing it may be worth checking for

Oh - and as far as waiting times are concerned - ours are about that long
unless you use the online consulting thing via their web site and describe why you want it and what the problem is

you generally get one within a week ro so then
once I actually got a phone call saying "we have had a cancellation - can you make an appointment in 30 minutes"

I'm glad we swapped to this lot - although the reviews would suggest they are not very good!