If feel a bit daft asking this here - but a very high DEXA score?

[KatyMac68]

I had an ankle scan years ago as part of a work "well woman clinic" and was told I was borderline oestopenia

Then as I had my ovaries out because of cysts I had a private dexa scan as a baseline for making decisions about hrt etc

My results seemed a bit 'off' but everyone says oh it's fine (it probably is) but a few nurses have wanted to know why

So my T scores are:

Spine z score 3.3

Left femur 1.9

Right femur 2.2

And yes I am fairly sure they are positive numbers

But I do very little exercise, I have chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia (currently being looked at for sub-clinical thyroid) plus I'm lazy and I have been dairy free for a huge part of my life

My brother has rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and had an oestocarcinoma in his femur in his 20s & he remembers me being diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my 20s in my hips and knee (i was born with bilateral hip diaplasia and had a lot of pain as a teen/young adult & pretty much the reat of my life tbh)....I don't remember this brain fog & memory loss are large in my life but recent xrays say I have excellent knees - in fact the knees of a young woman!

I'm not worried - I'm just nosy - so I thought I'd ask you guys

[Fruitandnutcase]

Your results look ok to me but I’m definitely no expert. I know you have lots of reasons for not exercising but to be honest if I were you I would find someone to help you find some sort of exercises you can do and will enjoy - a good instructor / physiotherapist / well qualified pilates teacher would be a place to start you could ask your doctor to refer you. Have some one to one sessions to begin with - then make the effort to exercise regularly. You don’t need to be training for marathons or developing great muscles like Mr Universe - just move.

It will pay off in spades because as you get older you will find that actually keeping moving is what keeps a lot of older people moving. It’s very much a case of use it or lose it as you get older. So start to protect your bones now while you’re still in with a chance.

Even if you are dairy free there are lots of calcium containing foods that you can eat. This will give you some ideas theros.org.uk/information-a...

The ROS also have a similar list for foods containing vitamin D, a lot of us take K2 to direct the calcium to our bones. The ROS also has information on exercises too, it’s worth having a look. Just remember if something causes pain then don’t do it.

[KatyMac68 in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

My diet is very restricted but I do my best

I supplement with D,K, alongside iron, folate, zinc, potassium, magnesium

I do small amounts of yoga and I cycle a lot

The worry I have is that I really don't think it should be that good!

[Met00]

If you have arthritis in the areas that are scanned, that can make your bone density appear better than it really is. It does seem strange that your scores are so good, given all your health problems. Are you able to afford and access a REMS bone scan, as it's accuracy isn't affected by arthritis?

[KatyMac68]

That might explain it maybe that's another test to save up for, thanks

[MWZ3]

Great! Just smile and believe it. My husband has osteoarthritis but he has the bones of a 30 year old as far as osteoporosis goes and hes 81. I say that he’s pinched some of my bone. Something has to go right for you. Stay away from the osteoporosis drugs as some people have been given them with no osteoporosis. Just tick this one off your list.

[josephinius1]

What they said...!