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Osteoporosis Support
4,271 members
A US based peer support community engaging, educating, and empowering people to build and keep strong bones for a long and independent life. Offering discussions and support for people to prevent bone loss, osteoporosis and fractures.
Bone Health and Osteoporosis UK
5,591 members
This community is a welcoming and safe space for you to share your experiences, and we hope you’ll connect and find support with other people in a similar situation. Find our community guidelines here: https://healthunlocked.com/bonehealth/posts/150617024/b-community-guidelines-for-bone-health-and-osteoporosis-uk-b [b]Royal Osteoporosis Society[/b] We’re the Royal Osteoporosis Society – the UK’s largest national charity dedicated to improving bone health and beating osteoporosis. And we’re here for everyone living with osteoporosis or supporting someone. We equip people with practical information and support to take action on their bone health. • Visit our website https://theros.org.uk/, we have lots of fact sheets and booklets available to download and print, covering everything from general bone health, diagnosing osteoporosis and fragility fractures, osteoporosis drug treatments and living with spinal fractures. • What is Osteoporosis? Find our more through our information film https://youtu.be/DNExgVo8zsc?si=ArZ--vxYx6I_IclG • Join our membership - By becoming a Member of the ROS you can access exclusive benefits including your free book: All About Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis News magazines, a monthly member e-newsletter and so much more! The Royal Osteoporosis Society is a UK based organisation, and all of the content, information and support available here is based on UK treatments and care. If you’re from another country you may wish to look at these organisations: https://www.osteoporosis.foundation/our-network/the-committees#committee-of-national-societies [b]Connect with us! [/b] Join our mailing list - https://theros.org.uk/ros-news-sign-up/ You tube - https://www.youtube.com/c/osteoporosissociety Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/RoyalOsteoSoc Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/royalosteosoc/ X - https://twitter.com/royalosteosoc
Pelvic Radiation Disease Association
619 members
The PRDA community is a peer support group where people can ask questions and share their experiences as well as supporting each other in living with Pelvic Radiation Disease (PRD). The group is run by the Pelvic Radiation Disease Association which is a UK based, patient-led charity set up to provide information and support to people who experience PRD following cancer treatment. PRD is a long-term side-effect (‘late effect’) affecting an estimated 100,000 people in the UK. We understand that people living with PRD can often have a complex set of symptoms which may affect their bowel, bladder, sexual and/or other functions for many years after radiotherapy. These symptoms sometimes only appearing several years or even decades after their radiotherapy treatment. PRD is defined as one or more ongoing symptoms of variable complexity that may affect people who have previously had radiotherapy to the pelvic region to treat their cancer. This includes pelvic radiotherapy for cancers of the colon, rectum, anus, prostate, testes, bladder, cervix and womb, but also total body radiotherapy and radiotherapy in the pelvic area for other primary and secondary cancers. Other words that are sometimes used to describe symptoms of PRD include: Radiation enteritis, Radiation proctitis, Radiation colitis, Radiation enteropathy, Radiation cystitis, Radiation cystopathy, Radiation-induced lumbar plexopathy and Pelvic insufficiency fractures.