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Re: Osteoporosis: is it caused by chemo?Not just aging?
This is very interesting I have just been diagnosed with osteoporosis in my wrist and osteopenia in my spine. A year after finishing chemo I have a total hip replacement and the following year had the other hip replaced. The year after the hip surgery I had wrist/thumb surgeries (3 of them). So I wonder if all of this is due to the chemo. My BC was Stage 1 fortunately but ER-, PR- and Her 2+++, so probably can't take the AI's. Have an appointment with an Endo next year, so fingers crossed I can rebuild my bones before suffering a fracture. I have been take Calcium with D, plus additional Magnesium and D3. My Calcium levels have improved with the supplemental D3.
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Dx: 2005 (pre-men, age 46) IDC Stage 1, no nodes
ER/PR -, Her2 +++
Lumpectomy with sential nodes negative
Chemo ACT, Rads, Herceptin for 10 months
Genetic testing 2008 BRACA 2 positive
Oopthectomy in 2008
Bilateral Mastectomy 2010, Reconstruction with expanders then silicone implants.
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