spelling bee

Hi,
I have a new word to spell. Osteoporosis.

Since I seem to have developed it, I thought I had better learn to spell the silly thing.... even though it's not very funny.

Seems it's the reason I'm shrinking. I've lost over an inch in the last 2 years. I'm blaming the chemo therapy. I happen to have had a DXA scan (which checks your bones for osteopina & osteoporosis.... both of which I now have and can spell very well) just before my cancer episode started and I didn't have any signs of either problem then. Fast forward to this summer when I was at my G.P.'s office and told how tall I was (or wasn't in my case). I went home and made Marshall re-measure me to make sure I wasn't losing more than just my height, maybe my hearing was going too. Nope, I was definitely shrinking.

My current scan came up with osteopina in my pelvis & osteoporosis in the lumbar region of my spine. My radiologist is relieved to know that it wasn't his fault when he zapped me around my head & neck, they seem okay. My calcium & vitamin D levels are great so it's not my diet that's the cause either. That leaves the chemo drugs as my main culprit. Drat, fix one issue and cause another problem. I just can't seem to catch a break lately.

Tomorrow I start in on my new meds, Alendronate, 35mg tablet.... better known as Fosomax. I wanted to try Boniva so that I might end up looking as good as Sally Fields does in the commercials but my doctor said I probably wouldn't get that 'Gidget' look from the meds so I'm going with the Alendronate. I'm just hoping I don't react, have any side effects, or shrink any more. I haven't room to spare in the size department. No wonder the 9 year olds are taller than me in the pool.

I am truly tired of having to learn to spell new words, especially medical ones. Spelling was never my best subject.

xox
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