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"Dee Randall" > wrote: > "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message > ... > > In article >, > > "Dee Randall" > wrote: > > > >> At my doctor's last visit, regarding two different tests in the same > >> day - > >> he had his nurse call me and tell me to take calcium (Dexascan - > >> osteopenia) > >> and on the other test results, he had her call me and tell me to stop > >> calcium altogether. When I questioned this with some other nurse who > >> called > >> to see what the trouble was with my thinking, I never got a return call > >> when > >> she said she would look into it. There have been other things along > >> these > >> lines, too. Time to look for ANOTHER doctor. > >> I say, Bullshit, too. > >> Dee Dee > >> > >> > > > > <lol> Sounds like someone too busy to correlate results... > > > > Why did they want you to stop taking Calcium? > > > > And for the record, Calcium by itself is not really utilized properly > > anyway. > > > > Short story he > > > > When I first started weight lifting and eating a high protein diet > > wayyyyy back when when I was about 30, I started developing leg cramps. > > > > Not just ANY leg cramps, but Quadricep cramping that would wake me up at > > 2 am and have me nearly passing out with the pain. :-( I have a very > > high pain tolerance but this was about a 12 on a scale of 1 to 10! > > > > Turns out that eating more protein tends to cause the kidneys to dump > > more calcium, so you need a higher supplementation rate. One good reason > > to eat yogurt and cottage cheese. <G> > > > > Anyhoo, I tried 4 different types of calcium supplements over time with > > varying results, but none of them were adequate for stopping those early > > morning episodes of sheer hell. :-( > > > > I spoke with one of or ER docs about it, (one that I knew had a side > > practice of "complementary medicine" where he used nutritional and > > herbal therapies in combination with standard medical practices). > > > > He told me that the problem was that I was taking CALCIUM, by itself!!! > > He said that calcium works together in balance with Magnesium and > > Phosphorous to keep blood levels stable. > > > > Thanks for the information. Yes, I know about the balance. DH gets legs > cramps awful and he pops about 5 sublingual magnesium pills under his tongue > when this happens (he does take calcium & phosphorous supplements.) > > I am not a big believer in calcium supplements. I do believe in eating > cheese and yogurt and not necessarily milk. I've read the stastics on the > Bantu who do not drink milk and don't get osteoporosis. When I stopped > supplementing and stopped drinking milk, but eating cheese, I acutally > gained 6% bone. (I do take a regimen of vitamins, but basically they are at > the rates that are mostly recommended and I don't overdo any of them.) > > However, my blood test results have always showed a couple of .points (as > in .3) points over the calcium level of around 10. I've been told that it is > nothing to worry about this smaller .point number above normal; and I've > also been told that the reason for a higher level of calcium in the blood > backs up the fact that you are leaching calcium from the bone and it is > showing up in the blood. > > The doctor said to take more calcium because I was still a little under the > numbers on the Dexascan and still considered having osteopenia. That was > the first call. Then the second call he related to the 'blood test' being a > few .points over and he said to not take calcium. I had discussed the above > average calcium level previously and he said there was nothing to worry > about. Now all of a sudden he tells me to stop taking calcium. It was the > nurse who relayed this information to me, but his notes on the report > confirm that these were his recommendations in both instances. > > A day before the above relaying of information, the nurse wrote me a note > and said that my spine showed better improvement and my hips less; when > actually any person could read the chart and see that it was actually the > opposite. She said she got this information from the doctor's words. > > This is not a matter of great importance in the great scheme of things, but > if and when something greater does happen I don't want anything to do with > these rattled people. There have been a few things that I consider more > crucial to my health that has happened. This has just been the straw that > broke the camel's back. > Thanks for listening. > Dee Dee Understood. :-) The brand I take is "Now", sort of a generic vitamin. Their "full spectrum minerals". They are quite affordable and it's 2 pills per day with food. Cheese is going to be higher in Calcium as it's sorta condensed and concentrated. I'm glad things are working for ya! -- Peace, Om. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson |
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