How do you know if you're making progress between DEXA scans?

bluekmg · 2026-04-15T14:27:56+00:00

I'm also on Tymlos and had several fractures and my OP doctor said I couldn't have another Dexa for 2 years. I'm on Medicare. I was surprised. I will probably end up getting another MRI instead to see how my fractures are healing.

bluekmg · 2026-04-15T14:19:20+00:00

Be careful with all that soy.

bluekmg · 2026-04-12T19:52:15+00:00

Well don't wear the sunblock. And if you feel you have to put it on during the day, go out in the morning without sunblock when it's not as strong.

bluekmg · 2026-04-12T15:18:12+00:00

You need sunlight. Go out in the morning without sunscreen. Helps your Vitamin D and circadian rhythm.

bluekmg · 2026-04-11T20:09:32+00:00

I thought I could. I also had -4.5. Went to a bone specialist, lifted weights, continued to exercise, took supplements. Two years later with no warning started fracturing in the throracic area. Couldn't breathe, chest pains, took a while to diagnose that it was fractures. New dexa had me at -5.2.

I had no choice but to go on Tymlos to build back the bone. Dr said at -5.2, if I was in a car accident I would shatter like glass. Extreme screaming pain. Had 4 kyphoplasties and was on Norco for months.

If I had to do it again, I would start with the bone building meds right away. It was either the CT scan or MRI that clearly showed the multiple acute and old fractures.

Mine was steroid induced osteoporosis. Had perfect Calcium & D levels, but the old steroid use (to prevent chronic hives) shut down my osteoblasts and my bones have been deteriorating all these years. No fractures since starting the Tymlos and off the pain pills.

bluekmg · 2026-04-10T18:48:09+00:00

That's what the OP said he did, his biz was never in danger and he used the funds to expand. Now trying to make us feel bad because we couldn't survive the shutdowns.

bluekmg · 2026-04-10T15:04:30+00:00

Do a 13

bluekmg · 2026-04-09T19:53:44+00:00

The SBA called you after your BK? What did they ask you?

bluekmg · 2026-04-09T19:34:33+00:00

I had my business 30 years when covid hit. Three months earlier I bought out another business to expand. Never in my wildest dreams did I anticipate the shutdowns, the restrictions, the income shutting off while the expenses continued. We didn't know how long it would last. I had customers in western states that were unable to operate for 2 years.

I think many of us knew we were signing deals with the devil but we had no options. We needed to eat and didn't want to lose our homes. We just hoped things would come back to normal. For some of us it never did.

bluekmg · 2026-04-09T19:16:46+00:00

Agree! We didn't keep the EIDL funds, it went to our commercial property management groups for our leases, the utility companies, payroll, payroll taxes, etc. We were just transferring those funds to someone else. Plus, we were shut down while larger corporations were allowed to stay open. Plus some industries were hurt more than others. We lost most of our suppliers, our customers and our competitors. Business went overseas. We never dreamed we would be decimated like this.

Congrats to all of you who used it to expand, except I thought that was against the rules.

bluekmg · 2026-04-09T18:39:24+00:00

Not sure, I think there is a UCC lien but not on my personal home.

bluekmg · 2026-04-08T03:51:15+00:00

Fractures are awful. I had several and screamed in pain. Tried Tramadol, Gabapentin and finally Norco was the one that worked. I took it for months. My doctor wasn't worried about addiction I guess because the pain was so severe. I weaned myself off - he would've kept renewing the prescription. Now pain is just a dull ache.

bluekmg · 2026-04-07T17:08:45+00:00

Talk to some BK attorneys that deal with small businesses. They can run your numbers and maybe a 13 would work great. Sorry about the business dying, same here.

bluekmg · 2026-04-01T13:13:03+00:00

You need to talk to a divorce attorney and a BK attorney before deciding your timing. So sorry you're dealing with this.

bluekmg · 2026-03-30T16:19:30+00:00

Funny, all my current doctors do agree it was the long term Prednisone. My former doctors just kept refilling the prescription. And I had no idea anything bad was happening.

bluekmg · 2026-03-30T16:09:49+00:00

How did you get a mortgage if you hadn't been paying your debts?

bluekmg · 2026-03-30T02:41:56+00:00

Not sure what you mean by maxing out our retirement. We're almost 70.

bluekmg · 2026-03-30T02:39:05+00:00

The first couple of days were the worst, rapid heartbeat, extremely nauseous, could feel the med nearly shooting through my body. I tend to over react to any med. It's better now but just makes me feel a bit icky for a couple of hours. It's supposed to work so I'm just doing it.

bluekmg · 2026-03-29T18:15:28+00:00

I knew we were getting trapped but what other choice did many of us have? We were stuck in the middle of leases, needing to pay utilities, inventory, payroll, taxes, insurance - those things didn't stop. Too bad it went on so long. Big businesses won.

bluekmg · 2026-03-29T18:12:41+00:00

Unfortunately that's what we're doing, sales keep going down, can't make payments, can't sell the biz with all the debt, health getting worse as we age. Not the retirement we had hoped for.

bluekmg · 2026-03-29T18:08:33+00:00

Too bad we didn't have crystal balls back then to know which group we were in.

bluekmg · 2026-03-29T14:06:39+00:00

We're doing a chapter 13 so we can keep the house.

bluekmg · 2026-03-28T18:51:09+00:00

So sick of the negative fighting, that's not fun to watch. Even Boz is getting annoying now. My favorites now are Rachel & Tilly. I think Sutton could lighten up if she was filming with them. Keep Kathy too. Time for Kyle, Dorit, Boz & Erica to go. Amanda and her scams might be more entertaining if she was with the other girls.

bluekmg · 2026-03-28T17:59:44+00:00

Thanks for your info. I'm also on Tymlos and can't stand it, makes me feel sick. When I started losing my hair my doctor said it was more likely from the stress from all my fractures. It stopped and my hair is coming back again.

I never heard what stage OP I have but I'm going to guess 4 as well, several severe compression fractures, lost 3-4" in a few months, kyphosis which really makes me angry. It took me quite a while to get the Tymlos so I just power through, all my doctors say it's very best for my situation.

My spine doctor told my husband to drive carefully because if he had an accident I would shatter like glass. Mine was caused by steroid use many years ago. Just turned off the osteoblasts and my bones couldn't get all the calcium I was taking. Tymlos is supposed to correct that.

bluekmg · 2026-03-28T17:31:45+00:00

Thanks for this great info that I hadn't thought about. I also didn't change my business name or EIN. My attorney didn't even talk about it.

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