Calcium Category
Get It Right Every Day
“It is too hard to remember calcium pills 3 times a day” is something I hear daily from my patients. I agree. I cannot always remember my calcium citrate 3 times daily. But I very rarely miss a dose. How can that be?
I use a system that cost me less than $5. You should use it too. Take control of your meds.
“I Fell All the Way Down the Stairs and I Didn’t Break Anything!”
First, my Aunt Henrietta Fell Really Hard when she tripped on a throw-rug. Next, her Bifocals tricked her coming in from the porch. Then, she slipped on the Ice that had All Melted Yesterday. Despite taking enough Adora Premium Chocolates Calcium and enough Vitamin D supplements, she added Fragility Fractures of both wrists and a shoulder to her prominant Kyphosis (hump-back) from multiple Vertebral Crunch Fractures.
Enough was enough. She decided to have no more fractures! She started the Anabolic, Forteo (Teriparatide). This is the one medication which primarily stimulates Osteoblast cells and will build new bone matrix. She said: “I guess I can do a shot every day.” But would it work? Unintentionally she put it to the test!
Grandson “Sitting”
My wife and I have just completed a week of “sitting” our 17 month old grandson, RJ. Very little sitting was involved except when he climbed on a lap to read with one of us. “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” is his favorite. Fitting!
His Pediatrician is managing his Bone Health with a diet high in Calcium and Vitamin D supplements (400 IU daily) as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. His mother carefully instructed us (her parents) on proper nutrition for a child.