Ok so I'm gonna be 52 here in a few weeks. I had a bone density scan a few weeks ago and got the results yesterday but haven't had a chance to review it with my doctor so maybe I'm jumping to conclusions. My spine is ok but my hips are showing osteopenia and my femur borderline right at the threshold for osteoporosis. Can I reverse this process or at least hold it back? I have a dance background and had a eating disorder in my 20's and I have read that both of these can contribute to my chances of having this along with the fact that I am very petite and small boned. Also can a good homeopathic remedy help here? I was looking at calc phos as I also have bone spurs on my hips now with some beginning arthritis. Any suggestions appreciated. I am presently without a homeopath but my doctor at least is into alternative medicine and won't be going the drug route.

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HI Dessie,

You could definitely start on the Calc Phos in 3X or 6X potency immediately. 3 tablets twice a day.

BUt what will really enhance its biochemic action of balancing the calcium and Phos salts in your bones and blood is to have a consitutional similimum prescribed along with it. This will require a very detaioed homeopathic history to be taken and a single remedy decided upon that matches you as a person.

So do find a classical homeoapth in time. Since you're in Illinois, I would suggest my collegue David Johnson who is in MAdison, Wisconsin.
You'll find his contact on our Website (which is currently having some server problems.)

Alternatively you could post a complete history here and we'll try and help you out.
Regards,
doctorleela

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Ok I'll start the calc phos immediately. I appreciate the suggestion of your colleague but I think it's a little too far for me unfortunately. I will check the map though. Let me try to pull together something and post later about myself in more detail. Let me ask you....do you want only present symptons etc or do you want things from the past as well?

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You can increase your bone density considerably with regular weight bearing exercise. This includes walking.

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Hi Ricky, nice picture. You know I do get considerable exercise that's why I was so surprised with these bone density results. I do yoga..have been for the last 19 years..had incorporated it with my dance for many years and since it uses ones own body weight it is considered by many to be a weight bearing exercise. I tell ya I have a whole new respect and understanding for this disease.

Ok here's a go at a history...

I'm 5 3" 113 pounds, small framed. Brown eyes, mostly gray hair now, fine and thin hair, a lot of moles, fair skin with yellowish tones.
My nails this past year or so have ridges, vertical ones. Skin has been much dryer but I recently started using fish oils and both conditions are improving noticeably.

The most noticeable sympton this past year was stiffness and soreness in my hips especially when being seated for a long period of time. Especially aggravated when first standing up...had a hard time straightening up but after that I would be fine. Also noticed soreness in hips when going up stairs. My right hip joint is not as flexible as it used to be...i.e. I can't pull my foot up to my groin like I use to. I feel tightness in the knee and restriction in the hip when I do this. I started using MSM in the fall for pain relief and it works great for this.

Constant ringing/buzzing in both ears and has been this way for years.

Seasonal allergies..usually from end of June through the frost. Lots of sneezing and watery eyes and itchy nose.

Food sensitivity to wheat and dairy. If I use it on a regular basis I have increased mucous and sinus problems and drainage down my throat.

I have six mercury amalgams which I am happy to say will soon be coming out. Can't wait.

My menstrual cycles are becoming irregular...late and scantier. I'm very moody before periods, irritable, explosive temper, want to be left alone.

My basic personality is loner anyways. I enjoy solitude and I have to get it or in time I will feel like I'm on the edge. I could spend several days totally alone and not be bothered by it at all. Except at night. I don't like to be alone at night.

Occasional insomnia around 3 a.m. Otherwise I sleep really good. Usually go to sleep on my left side but sleep on both sides and sometiems on my back and sometimes with one arm above my head.

I have two recurring dreams and have had them for years. One is that I'm in a car trying to cross a long bridge on a rainy night and the bridge is very unstable and it doesn't appear I'm going to make it. I never dream I get to the other side...I'm always stuck on this bridge. The other is I dream I don't graduate from college b/c I flunk French. :lol But the fact is I did graduate and didn't flunk French. But I have this dream from time to time.

I'm uncomfortable in new social situations and prefer to avoid them. Like small intimate groups better than large crowds.

I crave chocolate and vinegary foods.

Sometimes I feel like I can't get warm...cold hands and cold feet. I like to be covered in bed even when it's hot...I have found I'll even be sweating with the covers on but I have to be covered up to my neck.

My libido is normal and healthy. A few years ago it wasn't and remained that way for a long time but I came out of it.

I sometimes experience tension in my upper neck and between my shoulder blades and sometimes stiffness in lower back. I do know from x-rays I have a bone spur on each hip and a small one in my lower back. I had blood work done recently and my levels for vitamin D were at about 26 and the doctor said they should be at about 50 or 60.

I have some obsessive/compulsive behavior. Not always but it pops up. Sometimes I have to recheck things. Like if the oven is off or the iron. I may check it a couple of times. This usually occurs when I'm on overload and when I go to check I'm thinking about something else and forget what I was doing. So I have to go check again. Drives me crazy.

I prefer cooked foods to raw. I'm not a thirsty person. I have to remind myself to drink and I prefer small amounts of liquid to a large amount at one time.

Occasionally I have pain in my right big toe.

I'm not a cryer. But music affects me deeply..all my emotions are heightened by music. And movement. I was always happiest in a dance class.

Anything else I should be talking about. I was never very good at this.

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Hi Dessie,

You certainly need to have a constant supply of Fish oils. I think you're taking them orally? A lot of your problems could be related to a deficiency of this vitamin and one may as well correct this before treating anything else. The Calc Phos 6X alongside will definitely make a big difference.

I took a look at your symptoms and there may be a lot of questions more. Maybe you'll answer these ones first:
1. COuld you tell us your about your inter-relationships and family relationships?
2. What are the situations that affect you?
3. A list of problems that you suffered in the past. etc.

Regards,
doctorleela

PS; THer eis a questionnaire posted on the main discussion forum - "call me Sam" thread. You could use that one to give us more details.

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I can see 2 or 3 possible remedies for you but I, personally don't prescribe constitutionally over the web as I like to see someone in person because I get a lot of information from their body language! Is there a local professional classical homeopath you could see as that would be the best way forward.

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Ricky I can see the reasoning behind wanting to see someone in person. But unfortunately I still haven't found anyone here yet. I did try a couple of homeopaths when I first moved here. One absolutely didn't work out and the other one was ok but he really messed up with my son and now I've lost trust. I can't afford the initial fee for the first consult every time I try someone new. I mean I can do that occasionally but I'm waiting to hear really really good things about someone for the next time and then I also have a distance problem to consider.

Well let me try to tell you more. Before I go there though I'm scheduled to have all my mercury amalgams out on June 20 and this dentist uses a protocol one week before and for two weeks after which involves some supplements, herbs and I think some type of homeopathic medicine for immune support so I'm wondering when to take the remedy when someone comes up with a good one so not to interfere with the dentist's work or your recommendations.

Also I forgot to mention that when my doctor had blood work done he also told me that I am not absorbing protein or fats well and he felt I was deficient in omega 3's. All my other blood work looked good. He also had a live cell blood thing done...and I was told that while everyone has bacteria in their blood that I had much more than most people and it was felt it was because I have candida.

My biggest complaint is that I'm borderline or on the line osteoporosis with arthritis in the hips, with seasonal allergies and looming menopause coming at its heels. The arthritis began this past fall. The seasonal allergies when I was around 12. The candida was diagnosed when I was 38. As long as I stay with the diet I'm fine.

My arthritis can be aggravated by overdoing it or not stretching or warming up properly before doing yard work or some other hard work. Seasonal allergies are aggravated when I eat wheat and dairy or when it's especially rainy it seems. I also have mold allergies.

Weather: I dislike really cold weather. I hate to be out in the snow on extremely cold days..I despise..I mean despise windy cold days and we got them in Illinois. You feel like you are gonna blow away out here in the rural prairie. I mean I curse over it in the winter. It is brutal. Before storms sometimes my side aches where I broke a rib in dance class. I don't like thunderstorms. I'm afraid of them. I get really tense and I want to go to the basement. Sometimes bright sunlight bothers my eyes but not always. I love the sun in the spring when it first comes...it's like my body can't seep up enough of it. But I don't espescially care for really hot days..humid ones right out in the sun. I prefer some shade. I dont' like drafts in winter but love open windows and breezes at night in summer while I sleep and we get a good one in our bedroom. I love to sleep with the windows open. I hate air conditioning. Way too cold for me. I love going from very hot temp to cold ones like hot outside to air conditioning but just for the first 20 minutes or so. then it's just too cold. I prefer to be warm. I'm always too cold in winter. Wear lots of clothes and would like a fire constantly. I don't like standing. Sitting is my favorite postion with my legs curled up along my side but it aggravates my hips now. I don't perspire very much but when I do just in the armpits.

I'm a morning person...actually I'm pretty good all day long as far as energy goes except when my allergies start and then morning is worse b/c that's when they are worst.

Mental/Emotion

I worry about my son the most. His health, his safety. I deal with worries by working it out in my mind...I turn it over and over til I figure it out if it can be solved or I read and read and research or ask people who I feel are knowledgeable about what's bothering me and I pray about it.

I'm pretty casual to sloppy and messy. But sometimes disorder does bother me. I can be messy for some time and then ...suddenly it's like I have to fix it and straighten it up.

I don't cry easily. I hate to cry in front of people. I cry mostly at when my son is harmed or hurt or his feelings are hurt. I cry if an animal is hurt. I cry over old people. Silly.

If I'm upset I talk about it to my closest friends. I have to get it off my chest...

Despair...sometimes when I see how crazy the world is I feel despair or when I see how mean people are to one another I feel despair. Sometimes I get despaired b/c I get tired of eating so healthy. I figure why bother.

Jealous--I don't see myself as a real jealous person but occasionally I'll come across someone where everything seems just so perfect for them then I'll feel a pang of jealous or envy.

Fear-thunderstorms, alone in the dark, high places, airplanes, bridges make me nervous

Greatest griefs: my dad just died March 22 of this year. That has been my greatest grief. Losing dogs that I love. Having an abortion at 23. Losing my first love. I have cried over these things more than any and they make my eyes brim just thinking about them right now.
My abortion was a really bad situation and I was very immature and it took me years to come to terms with it. Same with my first love. I'm getting better at losing dogs and I handled my Dad's death amazingly well. I have a real peace about it. But I cried and when I first realized he was going to die I literally spent two weeks throwing up from time to time.

My greatest joy is my son. I have immense pleasure in watching him grow and learn and discover. Being a mother has changed me more than anything else in my life. Being a dancer has been a joy that I will take with me to my deathbed. I feel so honored to have appreciated and participated in this art. My family and friends are a joy to me. Relationships are important to me. It's what life is all about. My faith is a joy to me.

Moving from my hometown made me depressed. Being away from close friends makes me blue. Days without sunshine make me depressed. Worrying about money doesn't help. If I get overwhelmed with things I have to do...I get sad.

The things that bother me most in other people. Well don't get me started. Arrogance. I can't stand arrogance. Liars. Know it alls. But I get impatient with slow people. Very impatient. Unfortunately as I have gotten older I tend to tell people off when they get on my nerves and I'm not proud of it. I either tell them off or cut them out of my life. I tend to size people up immediately and I'm not real good at giving second chances.

I have struggled with a lack of self confidence most of my life but luckily one of the beauties of getting older is you get better at this.

More money would make me happy. For someone to tell me I can reverse this osteoporosis would make me happy. For us to rid the world of all the terrorists would make me happy.

I don't work right now but I like doing things with my hands. I never did find a job I liked. Never really found my niche.

If I had a week from work and a $1,000, I'd probably stay home if I had worked and go shop.

I think most people view me as feisty yet laid back..spontaneous. Those who k now me best anyways. People who don't k now me would say I'm quiet.

If I could change myself I 'd like to be able to control my temper and anger more.

Food:
I feel great before during and after meals. But I get crabby if I miss one.

I love to eat pizza, chocolate, breads.

I'm not big on vegetables.

I won't eat caviar or anything slimy. Wheat and dairy affect me badly.

I try to drink 2 quarts a day. Water, tea and juiced greens. It's an effort let me tell you.

Sleep:

I sleep usually 8 - 9 hours...get up about 6:30 or 7 and go to be about 9 or 10. If I exercise late at night I can't get to sleep. Sometimes reading and being really warm makes me sleepy.

I feel good in the morning. Look forward to starting my day.

Women:

Two pregnancies one ending in abortion.
Menses started at 12. Very regular. Most of my life they lasted about 7 days they have tapered down to about 4. 2nd day and night is heaviest. Very red with clots. I feel really crabby before my periods and great as soon as they start. I feel great for about 2 weeks after then start to get that bloated feeling and get moody again.

Heath History

Right now I take vitamin supplements and msm/glucosamine sulphate, fish oil

I rarely get colds or flus. Usually sinus infections at least 2 or 3 a year.

Only two surgeries...c-section and poly surgery

Usual childhood vaccinations.
Warts: used to get them on my fingers...and I had flat warts on my face when I was about 20 or 21. Treated by a dermatolist.

Cysts. Had a ganglion cyst right wrist as a child..it left then came back and I took carc 200 and it left. I also had a bartho (whatever ) cyst in vulvo. Right side. I think it left on its own.

Polyps only in nose ..had them removed
Discharges...from allergies and I get a whitish/clearish vaginal discharge between periods

Sensitivity

I don't like perfumes, cleaning junk, the smell of rubber. Going into some large stores like Walmart..well the smell bothers me

Family History:

Father died of lung cancer this past March
Paternal grandmother died of cancer
Paternal grandfather died in car/train wreck
Mother still alive
Maternal grandmother had diabetes but died of heart attack
Maternal grandfather died of old age at 97.
Sibling still alive at 55.

Time Line:
Great childhood. First trauma was a dog got hit by a car when I was about 12. I saw it happen and I was devastated. Went into shock.

Had a bout with anorexia at about 12.

Seriously began dancing at 15. From 15 til I had my baby this was a major part of my life. Felt great joy and reward from this part of my life always.

Hated high school.

Loved college.

First love at 18 and when we broke up I was devastated. This man was in and out of my life for about 12 years. Had abortion with his baby. Worst mistake of my life. Biggest regret.

Had another bout with anorexia.

Accepted Christ with a personal relationship at 28. I had a peaceful purpose in life for the first time since childhood. Had direction for the first time.

Got married at 34.

Diagnosed with candida at 38. Drastically changed the way I ate.

Second baby at 42. One of the happiest times of my life.

Major move at 47. Very difficult time

Dad died at 51. Huge loss in my life.

I'm tired so that's it for tonight.

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Oops one more thing before I forget. I don't know if this is of any importance but today when the dentist was telling me the treatment plan he said that I have mercury in tissue where a tooth was pulled. I almost fell off my chair. There is purplish/black tissue and he said that it's mercury and he can't get that out. Apparently when a tooth is pulled they are supposed to take the amalgam out first in case the tooth breaks and this is exactly what happened here. This makes me so angry b/c you go to these dentists trusting them and never knowing this type of thing could happen.

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Hi Dessie,

Well quite a nice case, but there would be a lot I'd need to clarify.

I think Carc was a good choice of remedy earlier. The others would be Nat mur, Sepia, Calc Phos and Ignatia.

BUt I think for the moment Calc Phos 3X or 6X in biochemic doses should help the basic pathological problem and calcium salt imbalance. I think you need to continue Vit D for a time. BUt you may need to reduce/stop it when your levels are getting on balance as you could develop a toxicity.
Hope to hear for you,
doctorleela

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