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Two broken feet. Help!

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Helpmeplease6 · 24/09/2020 15:17

Nc. Totally outing. I’ve got two broken feet. A special shoe for one. Nothing for the other. I think I need a DXA scan. Gp and relevant hospital departments are arguing with each other about responsibility... anyway, I’m prepared to look into paying for it myself. Anyone have any idea in or near Glasgow where this can be done for bone density and not for body fat etc? Thanks

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Soubriquet · 24/09/2020 15:21

You mean a derxa scan?

No idea re hospital in Scotland though

I had mine through GP

Helpmeplease6 · 24/09/2020 15:32

Yes dexa. I have spine problems for 20+ years and I think this scan could prove very useful for me. But only ones I see you need a referral for and I’m not getting much help from nhs tbh.....

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Helpmeplease6 · 24/09/2020 15:34

Apparently on asking I was told this would be a routine call back from gp and I’d have to wait two weeks. I’m worried my feet will be worse in two weeks. I kinda use them, you know...Grin

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madcatladyforever · 24/09/2020 15:34

I had one through my GP on the NHS at 45 because I have severe spinal problems and it was negative. GP told me I had wasted NHS money Hmm

SoddingWeddings · 24/09/2020 15:39

I had one just before lockdown, aged 39, massive family history of osteoporosis, I have repeatedly broken my left foot and didn't know it until most recent xray showed all the healed fractures....

My (private) physio wrote to my GP to express their concerns and opinion they I needed a scan, and I was referred within a few days, had the scan within a fortnight.

I'm fine, but maybe ask for help from a physio? I only went private because I'd badly sprained the ankle this time and the NHS physio referral was at about 9wks at that point and I was still struggling with the pain.

SoddingWeddings · 24/09/2020 15:40

How will a DEXA scan help your broken feet? Is it not a bone density scan?

SoddingWeddings · 24/09/2020 15:41

*just a bone density scan, so looks at future risk not existing injuries? (pressed send too soon)

Helpmeplease6 · 24/09/2020 16:18

I don’t know Sad. All I know is I’ve had crunching popping nasty extremely painful spine for over 20 years. To my recollection never been X-ray or scanned. Nurse mentioned osteopenia so I figured dexa scan is the way to go??? I am in excruciating pain whenever I walk due to my back. My broken feet are , maybe, I hope, a window to getting some proper help at long last??? But I don’t know where to turn tbh.

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SoddingWeddings · 24/09/2020 19:51

Ah I see, well the feet will need to be treated to heal before much else - that's the primary thing the NHS will look at right now.

How many fractures have you had? Fingers, toes, limbs, the lot. I'm 39, broken all ten toes and ten fingers more than once, one wrist, one thumb separately, and a foot repeatedly. That I know of! And tbh, apart from the foot, I knew exactly what I did to cause each break. My mum on the other hand, has broken both ankles and her femur without knowing how, broken a rib and a vertebra coughing, her wrist twice in minor falls.... The list goes on with her osteoporosis fractures.

If you are osteopenic or have osteoporosis, it's looking at long term prevention strategies to reduce your chances of additional fractures.

Do you have a high calcium diet? That's an important thing. So is weight-bearing exercise (even just walking). They help build healthy bones.

Crunching and cracking from joints, back, neck etc tends to be the cavitation noises from synovial fluid rather than bone on bone unless the back is seriously deteriorated.

nopenotplaying · 24/09/2020 20:31

Katie is that you? Confused

Helpmeplease6 · 25/09/2020 07:36

Not Katie, sorry. Don’t know if that’s good or bad!?! Back pain is much more serious than just normal popping etc I’m afraid. It’s stopping me from walking because the pain is acute, and hurts and incapacitates me further with each step. This has been problematic for years. Started in early teens and the only thing that they have ever done is feed me painkillers. I did go to consultant who sent me to a neurologist but they’ve never ever checked my back despite my begging them to.

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Helpmeplease6 · 25/09/2020 08:37

Anyway. Thanks for responses. I’ll just have to keep looking!

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Mabelface · 25/09/2020 08:43

You could ask your gp to refer you to a trauma and orthopaedic consultant, as major scans such as a dexa are usually ordered by a consultant. Take it from there.

CrotchetyQuaver · 25/09/2020 08:50

Google it. DEXA scans near me. It appears I can get one in my nearest big town/city for £125

emmathedilemma · 25/09/2020 13:47

If the claims on their website are true, the Edinburgh Clinic is the only private facility in Scotland www.edinburghclinic.com/services/health-screening-services/diagnostic-imaging/dexa-scan-2/

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