Jul 29, 2024 | Case Studies, Patients' Perspective
Five years ago, simultaneously when her husband, Rob, had to have a double bypass and aortic valve replacement, Marilyn Hallett was diagnosed with two stress fractures emanating from the sacroiliac joint. She had no idea how this happened – she hadn’t had a fall or an accident – it just came out of nowhere. Subsequently, they found out that she had osteoporosis and over the next three to four years, she experienced six spontaneous fractures.
Jul 29, 2024 | Case Studies, Patients' Perspective
About 4 years ago Ann Marais (86) fell, broke her hip and didn’t know exactly what to expect. She shared that osteoporosis hadn’t changed her life; she still did all the things that gave her pleasure, but she did realise the importance of being aware of the condition. She has read up about it and urges others to have their DXA scans done to make sure whether they have brittle bones or not.
May 24, 2023 | Living with Osteoporosis, Case Studies, Patients' Perspective
Natalie is a 32-year-old attorney from Cape Town South Africa. She gave birth to her third baby in October 2022 and has three children, age 9, age 2 and 6 months. When she was 5 months pregnant (and 3 weeks after her husband had surgery on his spine/neck) she woke up...
Aug 16, 2021 | Patients' Perspective, Awareness, General
Fracture Liaison Service: first fracture care as a prevention tool One of the most important responses to an osteoporosis-related fracture is the care the patient receives during the healing process, and thereafter in order to prevent further fractures. It is well...
Mar 17, 2021 | Living with Osteoporosis, Case Studies, Patients' Perspective
by Mickie Jacobs Born to be active It is 1964 in Birmingham, England. Picture a young girl of 11 ½. She has just reached puberty; she is about to start secondary school. She is around 157 cms tall (or 5ft 2ins as this is England) and probably around 50 kg or 8 stone....
Aug 31, 2020 | Case Studies, News, Patients' Perspective
She is flying downhill, feeling fantastic and thinking she is really going to do this. She has only 20 km’s left in a race that she has been training for and dreaming about for a year – the coveted Comrades Marathon. She looks over and sees him, her lover and her soul...
