Hello and thank you for your SharePost.
In addition to Lila's suggestion of contacting the International Osteoporosis Foundation, here's a link to the United Kingdom branch of the National Osteoporosis Society: http://www.nos.org.uk/
Please let me know if I can help you find more information or resources regarding your daughter's condition.
Best to you,
Maria
Maria Gifford
Community Moderator
OsteoporosisConnection.com
Hello, Caroline. I'm sorry to hear this.
As another option, maybe try contacting the International Osteoporosis Foundation at http://www.iofbonehealth.org/. (I'm sorry I referred to them earlier by mistake, thinking Lila mentioned them and not the NOF.) Best of luck.
Keep in touch and let me know if I can help further. - Maria
Hi Caroline, how are you? I realize you posted this a long time ago, but I'm hoping the following information will help you now. We just interviewed a pediatric specialist from Childrens Hospital Boston, and an incredible young lady who has IJO. Check the previous two links to see if this can be of any help at this point in time.
Are you still dealing with IJO? If so, I hope that you are doing well and that these links can give you some information and support. If you have any questions, don't hesitate posting or contacting me through the email on site.
We hope you are still around!!
Take Care,
Pam Flores community moderator/blog writer at osteoporosisconnection.com
Hello again, Caroline.
I've been thinking about you and your daughter, and trying to find ways that you may be able to find other children in your area that also have JIO.
Another suggestion would be to talk with your daughter's doctor about your desire to network with other family's dealing with the same diagnosis. Obviously your doctor can't refer you directly to such individuals due to patient confidentiality, but he or she may be willing to approach others and give them your contact information. This way no one's privacy is invaded and you are at least getting the word out to other parents that, like them, you exist and are wanting to connect and build an IJO support group. It may just work.
Best of luck to you. Be sure to keep me posted. If you need more help, just let me know.
Sincerely,
Maria
Maria Gifford
Community Moderator
OsteoporosisConnection.com
I have that too. It's just what they call it when the doctors are too lazy to put effort into finding the cause. I did my own research and found the cause, which I had verified by blood tests and gastrobiopsy.
Gluten Allergy (AKA Celiac desease).
Funny, my Doctor would not send me for the blood tests and said I was being paranoid. So I went to another doctor who sent me for the tests which came back positive. Simple cause, simple cure. If your daughter has not been tested for gluten allergy, which blocks calcium absorption, then give your doctor a kick in the nuts.
Hi Dave, how are you? I just wanted to touch base with you to see how you are doing with your bone loss and if you found out for sure it was caused by Celiac? If you'd like to read an interview's we did with Dr. Catherine Gordon-Children's Hospital Boston, or a patient with IJO named Rachel please see these links.
If there is any other assistance we can provide, just let us know.
Good luck and hope you are doing well.
Pam Flores
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Community Moderator/Blog writer
OsteoporosisConnection.com
Hi Sylvia, I see you posted this some time ago, but hope you are still around and doing well. We just interviewed a specialist that treats IJO and a patient, named Rachel who has IJO. I was hoping that these two links may help you in some way.
Let us how you are doing and if we can help in any way, like finding a Dr. that treats this etc.
Good luck and don't hesitate to post if you have a question for the Dr. interviewed, Dr. Catherine Gordon, or Rachel a teenager with IJO.
Pam Flores
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Community Moderator/Blog writer
OsteoporosisConnection.com