[pct-l] Ibuprofen (Mountaingoat Fraser)

[Mountaingoat Fraser]

Thanks Dave, I've wondered about that myself. I always suspected the calcium
thing as I was vegan for several years prior to that. I never heard of any
other hikers getting stress fractures (let alone two). I was carrying much
too much weight for my skinny frame and legs (this was 2004) but still...
Went back in 2006 and did the second half of the AT, plus the Long Trail,
and have never felt better. In the meantime I'd lowered my pack weight
considerably - and now ingest regular dairy etc. Blood tests not long ago
were as good as they get, apparently...

Slovenia to Austria - wow!

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:14 AM, dave encisco <dencisco at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Mistermountaingoat,
>
> Just wanted to point out that bilateral stress fractures is very rare
> unless you're jumping from planes. You may want to get a blood calcium as
> well as an intact PTH (Parathyroid Hormone) test. Most people don't realize
> they have a parathyroid issue until they get kidney stones. Long distance
> backpackers and runners tend to discover it when they start to get stress
> fractures. Bilateral fractures can be an early sign of osteopenia or worse,
> osteoporosis.
>
> I can tell you from experience. The same thing happened to me while doing a
> long trail from Slovenia to Austria. I never made it to Switzerland.
>
> Wish you luck!
> Dave
>
> > ------------------------------
> > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 21:46:19 +1000
> > From: Mountaingoat Fraser <mistermountaingoat at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Ibuprofen
>
> > Very, very interesting. I was on 12 Vitamin I a day on my
> > first ill-fated
> > shot at the AT. Breakfast began with four of the buggers...
> > I was later
> > diagnosed as having stress fractures in both legs, and I'd
> > been limping
> > bravely on for about 200 miles until I bailed in mid-PA. I
> > read on Ray
> > Jardine's blog that on his latest AT thru-hike (this year)
> > his total
> > ibuprofin intake for the whole walk was...zero. I'm hoping
> > to avoid the
> > stuff as well next year, replacing it with an old folk
> > remedy called
> > Lightweight Hiking.
>
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