I am a 51 year old menopausal women. I come from a long line of women with severe osteo-arthritis. Go figure, my 87 year old immigrant mom only revealed this to me recently so I never knew. Mom mom 's bone scans look like fragmented glass. She has had broken bones too many times to count. She walks badly in a very awkward curved angle.
I noticed since 6 months or so ago that I struggle in the morning to remove the duvet off my body as the joints in my fingers hurt too badly. Even taking a tea bag out the container cannot be done until a while later. I wake up often at night with severe pain in my hip joints - my knees always hurt even though I force myself to exercise for an hour daily.
I was made redundant as the company closed down. My savings are fast dwindling. Is there any chance at all that I would qualify to have a Bone Density Scan at a Provincial Hospital so that I can have a rough idea what the state of my bones are.
Would they accept me even though my income really is a struggle now and will be for quite some time to come.
I live in JHB but would travel anywhere if this could be done if possible. Thanking you kindly for your advice.