Interview with Joan Rivers on Osteoporosis
Filed under: Osteoporosis
Priority Publications has provided this interview with Joan Rivers to the media. Rivers speaks about her diagnosis of osteoporosis and how she's taking measures to counteract it. I wish she'd specified which dietary supplements she's taking, but it's great that she is apparently trying to go a natural route.
Comedienne Joan Rivers Gets Serious About Osteoporosis
These days, when comedienne Joan Rivers utters her trademark phrase, “Can we talk?” she is more likely to follow it up with a discussion of osteoporosis than a set of one-liners. Osteoporosis is no laughing matter to Rivers, who was diagnosed with the brittle bone disease in 2002. Fighting back against her weakened bones hasn’t been easy, but Rivers has seen success: The comic says she’s been able to reverse the progress of her bone loss through exercise, diet and supplements. And now, as an ambassador for the National Osteoporosis Foundation, Rivers is using her legendary gift of gab to share her story and raise awareness about the disease.
Priority Publications: Osteoporosis is known as a silent disease, because people often don’t show outward symptoms. How did you find out you had it?
Joan Rivers: I go for checkups every now and again and I never thought of getting a bone density test. But I went in for a complete workup and they discovered it. The doctor called me up and painted a picture that was so upsetting. He said, “You’re going to fall down and you’ll fall down because your bone breaks, not because you trip.” I was so upset, so right away I went to an osteoporosis specialist.
PP: How serious was your bone loss when you had that first bone density test?
JR: I don’t know specifically, but it was starting to take off. I was 64 at the time and it shocked and surprised me because I’m a very healthy person and I had no idea that was happening. But, you know, one woman in two and one man in four are at risk.
PP: What’s a typical day’s regimen for you now?
JR: Well, I’m a New Yorker, so I walk everywhere. And if there is a choice between stairs and the elevator, I’ll take the stairs. Weight bearing exercises – I go to the gym three times a week. And I take dietary supplements. You know, when I went back six months [after my initial diagnosis] the doctor saw a reversal of the symptoms. This is one of the things I want to get out: Not only can osteoporosis be slowed down or stopped, it can be reversed. Now, how many other diseases can be reversed?
PP: What is your advice to women – and men – who may be at risk?
JR: First of all, get a bone density test. It doesn’t hurt so you can be as big of a sissy as you want to be. And, second of all, get yourself moving! I have a back stairs and a front stairs in my home and very often I will go down one and then walk up the other just to go to another room.
PP: Have you found it hard to keep your sense of humor while facing this threat to your health?
JR: Oh no, not at all. I do jokes about it now, like: “My bones click so much that dolphins try to pick up on me.”
Posted by Tracy on May 2, 2006 1:56 PM
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I cant believe i added you pharmacuetical/agribusiness coporate sponsors. Health Diaries, give me a break, if Joan Rivers the plastique phony was really interested in tackling health issues across the board including osteoporosis she would read the "The China Study" by T. Colin Campbell. In there you would find that nutrition is the NO. 1 problem in america and the side effects, causing 90% of the dis-eases from the continous bombardment of toxins from our food, taxing all our organs, compromising our immune system and generally killing us slowly without leaving a trace.
First of cow's milk (mass produced dairy producers, Big Milk, and it aint a rapper) is 87% casein which is carcinogen. Cheese is condensed cancer. So calcium, which is added to milk is dead, its pastuerized, killing all bacteria and nutrients, so you are just feeding yourself cancer, great job AMERICA... between bayer dumping their hiv infested hemophilliac drugs into small children, to the food industry literally given us cancer, and we pay these companies to kill us...
Next the idea of drinking alcohol is stupid, yeast is a microtoxin, which actually secretes wastes, so our immune system has also got to get rid of the alcohol and its waste...very smart, and the study show that we are second among osteoporosis in the world and we are the second in dairy consumption, the largest consumer of dairy is Denmark, and guess who also the leader in osteoporosis....GASP!, real hard cold facts instead of corporate sponsored spectulation or even worse, suppressing the truth.
So we cant trust white america or its white milk? Whats next finding out chocolate milk makes your skin darker. I am glad our tax dollars go into good medical science like the great people at Pzifer, E&L, Altria (which is the umbrella for Phillip Morris, which should set off a red flag when the same people that make the most popular cigarettes, also make the most popular cheeze...scary and we let it happen and paid them even more allow them to take even more power.
I am glad I dont eat any of the food, because I am live food vegan. Never been sick, dont need to a doctor who is just going to give me drugs anyway. I laugh at my friends that need an alarm clock, i dont, I sleep less and better, I am stronger now, more energy, my mind sharper more focued...blah, blah...
Its for me to know and you to chase the rest of your miserable, tired, run-down, and then cancerous lives. That's the price you pay for pre-processed information or enforced ingorance and listening to Joan Rivers, she should own stock in DOW CHEMICAL, if she doesnt already, she stands by their product, or should I say they stand up her face and other known run down parts you artificial robot..
Where in my posts did I say that I support pharmaceutical companies or dairy products? The post about Joan Rivers doesn't even mention dairy products or drugs. We do not have any corporate sponsors at Health Diaries. We are searching for the truth when it comes to health and nothing more.
We posted the study on beer so readers know what studies are out there and can make informed decisions. Nothing more.
If you're saying you don't think readers should have all the facts and should just live by outdated dogma, then you probably aren't going to enjoy Health Diaries, where we present all of the news on health and wellness and let readers decide for themselves as all intelligent people should.
Is there a way that Joan Rivers can share what she is doing to reverse osteoporosis.
I realize that it may not be for everyone, but still let us know. I do not want to go the prescription drug route.
Thank you
Carol
I STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT NATURAL TREATMENT JOAN USES. I REALLY WISH SHE WOULD SHARE IT WITH US AND WE CAN CHOOSE IF WE USE IT OR NOT.
THANKS,
CAROL
I'm 63 - diagnosed with osteoporis when I was 58 in both hips and spine. I am basically a not over weight white woman. Fosomax caused such esophagal burning down my throat and chest even though I took it as prescribed -full glass of water in morning -not laying back down. Now my Dr. put me on 50K units of vitamin D twice a month - in 6 months the change has been extremely encouraging. I'm going to take another bone density test in November to see changes. You'll notice that now Fosmax is advertising Fosamax with Vitamin D. The concentrated vitamin D (you need a prescription) costs about $1.25 per gel cap at Costco -considerably cheaper that a years supply of Fosamax (I think at Costco it was around $1200 a year) Fosamax people don't want us to "get smart" of better alternative.
you need not ever to buy another drug, or eat poisonious food, that alters your chemistry, which is your physical, and by being told what it is good for us and not experiencing it through our view point its poisons our consciousness...
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dont buy another thing....
Beverly, Is the Vitamin D all you take now? That would be great...No prescription drugs....to build bone? I will mention to my Dr.
Also the sunshine without sunscreen (not in peak hours) is good to build bone.
Once again, Please, Please, Please Joan Rivers let us know what supplements you are taking that reversed osteoporosis.
You can mention you do not recommend this for anyone but that you found this to work for you.
Your Fan,
Carol
Joan says wear 20 more outfits for weight bearing exercise. Heck, just wear one weight vest.
www.weightvest.com
Beverly, are you still building bone with vit. D?
That is encouraging.
Does anyone know yet what suppliments Joan Rivers takes.
This is a year later
and I still want to know Joan.
Carol K
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Blasphemy!
Alcohol is poisonous to every system in the body.. not to mention the droning effects on the spirit and the mind.
Dairy consumption more than doubles the risk of osteoporosis.
Trade your liver, heart, and brain for some bones.... OR stop eating dairy.