• jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    If they are constantly wet, why aren’t they soggy and not maintaining our structure?

    This whole thread is disturbing to me.

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      4 days ago

      It’s only the marrow that is wet. The structural part of the bone is non-absorbent.

      The marrow can exert a lot of pressure. Many years ago, I had to have chemotherapy, and in between chemo rounds got marrow-stimulating shots to make the marrow ooze blood more and reduce the amount of time I was anemic. The associated pain in my large bones was the worst pain I have ever had.

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          2 days ago

          Thanks for the kind thoughts, stranger. It was eighteen years ago now, and I am glad to have been here for those years!