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What is the average recovery time for a heart transplant?
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You resume driving a car when your sternum, or breastbone, is fully healed, which takes approximately six weeks. You may return to work after two to three months after the transplant. It generally takes three to six months to fully recover from heart transplant.
What do you wear to a bone density test?
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No calcium tablets on the day of the scan. Wear comfortable clothing with no metal zippers, buttons or clasps. No bone scan within the past 48 hours. No contrast x-ray studies such as a CT scan or IVP within three weeks of the bone scan
How much does it cost to get a bone density test?
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A DEXA scan costs about $125. And if your physician prescribes a treatmen when you only have mild bone loss, you spend money you don't need to. A month's supply of generic alendronate can cost as much as $75