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Thank you so much for your response ! Yes, the endocrinologist that I sought for a second opinion said that even though I was diagnosed with fractured ribs in August, that I had to wait until December and then get the blood work that he wanted to give my ribs a chance to heal before he would decide what medication I should take to protect my bones. My bone density score from from August 27th are : Lumbar spine L-1-L-4 level at -1.7, at L-2-L-4 level at -2.2, at femoral neck -3.1, hip at -3.2 I really appreciate the helpful advice from you. After my year on Reclast, the doctor said the dexa scan showed that the Reclast had locked in the gains from the Prolia and that I would me ok. This is not the case.
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@hlp123 It is difficult for me to follow the sequence of events of your fractures, scans and dr statements. It sounds like you fractured 5 ribs, had a DXA scan and a doctor told you had locked in your gains from the Prolia all in the month of August. Plus you previously said you had lost 20% compared to your DXA from before the Prolia.
Maybe I've got this mixed up because it doesn't seem to make sense.
It certainly seems like 2 Prolia shots and then 1 Reclast infusion really went haywire for you? With only two Prolia shots usually Reclast would do the job. But as I said before if you don't track the bone markers you are just assuming the Reclast will work and it simply does not always work for stopping that post Prolia bone loss.
If you had 5 ribs fracture without a traumatic accident and your DXA spinal numbers aren't that bad - then you may have some other issues going on besides low bone density. Of course low BMD can allow a traumatic injury to cause greater damage and more fracturing. So with the ribs it's important to evaluate the degree of injury and the cause of the injury. Did you sneeze or were you in a car wreck at 70mph? If it was minor trauma and impact then you are very likely at high risk of more fractures.
BTW, Prolia is not too bad for side effects if you totally ignore the gigantic post Prolia problem which some people do.