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Osteoporosis and lower back pain
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Can you describe the back pain you experienced which you attribute to weak bones? My osteoporosis is most severe in my spine and for several months I've had back pain during certain movements, it feels like nerve pain, mostly at my lower spine. I also have osteoarthritis in my back. Recent x-rays did not find any fractures. I am not on any bone meds right now, but am considering Evenity. Also, have your Evenity treatments gone well? Thanks.
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Hi, like you, my weakest area due to osteoporosis is the lumbar. (Actually I have come to understand that the thoracic area is always weaker than whatever the weakest area is on a bone density scan/test. The thoracic area is not scanned because the rib age and sternum interfere with a good reading.) I had no pain or discomfort until I fractured my L3. The pain is severe for me, I am one month into healing. Retrospectively I should have been doing everything possible to prevent this. Having no discomfort before the fracture was misleading.
Be your own best advocate regarding your care plan for osteoporosis.
I am 65 and hopefully have many years ahead of me but I now have to face that they may not be good ones. I had only taken Alendronate and had better than average results; I also improved my diet and exercise but I took it slowly, as though I had all the time I needed.
Now I know better, there was plenty more I could have done. My plan is to start Tymlos but as I just turned 65 and am on Medicare now, I don’t know how this will go yet.
Wishing you the best.
I wonder if you have a disk problem? I found some of my back pain is caused
by degeration of disks that are wearing out. I also have pain from
osteoarthritis in my lower back and hips. That has caused some sciatica.
The first time I had an epidural that helped me for a couple of years. The
second time I went to physical therapy. The pain I got in my weak
osteoporosis spine was more like a tiredness and aching when standing. I
would need to lay down for 15 to 20 minutes to alleviate the pain. Since I
started Evenity, I have been able to stand longer. I will put my results
on this site when I have my next Dexa scan the end of February. The only
side effects I have had is sore arms and a rash at injection sites. That
has been alleviated by taking Claritin and hour prior to my shots.
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I have had few issues with Evenity. Just occasional hives that appear to be from that by process of elimination, but my endo is in touch and I can control it quickly with dissolvable Zyrtec added to my daily Allegra. I only have shots #12 left, so I am happy to have made it through the series after some spinal fractures. I will follow if with either Prolia or Reclast, both of which I have had before to maintain the bone growth from Evenity.