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@mary1951 just to be clear, I started at a half dose and had trouble with it, so I went down to 1/4 dose and then moved up. I ended up doing 7/8.
Evenity is a gentler anti-resorptive than bisphosphonates or Prolia. The cardiovascular risks are based on a study comparing it with aldendronate and it is possible that alendronate is slightly protective, The study comparing cardiovascular risk with Evenity versus placebo showed no difference. These are the Arch and Frame studies. I have atrial fibrillation w/the stroke risk that comes with that and had no issues on Evenity.
People seem to do really well on Evenity, anecdotally.
I did Tymlos and then 4 months of Evenity for the boost in bone building at the beginning. Then Reclast. My friend had -4.5 in spine and had amazing gains on Evenity only.
There must be a way to find out whether Tymlos is good after radiation on nose and cheek- but maybe someone has something to suggest! Can the endo and oncologist talk?
ps 1 out of 5 radiologists would recommend radiation for me- so I didn't have it!
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@windyshores, I did ask my endocrinologist if it would be helpful to talk to the radiologist, and he said no. The problem is that most people who have had radiation would choose not to take Tymlos for the obvious reason of the warning. So he said there is not enough data to look at to see what the risk would be.
I appreciate you telling me about your friend. That is very encouraging.