Echolight sonogram scan for bones

Please share the name of your Dr in Orlando. How is your healing going?

Did you ever find a facility in Orlando or close by?

My doctor in Orlando is Christine Jablonski, MD. She has an office at Jewett Orthopedic Center in Orlando and one at Orlando Health Women's Center in Winter Park. It is my understanding that it takes quite a while to get an appointment. I am seeing her every 6 months or so. I believe my BMD has stabilized. However my CTX score has decreased (not to normal but much better than it was). I am still declining pharmacueticals and am diligent with my routine of healthy diet and exercise. Dr. Jablonski seems to know what blood work to order and I will be getting my blood work done in a few weeks. FYI, I asked her about REMS and she dismissed the technology.

I have not found a facility in Orlando, but Osteostrong in Lake Mary has had an outside entity go to their facility with a REMS Echolight machine and do testing. I have driving anxiety and Lake Mary is a bit too far for me. However, Osteostrong in Winter Springs (Tuscawilla) is a bit closer and they may be having someone at their facility do testing in the future (possibly next month - however, I was told last year that it would be last December or January). I hope that I am able to get a REMS scan there or possibly in Orlando in the near future. In the meantime, I will continue my healthy eating and exercise regime. (my GYN recommended against HRT because of my age [71 then and now 72] and the risk of blood clots).

Did you do TBS and if you did PLEASE share where.
I live in Melbourne, do not drive, stopped because every minute head ache after last accident, need to take uber (my husband is in early stage of dementia , do not drive long distance), so I need recommendation for TBS , where to do..

Yes, the machine located at Orlando Health Women's Center in Winter Park has the TBS software. My doctor ordered TBS together with my DEXA. I have had 2 DEXAs with TBS at that facility. Both were consistently "degraded." 🙁

Thank you so much, thank you.

Thank you for this information. I am in a webinar class and the Dr. feels the REMS is better. I will write more later.

The Echolight technology has recently come to Australia. It actually measures the quality of the bones unlike the DEXA scan which measures Density.
Echolight would be a much more accurate guide as from my understanding the bones that Prolia appear to build, could be brittle bones. Hence the fractures when you stop Prolia.

I had a REMS scan last month (it was offered at an Osteostrong location in Minnesota; I do not do Osteostrong and don't intend to - I lift free weights with a trainer, and walk daily). My experience may well not be representative at all, but I found REMS to be a joke and a waste of $275 (not covered by insurance). The results were so unbelievable (I no longer even had osteoporosis! my fracture risk was in the green zone! 😂) that I immediately scheduled a Dexascan and sure enough, per the Dexa, I am still T -4.3 (and note that I've had osteoporosis for 15 years since age 48 and have fractured many bones, including four wrist fractures, a leg, a foot, etc). Note that the REMS was also PAINFUL, which surprised me. The tech said "there will be some pressure" as she shoved the wand so hard under my ribs (and held it there) that tears sprung to my eyes and I wondered if I might actually fracture a rib. That was unexpected. The area hurt for a couple days afterward. I will never have another REMS.