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Good Morning, Jennifer,
I have been meaning to contact you.
I first heard about Dr.Fogelson, in Fall 2023, from you and want to thank you for the recommendation.
He is amazing!
After consultations at Cedars Sinai, and the University of Calif. Irvine, I had a consult with Dr. Fogelson in April 2024.
During my various consultations, it was recommended that I go on generic Forteo to build up my bone density prior to surgeries--Spinal Fusion and Bilateral Sacroilliac Fusions. ( age 67 ) My endocrinologist recommended that I go on Forteo for 1 to 2 years prior to the surgeries.
Managing my back and radicular pain has been a challenge, but the delay has allowed my bone density to get stronger and should improve my surgery outcomes.
I am definitely ready to proceed!
Jennifer, thanks again!
Nadine
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@nlback22 Thank you so much Nadine! I am excited for you to begin your healing journey to better functioning. I think your patience with bone building will pay off. My functional medicine doctor has me on bioidentical hormone replacement and hopefully that will prevent osteoporosis. My mom has this and has had fractures because of it, and with spine support and spine surgery requiring hardware, it makes a difference.
I also want to say happy birthday! You are very close to my age. Having had scoliosis as a child must have had a huge effect on your life. I do hope this revision will be a big improvement and I will be looking forward to your updates. You may want to connect with @sherrym25 , a scoliosis patient who had recent surgical treatment at Mayo in Phoenix. You can find her in this discussion:
Spine Health - "My journey with a T11 to L4 spinal fusion - 40 degree scoliosis curve"
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/l4-to-t11-spinal-fusion-for-scoliosis/
It really touches me that meeting me on Connect helped you find what you really needed. That means a lot. Thank you. So many members move on without making a commitment to advocate for themselves or when they no longer need support. I wish you the best!
Jennifer