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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 13 3:56pm | Replies (42)
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I am on a few health forums and I usually don’t understand why folks post questions on the forum rather than asking their doctor. For various reasons, I am going to be one of those people asking folks here rather than my doctor.
I am having a difficult time understanding T-scores. Reclast has been recommended for me.
I am an active 75 year old woman. My t scores are:
Right femoral neck. -2.8 with no significant change from prior test
Lumbar spine. -2.7. with no significant change
Forearm -4.0. A significant decrease of -0.129
I feel that with these numbers the endocrinologist is cooect in recommending
Reclast. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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For what it’s worth and I’m old and crotchety at 79. In December ’23 I had a Reclast infusion with no side effects which improved my spine numbers but not my hips. My endocrinologist had my forearm scanned because at L2 on my spine the magic number always shows osteoporosis while everything else is now in osteopenia. I believe the reading there is incorrect as I have scoliosis and the location for the most severe bend is at L2. Anyway I too have -4.0 at my forearm and back in 2002 my forearm read -3.8. In the intervening years I’ve fallen off my bike and had numerous falls snow skiing (still skiing) and tripping on roots and rocks while hiking. Never have I broken an arm despite trying to break the fall with my hands. While my endocrinologist wanted a 2nd infusion in December ‘24 I decided to wait after reading the package insert suggesting a 2 yr gap tween infusions for a diagnosis of osteopenia which alligns with the TBS of my last scan. We’ll see. Good luck.