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Apologies for the typo - I meant to write "GE machine", not "GR machine" in my last post. Sorry for any confusion.
Improvement in your T score is definitely possible. The highest improvement I've seen mentioned on this forum was around 30% with evenity. It's just that the percentage improvement is calculated based on BMD (g/cm^2), not the T score. For most of us who have osteoporosis or osteopenia, BMD is a number between 0.400 - 0.999 (g/cm^2).
For example, my femoral neck T score improved from -2.4 to -2.0, BMD from 0.587 to 0.624 (g/cm^2): this is a 6.3% improvement. However, if we use T score, that's a 16.6% improvement (which is not correct).
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I did all possible adjustments including GE and Hologic conversion from g/cm2 to mg/cm2 based on the online conversion “app”. Femur ranged from 6.5% - 19.3%, Spine from 10.9% - 35.8%; down from my original comparison using T-Score. I’m thrilled! All the hard work seems to have paid off in some respects.
I met my new endocrinologist today and she recommended Prolia for 3-4 doses and switch back to Evenity to build more bones. Evenity needs at least 1 year sabbatical (😜) before going back to. She said Prolia is a stronger medicine than Reclast; as long as there is follow-up switch to a different med, the rebound fracture issue should not be too serious. I was originally inclined to do Reclast but now am thinking of Prolia as a transitional med before Evenity again.
What’s your thought on this? Thanks!
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Thank you so much for the machines/comparison calculation explanation and example. Now I feel better to do the comparisons.
Just found out my last year’s machine was Hologic. Yet to find out today’s machine 😊