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Prolia treatment for osteoporosis: What is your experience?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jul 13 3:27pm | Replies (1246)Comment receiving replies
Hi, JK.
Is this PM or just another way of posting to the group?
Or will one not wantto contradict the other?
Good point. If #2 has not looked at my record (?), I will start off being vague about what #1 said.
I am absolutely fumingat my PCP that he dropped this ball. What was his excuse?
I lost weight (thatprobably contributed to osteoporosis!), Me too! My BMI is very low and myfather had osteoporosis....died soon after a fall which broke his hip.
I am also meeting with my (concierge) PCP in between endocrinologist visits, soI will have 3 opinions.She used to work in Partners, but now can contradict anyone she wants... doesn’t recommend oralmedication because I have swallowing issues (another mystery!)....put that in a note to the Brigham doc.
If you PM me after 10/10 I will give you names of endos. and more information.
I know when the icydays of winter arrive I will be a wreck. I use something like ski poles, just in case Ihave to walk on ice.
Now I am prettydiscouraged.
Focus on what you cando (within reason) going forward. Easy to give advice, I know.
mslw
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@mslw You responded to the group. To PM, click on the name of the person and it will take you to their profile page. Once there, there is an option to send a private message. I just thought you might not want to say who the doctors were in a general message.
I will be seeing my PCP in October so will find out then how this ball got dropped. The weird thing is that we have always been very friendly at appointments and I like him as a nice person, but I am thinking he may be burned out. Most people think he’s rather abrupt and has no “bedside manner” but I’ve always had a good rapport with him.
I was very overweight (BMI said obese) so I am not underweight but I did lose a lot. I did read that 20% of the people with hip fractures die within a year due to the loss of mobility, so I presume that’s what happened to your father.
Winter will be scary. I broke a vertebra in the fall of 2004 so I was really paranoid all winter. At that point my bones were very strong still, I was pre-menopause, but it is unnerving.
Thanks, I am trying to focus on what I can do and if I’m having a good day on Wednesday I plan to try to return to my health club to either do water jogging or a mild workout in the gym.
JK