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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: 1 hour ago | Replies (75)
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@ou14mejc Good luck to you in your surgery. I have similar challenges from back and neck injuries -- I even fractured my neck at C1 in a horseback riding fall and it was not diagnosed until 35 years later. Lucky I wasn't paralyzed. It never healed correctly and yes, I know the chronic pain you live with. My back is also badly inured from sports injuries. I may undergo surgery for my neck once my bones are strong enuf from Tymlos (now 10 months in), but it is a dangerous surgery. I can't do any upper body exercise to help build bone, due to that injury and also torn rotator cuff. Without the osteo meds, no chance of corrective surgery for many of us.
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@willowmena That's a long time to have an injury like that go unnoticed. I'm nervous about getting my neck fixed as well because I have a dysfunctional voice box. It makes me short of breath so thinking of the swelling and being unable to breathe scares me. I failed my heart tests so I don't know when I'll get surgery now. It came as a complete surprise. I had no idea I had heart issues. Hopefully, the cardiac cath will show that I don't have a blockage and I can move forward. Plane tickets are bought, hotel is paid, doctor visits done....and then the "surprise" today. I am not sure I can lay through another MRI on my back and neck. I had a heart pet scan yesterday and I felt like I was in a torture chamber. You have to lay perfectly still for 20 minutes and you cannot move or adjust your body. My lower back was on fire and my neck was on a hard plastic incline. It still hurts today. I told them I couldn't hold both arms over my head that long because of the torn rotator cuff, torn labrum and bone-on-bone in the joint. They allowed me to leave that arm down. I hope I never have to do that test again! Good luck with your Tymlos. I got really good results with Forteo, except in the hips. I thought I was in business for the surgery and then the heart surprise! I guess it's good I had to get the EKG for spine surgery or I'd never know about the heart thing. Now that I found out about the heart problems, that leaves me with a problem of whether to continue the Evenity with a black box warning for heart attacks and strokes!