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Good wishes and luck with all non-invasive proceedures that may be tried. My situation stems from osteoporosis and degeneration (age 67) I started with physio and found this vital to maintaining as healthy a lifestyle as possible. We must keep moving within the best of our abilities! I also tried 3 steroid injections but they had no benefit for myself. Three years later I finally had surgery and it has given me a new lease on life- though I don't recommend this unless nothing else has worked. I had a fusion of L-3-4-5 and S1. I feel about 80% back to normal functioning, although the upper fusion has not healed completely after a year. I did end up using prescribed meds in increasing doses before surgery and will admit, tapering them off has not been totally easy. (Really, it's insomnia that has been the issue, but that's finally improving.) I am maintaining an exercise regime with an exercise therapist, and I feel that's vital to my well-being.
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@heatherm Kudos to you! It's great to see you here again and helping a new member. I know we connected before you had your spine surgery and I am so glad that it went well for you and you are continuing to progress. Do you have a protocol for treating your osteoporosis? You are still young enough that what you do now can affect the aging of your spine. My 92 year old mom recently had a spontaneous compression fracture of her spine because of severe osteoporosis. She had been on Alendronate for years, which I believe suppresses the cells that reabsorb bone. Some of that problem came about from disease in the parathyroid glands which affects the deposition or removal of calcium in the bones. Now she is under the care of an endocrinologist who is treating this with injections of Evenity instead. She had high calcium readings in her blood because the parathyroids were pulling it out of her bones. The damage had been done, however and at her age it is hard to build bone because she is sedentary and she is at high risk for another spinal fracture. Exercise does help bone building, so good for you!