Connect
← Return to Prolia treatment for osteoporosis: What is your experience?
Discussion
Prolia treatment for osteoporosis: What is your experience?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jul 13 3:27pm | Replies (1246)Comment receiving replies
i didn't have endocardiitis. i had an artificial heart valve put in January 12. The surgeon told me to watch for endocarditis. i am aware of it because my father contracted it years ago after his mitral valve was replaced. He was on IV's for 3 weeks in local hospital treating him for wrong bacteria infection and then 6 weeks IV;S in another hospital. 2 of my former coworkers husbands died from endocarditis after having their heart valves replaced. It can start as a strep throat. My left wrist is -3.9 Sometimes the pharmaceuticals companies push too many meds. When i watch tv in the evening there is 4 or 5 commercials peddling different drugs. Years ago it was toothpaste, deodorant and cars.
Replies to "i didn't have endocardiitis. i had an artificial heart valve put in January 12. The surgeon..."
Years ago it was also cigarettes, now it's chemo drugs for lung cancer, sigh.
What are your hip and spine scores? With spine at -3.9 I spontaneously fractured three vertebrae. That score would require bone-growing drugs like Tymlos, Forteo or Evenity, I think. There is no longer a two year time limit for Forteo.
Connect
While no one wants loss of bone density anywhere, I'm assuming the important numbers are the ones suggesting hip and spine risks, right? A golfer friend had wrist surgery and found his wrist had 'low density but the surgeon said that that's not what she saw when she did the surgery so is unconcerned. I never had wrist bones evaluated, just the basic spine and femur neck.