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Pain in thigh 5 months after THR
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I was also diagnosed with osteoporosis in my early fifties. I am 81 now. I used to walk at least 2 miles a day and more on the weekend. Now I have trouble getting out of a chair. Although I can still walk a mile once I get going. Both my daughters in their fifties have been diagnosed with osteoporosis. One much worse than the other. She is on a brand new product where she gives herself sub-q injections every day for two years then stops. My endo wouldn't put me on any long term product as I am immuno compromised and didn't know how that would react in my body long term. I did have a neighbor that took Fosamax and she lost part of her jaw. I now also have radiculopathy. Which is a cervical compression that affects my neck. It started last month. A disc is pressing on a nerve. I have never had pain like that. Also caused by arthritis.
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Is your daughter taking Forteo? I injected myself for two years with Forteo after having attended a demonstration at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. It was supposed to target the hip and spine area but it only worked on one and not much on the other. When I was told that I had to go back on Bisphosphonates I decided to stop all drugs as I was starting to feel like a guinea pig. I think that I would it was inevitable that I would have to go for a total hip replacement. I cannot imagine being on those drugs for the rest of my life. I have had three DVT's over the past 22 years and I am on a blood thinner for life. Also taking drugs for high blood pressure. I hope you are able to get help for your cervical compression. I live in an association with 17 other houses and most of my neighbors are in their mid to late 80's and they run circles around me. I am 74. One neighbor is 92 and she had a THR at the age of 87. She swims every single day at the Y and she still drives and she has ALL her marbles. So, hang in there.