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Treating Osteoporosis: What works for you?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 2 10:11am | Replies (1085)Comment receiving replies
I have severe osteoporosis. I am on my 3rd year of seeing a wellness coach at a local physical therapy place. I started doing an hour twice a week of strength and resistance training. Then I dropped to an hour a week and Medicare will pay for physical therapy for resistance training. So I do an hour with a wellness coach (individual training) and intense. Then 40 minutes with a physical therapist. Not on the same day. After 1 1/2 years with the wellness coach and a year with the physical therapist, it stopped the osteoporosis in my spine but not my hips. I cannot take the Boniva, Fosamax of the world. My only resort now is for Prolia. But my first bone scan was in 1999, the year I turned 50 and my spine scan was -1.44 then. . It took until 2018 to get to -2.5 in my spine. My total left hip was scanned in 2008 at -2.5 and in 2019 it was -3.4. I am still weighing whether I want Prolia at 70 years old.
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Have you considered Forteo or Tymlos. Both of these meds actually build bone.
Hi Suemer, I am scheduled to go on Tymlos. The studies on this drug are minimal, at best, and the side effects are dangerous. However, with a 4.6 T score and a knee that needs replacement, my choices are limited. I am also seeing a doctor who practices "functional" medicine and prescribing specific types of bone supplements. I am hopeful to take Tymlos for a short period of time. At 72, one fall to my hip and I will not recover. Sometimes, we must have the courage to do what seems unthinkable. I was told by 3 medical people, Prolea will not build bone but will prevent further bone loss. Unfortunately, in my case, I'm beyond prevention. Life is short and I would like to extend me quality as much as possible!🐱
Did I understand you to say that medicare will pay for physical therapy when diagnosed with osteoporosis?
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So, I am almost 65 and have been on Prolia for 21 months. My hip score was almost as bad as yours. My fear of a hip fracture and loss of independence (I know someone who never got out of her wheelchair), outweighed my fear of Prolia. (I have posted on this blog before but one more time, my hip score improved by 6.5 % and spine by just under 12% after 1 year.