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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Nov 3, 2023 | Replies (1084)
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@gailb

My Dexa Scan showed that my hip is -3.3. I don't remember any other numbers. My doctor (GP) wants me to go on Prolia, but I'm just not wanting to do that. I react very strongly to all medications. I don't want to add any new ones, so I've decided to go med-free for my osteoporosis. I'll see what my next scan says.

I just think that my grandmother and mother never took medication for their bone loss, so why would I? My grandmother fell and broke her hip when she was 75. She'd had a "humpback" as long as I can remember. She was also lactose intolerant & hated fish, so probably didn't get much calcium. She was born in 1887 and died at 93 after having her 3rd hip replacement. I assume she had bad osteoporosis. My mother and her sisters never had the broken bone issue. My mother died at 78 from pancreatic cancer. So, I'll wait it out.

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lioness | @lioness | Jun 11, 2020

@gailb HI Gail I also have thinning bones My Dr and I talked about it and decided I should increase my calcium, to 1200 mg a day decided morning and night plus D3 5000 mg I also take Boron, Vit K Dr also told me weight bearing exercises so this is my regimen I have a year before next dexa scan hope this helps

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sue225 | @sue225 | Jun 11, 2020

@gailb I don't want a hip fracture and I don't want that hump. It's so unattractive and when the spine gets curved like that it pushes up on the lungs and it just sounds like not a good thing. Your grandmother was lucky. Not everyone recovers nicely from a hip fracture. (Wheelchairs maybe forever). And hip replacement surgeries have risks as well. My aunt had a hip replacement. The surgery as they say was a success. The patient, sadly died in recovery from the anesthetic . I have an older husband and no children so no one really to push me around in that wheelchair. I also have a long history of reacting badly to medications. For me taking these potent pharmaceuticals causes lots of anxiety and worry, lots, but that fear of fracturing also terrifies me (maybe more).
These decisions are difficult for so many of us to make. I hope that in the next five years, researchers will come up with better options for this bone disease. Wish you well.

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