That must have been terrifying. I'm sorry you had to go through it.

I understand your hesitation on being on medication due to your experience. Everyone on this site has different thoughts to taking medication and the fear of side effects. If your spine has severe Osteoporosis I would be very worried about a compression fracture. I have severe Osteoporosis in my hips and Osteopenia in my spine and my new Endocrinologist is worried about a compression fracture in my spine because I take care of my infant Grandson a lot ( lifting and bending down to get him). That's why she put me on Fosimax after I stopped taking Eventiy due to the side effects I had. Good luck in your decision, we are all here to support each other.

Many years ago, I had a bad reaction to Bonita and Fosamax, so they put me on Evista(daily).
My Endocrinologist wants me to do Evenity then Prolia and I absolutely do not want to do Prolia for the rest of my life.
I just turned 70, 5’4”, 125 lbs, have always been very active. My spinal is -3.1.
I am very concerned about the side effects of all these drugs (which is just going to slow me down) and the cost, as well. I just don’t want to become another sheep in the pharmaceutical flock. I have an appointment with my doctor on Wed. I really don’t know what to do.