← Return to DEXA scores: mild vs. severe
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I would encourage you to read up on patient reviews of reclast. Your DEXA results are really not that bad, and
recast scared me when I read all the negative comments.
After I completed Evenity I researched Prolia and Recast, and decided to discontinue any treatment. My DEXA was -3.2 went to -3.0 in right femur, -2.9 went to
negative 2.8 in my left femur and spine went from -2.1 to -1.5 in my spine. I was disappointed in the results in my hips, where I actually have osteoporosis, but got the best results. in my spine, where I did not. I didn't feel like I got a good enough improvement in my hips to warrant continued medications, which all have awful side effects.
Medicine is one way to go, but read what Dr. Keith McCormick has to say about diet and your bones. Acid reflex could be your body having a hard time with the calcium your taking.
My scan was -3.1, in the spine and my Dr. wanted me to start meds, I'm a 65 year old woman. I power walk 2-3 miles, three times a week, I started jumping lightly 10 times a day landing on my heals (2x's a day;) started taking zen basil seeds, I eat mostly a veg/vegan diet, I don't smoke and occasionally have a drink. One year after doing the above I had another scan and my number dropped to -2.8, I am going to continue with my bone plan and add a gym membership for lifting weights with a trainer to get started on the right foot. I'm treating my bone density not as a disease, but as a product of getting older and working to slow it down as much as possible.
Before going on meds. read up about the med. your Dr. wants to put you on.