I had a gynecologist who had me get bone scans in 2017 and 2019. My first bone scan showed my bone density to be -1.4T. (osteopaenia)
I was diagnosed with breast cancer (right side) on 12/7/2021 and had a lumpectomy on 1/27/2022. I had had a biopsy in 2018 that showed benign calcification, but this was 3 years later.
Following the lumpectomy, I was (belatedly) given another bone scan in late May of 2022, although Medicare initially refused to pay for it, for reasons I have never understood. (It took until March of 2023 to get it straightened out and the most likely explanation I have heard is that the oncologist's office coded it incorrectly).
My bone density in 2022 was -2.2T (where osteoporosis is supposed to start at -2.4T, according to my endocrinologist's office, as I also doctor for Type II diabetes and have been a patient at the Texas Diabetes & Oncology Center since 2017).
I voluntarily had 33 radiation sessions. On Feb. 1 when showed up at the oncologist's office to be seen I had a fever of 102 and had to take 500 mg. of Cephalexan every 4 hours for weeks to heal up from that. I had an ultra scan on the one-year anniversary of surgery (1/27/2023) and it said I needed to be seen by an oncologist, so I began doctoring here in Austin (Tx) where we winter.
I was given pills by the endocrinologist's office when I inquired, but, after reading about them, did not take them. I am now involved in getting a dental implant and one of the questions asked a lot on the paperwork was about biophosphates. I hope the implant goes well. I go back on 1/31 to see how it is healing. It was the second of my teeth to be killed during a routine cleaning. (This one, the #4 tooth, split way below the gum line).
I honestly am becoming paranoid about having my teeth cleaned, as I've now lost 2 teeth to a routine procedure. I'm also confused about what I've read about DEXA scans, as some suggest they aren't too precise and the readings can be affected.