mavette, you'll want to contact your doctor. Blury vision can be a sign of inflammation of the eye sometimes uveitis, for which you may need steroids to protect your vision.
While the affects will probably fade over the next few days. Alendronate may not be the best osteoporosis medication for y
Is this your first osteoporosis medication. Is it being handled by a general practitioner. What was your dosage.
Tell us more (only if you want to) about your dxa numbers, past medication. Everything and anything.
There are over a hundred medications that interact with alendronate.
.
to gently,
Thank you for your response. Today (Easter Sunday....a Day of Miracles? perhaps, hopefully) & this morning, I took my 2nd dose of Alendrolate. I am feeling much better. My vision has cleared and I will hope the rest of the day goes on without issues. I do not understand the medical jargon, but these are the numbers pertaining to my March 14th Dexa scan:
BMD T-Scores % Young Z-Score % Age Body Part
gm/cm2 Ref Match Ref Match
0.556 -2.60 65.0% -0.80 86.0% L. Femoral Neck
0.592 -2.90 63.0% -1.30 79.0% L Total Hip
0.726 -2.90 69.0% -0.80 90.% Total Spine
I am almost 71 yo, 5' 1/2" tall & 90lbs. I live alone in Az. from Mass. No Family Don't trust people anymore, so I do not socialize. I only venture out to pick up groceries, go to the library to pick up books, & go to Dr. appointments.(only see Nurse Practitioners). I sit outside & read. Thank you for trying to help me.
to gently,
Thank you for your response. Today (Easter Sunday....a Day of Miracles? perhaps, hopefully) & this morning, I took my 2nd dose of Alendrolate. I am feeling much better. My vision has cleared and I will hope the rest of the day goes on without issues. I do not understand the medical jargon, but these are the numbers pertaining to my March 14th Dexa scan:
BMD T-Scores % Young Z-Score % Age Body Part
gm/cm2 Ref Match Ref Match
0.556 -2.60 65.0% -0.80 86.0% L. Femoral Neck
0.592 -2.90 63.0% -1.30 79.0% L Total Hip
0.726 -2.90 69.0% -0.80 90.% Total Spine
I am almost 71 yo, 5' 1/2" tall & 90lbs. I live alone in Az. from Mass. No Family Don't trust people anymore, so I do not socialize. I only venture out to pick up groceries, go to the library to pick up books, & go to Dr. appointments.(only see Nurse Practitioners). I sit outside & read. Thank you for trying to help me.
to gently,
Thank you for your response. Today (Easter Sunday....a Day of Miracles? perhaps, hopefully) & this morning, I took my 2nd dose of Alendrolate. I am feeling much better. My vision has cleared and I will hope the rest of the day goes on without issues. I do not understand the medical jargon, but these are the numbers pertaining to my March 14th Dexa scan:
BMD T-Scores % Young Z-Score % Age Body Part
gm/cm2 Ref Match Ref Match
0.556 -2.60 65.0% -0.80 86.0% L. Femoral Neck
0.592 -2.90 63.0% -1.30 79.0% L Total Hip
0.726 -2.90 69.0% -0.80 90.% Total Spine
I am almost 71 yo, 5' 1/2" tall & 90lbs. I live alone in Az. from Mass. No Family Don't trust people anymore, so I do not socialize. I only venture out to pick up groceries, go to the library to pick up books, & go to Dr. appointments.(only see Nurse Practitioners). I sit outside & read. Thank you for trying to help me.
msvette, I'm glad you are feeling better. Hoping the side effects are over. Some people get achy joints with alendronate after a time. Maybe you won't. While your dxa scores say that you are osteoporotic (any thing lower than -2.5 is indicative), smaller bones measure lower numbers because the measure less space. You may deserve a higher score. But you've passed the period of time where you lose the most bone. Alendronate may be a very good drug for you.
Your life sounds very nice, uncomplicated, sitting in the AZ sun. What kinds of books do you like to read?
You might not care the least about the medical jargon but
the first number 0.556 is the amount of mineral per square centimeter
then -2.6 compares your mineral to that of a healthy 30 year old called the T-score
msvette, I'm glad you are feeling better. Hoping the side effects are over. Some people get achy joints with alendronate after a time. Maybe you won't. While your dxa scores say that you are osteoporotic (any thing lower than -2.5 is indicative), smaller bones measure lower numbers because the measure less space. You may deserve a higher score. But you've passed the period of time where you lose the most bone. Alendronate may be a very good drug for you.
Your life sounds very nice, uncomplicated, sitting in the AZ sun. What kinds of books do you like to read?
You might not care the least about the medical jargon but
the first number 0.556 is the amount of mineral per square centimeter
then -2.6 compares your mineral to that of a healthy 30 year old called the T-score
gently, I cannot thank you enough for your kind words. Actually, I wish I better understood medical jargon, (cuz I'm old now tee hee).You've given me such a sense of relief. I've been so depressed with concern for my fragile skeleton! I wish I knew what caused it. Back in Massachusetts I was so active living by the shore, rowing my dinghy, horseback riding....staying fit! Now I read sweet romance novels & my only exercise is a rowing machine. Bless you for your kindness! & again I thank you.
msvette,
as long as you are laying low, alendronate can be the best medication. When you confess to yourself that you aren't actually old and start kicking up your heels, you might consider Forteo instead of alendronate.
It builds more integrated, stronger bone faster.
Those of us on horseback, offshore, and generally tumbling about are more likely to fracture.
Any bone lower that -2.6 T score is best served first by an anabolic (Tymlos or Forteo).
Most of us lightweights have never had the heavy bones of the 30 year olds they are comparing us with.
We begin to lose bone at 30 years but suffer the greatest loss with the loss of estrogen.
I'm on my third year of Forteo.
msvette,
as long as you are laying low, alendronate can be the best medication. When you confess to yourself that you aren't actually old and start kicking up your heels, you might consider Forteo instead of alendronate.
It builds more integrated, stronger bone faster.
Those of us on horseback, offshore, and generally tumbling about are more likely to fracture.
Any bone lower that -2.6 T score is best served first by an anabolic (Tymlos or Forteo).
Most of us lightweights have never had the heavy bones of the 30 year olds they are comparing us with.
We begin to lose bone at 30 years but suffer the greatest loss with the loss of estrogen.
I'm on my third year of Forteo.
gently,
Forteo, hmm I'll ask my NP about it next visit, or sooner if I should encounter anymore scary residual effects...still too early to relax.
As for kicking up my heels & tumbling about here in Tucson, all that 'll get me is a fractured backside full of cactus needles. Yuk! No more Beautiful oceanfront living, horses, just lots of boots & good memories. ( wish I'd never met & married the " cruel, Evil X") Stuck in the desert now, but I'll remember while reading in the sunshine, to "keep the shiny side up" Thank you once again!
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mavette, you'll want to contact your doctor. Blury vision can be a sign of inflammation of the eye sometimes uveitis, for which you may need steroids to protect your vision.
While the affects will probably fade over the next few days. Alendronate may not be the best osteoporosis medication for y
Is this your first osteoporosis medication. Is it being handled by a general practitioner. What was your dosage.
Tell us more (only if you want to) about your dxa numbers, past medication. Everything and anything.
There are over a hundred medications that interact with alendronate.
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Thank you for your response. Today (Easter Sunday....a Day of Miracles? perhaps, hopefully) & this morning, I took my 2nd dose of Alendrolate. I am feeling much better. My vision has cleared and I will hope the rest of the day goes on without issues. I do not understand the medical jargon, but these are the numbers pertaining to my March 14th Dexa scan:
BMD T-Scores % Young Z-Score % Age Body Part
gm/cm2 Ref Match Ref Match
0.556 -2.60 65.0% -0.80 86.0% L. Femoral Neck
0.592 -2.90 63.0% -1.30 79.0% L Total Hip
0.726 -2.90 69.0% -0.80 90.% Total Spine
I am almost 71 yo, 5' 1/2" tall & 90lbs. I live alone in Az. from Mass. No Family Don't trust people anymore, so I do not socialize. I only venture out to pick up groceries, go to the library to pick up books, & go to Dr. appointments.(only see Nurse Practitioners). I sit outside & read. Thank you for trying to help me.
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Hi @msvette and @gently, your post with your Dexa scores has been published see the above post here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1286066/
Thanks, Colleen. Happy Easter.
Thank you so much. Bless your heart.
msvette, I'm glad you are feeling better. Hoping the side effects are over. Some people get achy joints with alendronate after a time. Maybe you won't. While your dxa scores say that you are osteoporotic (any thing lower than -2.5 is indicative), smaller bones measure lower numbers because the measure less space. You may deserve a higher score. But you've passed the period of time where you lose the most bone. Alendronate may be a very good drug for you.
Your life sounds very nice, uncomplicated, sitting in the AZ sun. What kinds of books do you like to read?
You might not care the least about the medical jargon but
the first number 0.556 is the amount of mineral per square centimeter
then -2.6 compares your mineral to that of a healthy 30 year old called the T-score
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as long as you are laying low, alendronate can be the best medication. When you confess to yourself that you aren't actually old and start kicking up your heels, you might consider Forteo instead of alendronate.
It builds more integrated, stronger bone faster.
Those of us on horseback, offshore, and generally tumbling about are more likely to fracture.
Any bone lower that -2.6 T score is best served first by an anabolic (Tymlos or Forteo).
Most of us lightweights have never had the heavy bones of the 30 year olds they are comparing us with.
We begin to lose bone at 30 years but suffer the greatest loss with the loss of estrogen.
I'm on my third year of Forteo.
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Forteo, hmm I'll ask my NP about it next visit, or sooner if I should encounter anymore scary residual effects...still too early to relax.
As for kicking up my heels & tumbling about here in Tucson, all that 'll get me is a fractured backside full of cactus needles. Yuk! No more Beautiful oceanfront living, horses, just lots of boots & good memories. ( wish I'd never met & married the " cruel, Evil X") Stuck in the desert now, but I'll remember while reading in the sunshine, to "keep the shiny side up" Thank you once again!
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