osteoporosis

I have osteoporosis too. Also due to drugs taken for asthma. Yes bone density can improve. Mine did due to healthier eating and exercise. I have a real problem with my knees at the moment so have started doing exercises to strengthen muscles around the knees. I have been on alendronic acid and calcium for a while (due to stop alendronic acid after 5 years).

According to the physio today, I don't walk properly.
Which means that I have never walked properly since I was a child.
Trying hard, but it may be too late to learn now.

All interesting.
The Gp has made an appointment for me to attend a clinic but the waiting time is 30 weeks, as the local main hospital is the only one around here and so deals with a very wide area. Due to this I have asked if there is possibly an earlier appontment in a hospital in the the bigger city that is in the next county.
Something I will say I miss not living in a city, where there were a vast amount of hospitals to chose from.

On the positive side, my bones must have got that much thinner last year as one foot, that used to hurt me when wearing my ankle boots, now fits without any trouble!

Cath

I see my GP tomorrow and will post with results.

12 years ago I fell and broke my right hip and my left arm. It was found then that I had Osteoporosis. I finished up with a pin in my hip. I was put on various medication and then about 7 years ago I was put on the Alendronic Acid. After I had been taking it for around six years I was taken off it because according to what I found out about it it was doing more harm than good.In 2015 I fell and broke my left hip in three places which was operated on and had to have a metal plate in my back with a pin going down the leg. Unfortunately it never healed and I had another fall that fractured the bone at the back of the metal plate and bent the pin down the leg. I have been offered a complete replacement hip and been told that I dont have Osteoporosis now because the treatment over the years has strengthened my bones but I have finished up with Cervical Spondylitis. After putting up with the pain from the hip that wont heal for well over a year and at the age of 86 I wont bother with the major operation that they tell me will be extremely complex due to having to remove all the metal first and there is no guarantee that I would be any better.I have an appointment this week with the consultant to give him my answer which as I said earlier will be NO. IF they had offered the replacement hip when I first broke it and before trying to put it together with metal plates and nails I would have said Yes but not now.

Maywalk you have been through a lot but I'm glad the treatment for your osteoporosis has worked over the years.

I think I too would be hesitant about an operation if there was no guarantee of improvement. When I broke a bone recently I was told I may need an operation which made me very nervous, but they then decided it wasn't necessary.

However, you could ask the Consultant about the chances of improvement if you had the operation and what the prognosis is when you go for your appointment this week. There's no harm in asking him for all the facts.

Good luck

Thanks Jalima. I have asked and that was the reply, that is why they gave me 5 weeks to make my mind up because I also suffer from Epilepsy and I have a pacemaker. It has been a heck of a year since October 2015 because the day I broke my hip my son retired and as I was my husbands carer who was suffering with the rotten Dementia my son stopped with his Dad while I was in the hospital for 6 weeks. Once I got home I tried to do what I had been doing before the fall but it was impossible. My lovely hubby started going downhill fast and he died in April.It was after he had died I had the second fall. I found out then that I was to become a great grandmother for the first time.I would much prefer to be around as long as I can to see as much of my future grandson as I can than going through a 6 hour operation to perhaps find out after that I was no better off regarding the pain and walking.Thanks for getting back to me.

Maywalk you've been through some bad times in the last year. So sorry to hear that your DH died last spring.

You sound like a very brave and determined woman. And congratulations on the news about your first Great Grand Child

Goodness, what a lot you've been through Maywalk. I do wish you lots of joy with your future great grandson. xx

Maywalk I probably would have made the same decision.

So sorry to hear about your DH but hope the news of becoming a Great Grandmother has cheered you up and given you something to look forward to.

I am just back from my GP with the positive news that although I have osteoporosis it is not severe and after assessing all the risks we have decided between us that I am only going to take calcium and Vit D for the time being. I am to have blood tests next week and a further DEXA scan in 2 years. My spine was in good nick for "an elderly woman" and my risk factor for a hip fracture in the next 10 years was considered low. I am very relieved but sympathize with those of you not so fortunate.

Many thanks Anya, Bellanonna and Jalima.
If I had been a bit younger I would most probably have had the op and taken the risk because I know there are others who are older than me who have had it but I can only assume that they had no other main health problems to consider.
Good luck everyone and God Bless.

Please keep in touch Maywalk and let us know when the little one arrives x

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