Prolia - here's my view, 2 shots, 6 months in

[dobro45]

Hello Everyone. Firstly thank you all for everyone's time and effort on this site. I REALLY appreciate everyone's views, comments and experiences. And they truly helped me in deciding my medical/treatment choices. My back story..I'm 54 btw... short back story that brought me to this site 6 months ago and have just read posts since.... I broke my collarbone in Jan 2019 rolling over in bed to reach for a glass of water told 6-8 weeks recovery... March 2019.. still broken, bloodwork..... Surgery not an option, multiple fracture, un-pinnable, thin bones. May.. serious calcium/vitamin D deficiency. High doses of both. DEXA showed hips and spine osteopenia. DEXA doesn't measure neck or collarbones. June 2019... got referred to a Rheumatoligist to checkout my thyroid gland (which was fine btw), but he said... so when did you notice being calcium deficient?... Me: Only only time... 1982... my teeth got loose when I was 17 when I was expecting my baby. And my Irish mother said "ah that's what babies to a mother" so I thought.. well that's normal. Turns out it wasn't normal. And he knew that. Also told him in 2002 I had to have an emergency hysterectomy at 37 and have been on oral HRT since for bones. He said Prolia, NOW! I said why? You're 54, you've not been absorbing/converting calcium to make bone for over 30 years, and you've not been absorbing/converting HRT bone strength for over 15 years. DEXA measures hips and spine. You were lucky. They are boarderline high osteopenia/osteoperosis.. you're collarbones... mush. First injection June 2019. Quick, a jab, a burn, and ... I was OK.

And here's the KICKER!!! I just found out... my kidneys cannot convert any oral tablet or food to things my body needs. All oral HRT this past 18 years to keep my bones healthy... useless. My OBY now has me on HRT patches.. a little late but hey. Back to Prolia headline.... I am so sorry for everyone here who has had a bad experience, really I am. I especially feeling for those that have multiple medical conditions. But honest to goodness... Dec 23rd... injection #2.... a jab, a burn... this time a little light headed for a few hours... had a huge craving for Crackerbarrel... not sure if was for the food or the shopping. But hey , I got jabbed... did both! That's my excuse.

Again, may I PLEASE stress, this is not a story of advice. I have no other medical things going on except I broke my collarbone one night reaching out for a bottle of water 10 months ago, and subsequently learned a). Ortho Doctors don't take a 50+ bone break seriously from an ER referral, they treat you like a wimpy college jock b). If you break a bone, definitely go to ER, get diagnosed, then take their paper Ortho referral, and go see your GP for his Ortho/Rheumo/OBY referral. He/She will know far more about who to send you to in the early days than ER.

Back to Prolia. (Sorry this was a long post). I'm doing fine on it. I don't get sick, or bone aches, or muscle aches. Just a few hours of lightheadness. My Dexa scores.. are level.