SmudgeP

[SmudgeP]

Hi had osteoporosis diagnosis 6 years ago after being diagnosed with breast cancer was given 3 years of 6 monthly zolendronic acid infusions 6 years later have cracked vertebra have just received recent Dena scan scores these are all completely new to me the cracked vertebra is L8 I only have scores for 1-4 L1 -3.7 L2 -5.4 L3-4.8L4 -4.6 do you not get scores for all vertebra and all the charts I have looked at only go up to 4 sorry it’s a long post just trying to understand it all.

[Craftycreator]

Hi, it’s almost impossible to find anything online worse than -4. I have seen other posts on here which are worse though. I know my lumber spine is -5. However it was my Thorasic spine where I had my fracture and have no score for that. I think when you have a DEXA scan they usually scan the lumber spine and hip giving a score for the femoral neck. If you want more clarity on your scores I would advise contacting the ROS nurses who are very informative.

Best wishes and Happy Christmas.

[SmudgeP in reply to Craftycreator]

Thank you.

[Rems]

Perhaps you mean T8 as there is no L8. Thoracic vertebra tend to fracture more easily and you can presume they will have similar scores to your lumbar vertebra.

[SmudgeP in reply to Rems]

Did mean T8 thank you still not sure what scores above 5 mean.

[Rems in reply to SmudgeP]

Well it's a high score and they may need to use anabolic meds to fix that rather than anti resorptive ... discuss in the osteoporosis clinic. A private REMS scan may give a bit more info (osteoscan) but as you have already fractured you know your bone quality is not too good and they need to treat it

[SmudgeP in reply to Rems]

Thanks