Hi: If there is something specific you don't understand, that I said, then don't hesitate to ask. Sometimes my explanations are hard to understand.
But one thing I wanted to mention, was I agreed with you on the falling theory, and if you can prevent falls you'll be much safer.
When I started Forteo I had to go to a meeting conducted by Eli Lily where they explained the disease, how the drug works etc. but one thing that really threw me, but now I believe, is that usually the fracture occurs "before" the fall. I was asked by the moderator how I thought fractures occured and of course said, that aside from "spontaneous" fractures, I thought it was falling that caused them. She immediately corrected me and said, that 80% of all fractures occur "before" the fall thus causing you to fall after the break because the bone can no longer keep you upright. Make of this what you will, but this was what was pounded into our heads
She also mentioned that stepping off a curb was the #1 cause of fractures if you have a low enough t score, and it was the stepping down that causes the fracture and then the fall follows. They both make sense to me, but I think the point was that all of the people in the room had below -3.6 t scores and some as low as -5, so we were to be careful since we are all at the severe osteo/established level where you are at high risk for spontaneous fractures, which of course wouldn't require a fall at all. My doc told me I could fracture sneezing, coughing too hard and rolling over in bed. One of her patients fractured 7 ribs getting a spoon out of a drawer.
HTH
Pam
Actually, I'm not really THAT bothered (even though I was diagnosed with osteoporosis (I'm 62). I'm not going to take the usual prescriptions (fosamax, boniva, etc). Too many horror stories resulting from their use. I also read - on quite a few sites - that the bone formation from fosamax, is NOT necessarily ''good bone'' - hence all the excruciating bone and muscle pain resuting from these meds, not to mention a whole host of other stuff, a never-ending list of horror:
Nobody's proven that these drugs do actually prevent fractures, either. And it's perfectly possible to have STRONG bones without them being ''dense''. So I'll just continue with my supplements (calcium, magnesium, vit D and vit K), walking 1-2 hours daily (that means plenty of sunlight, also a good source of vit D) and weight bearing exercise. I feel fine and apart from the usual aches and pains (natural for my age), I'm not having trouble with my bones, and NOT FALLING, either!! Perhaps the docs should concentrate more on the prevention of falls, than bone density
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