I just talked to my Endocrinologist to see if getting steroid injections for my back would affect my osteoporosis. She said one injection is fine, but more than one will start causing bone loss. She said Fosamax will help, but I'm not taking any chances, especially since my doctor wanted me to get 3. I'm feeling better now about not getting them, although there aren't a lot of other alternatives for pain management.
I odn't blame you. The other thing I have learned about the injections is that over time they will cause damage to the nerves themselves. My therapist said that over time they damage the covering of the nerve itself. Just what you need. Something more to cause issues. This may be why they only allow you three shots in a year.
My surgeon keeps offering to give me an injection in my SI joint. I keep smiling at him and telling him I'll schedule it later. So far I have managed to avoid having it done. I would rather grit my teeth and sit in the hot tub and walk up and down the hall for awhile and avoid another shot if I can....
Just another thing for me to learn from. I also have osteoprosis, and the latest dexa showed worsening. For awhile, I was gettting the epidurals, and trigger point inj. This had actually went on for 3 years. Geez, now I know why!!
I have osteopenia, too. If necessary, for severe pain that won't let up, I am allowed one or two injections a year. If you take fosomax, it would be even safer. I can't afford it, it isn't covered by Medicare Part D, so I take 1200mg of calcium daily. It must be working okay because I had a fusion in Feb and in 6 weeks both sides were almost completely fused. And 1 inj for something like the SI joint won't hurt anything.
I have osteopenia, too. If necessary, for severe pain that won't let up, I am allowed one or two injections a year. If you take fosomax, it would be even safer. I can't afford it, it isn't covered by Medicare Part D, so I take 1200mg of calcium daily. It must be working okay because I had a fusion in Feb and in 6 weeks both sides were almost completely fused. And 1 inj for something like the SI joint won't hurt anything.
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