I watched (the ABC News) segment regarding Fosamax (aired on March 9, 2010)
with shock & amazement!
This was MY STORY......my life altering story to say the least.
I was taking fosamax on a regular basis from 1997 until 2006 when my accident occurred.
Now backing up to a year prior in 2005, I was experiencing pain in my right leg. It was so uncomfortable that it was affecting my employment.
As per Doctor’s orders I went to physio 3 times weekly, but to no avail. My Physiotherapist sensed there was more going on with my leg, so he sent a letter to my physician suggesting an M.R.I.
The M.R.I. indicated nothing to account for my pain, so by the process of elimination my Doctor advised me that she suspected I had a pinched nerve. Shortly thereafter I went to the local hospital for a spinal nerve block which provided me with some relief.
Then on January 20, 2006 while helping my daughter relocate, my right foot became lodged between a box & the wall. I simply tried to pull my leg up & out to free it. It was then that my right femur snapped in two. As the lady mentioned in your segment the pain was indeed excruciating. By the time the ambulance arrived I was going into shock.
After X-Rays at the St. Catharines General Hospital the doctor in
emergency stated that the only time they had ever seen a break so severe was the result of an automobile accident.
Surgery & physio followed.
Unfortunately my femur did not heal completely and the rod and hardware had to remain in my leg, otherwise it would re-break.
I became very proactive and last March 4th (2009) I had a bone graft done from my pelvis to my femur at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario.
This March (2010) I was elated to learn that the femur has finally healed after more than four years!
I am presently awaiting my third surgery to remove the rod & assorted screws.
Let me assure you that the past four plus years have been a living nightmare for me.
I commend you on airing the segment on fosamax, for now I have the missing pieces to my life altering “puzzle”. Thank you G.M.A.!!
We need to address this condition, and get this vital information out to women everywhere!!
If my small part in this issue saves just one woman from enduring the pain and suffering I have been subject to, it will be most worthwhile.
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I watched (the ABC News) segment regarding Fosamax (aired on March 9, 2010)
with shock & amazement!
This was MY STORY......my life altering story to say the least.
I was taking fosamax on a regular basis from 1997 until 2006 when my accident occurred.
Now backing up to a year prior in 2005, I was experiencing pain in my right leg. It was so uncomfortable that it was affecting my employment.
As per Doctor’s orders I went to physio 3 times weekly, but to no avail. My Physiotherapist sensed there was more going on with my leg, so he sent a letter to my physician suggesting an M.R.I.
The M.R.I. indicated nothing to account for my pain, so by the process of elimination my Doctor advised me that she suspected I had a pinched nerve. Shortly thereafter I went to the local hospital for a spinal nerve block which provided me with some relief.
Then on January 20, 2006 while helping my daughter relocate, my right foot became lodged between a box & the wall. I simply tried to pull my leg up & out to free it. It was then that my right femur snapped in two. As the lady mentioned in your segment the pain was indeed excruciating. By the time the ambulance arrived I was going into shock.
After X-Rays at the St. Catharines General Hospital the doctor in
emergency stated that the only time they had ever seen a break so severe was the result of an automobile accident.
Surgery & physio followed.
Unfortunately my femur did not heal completely and the rod and hardware had to remain in my leg, otherwise it would re-break.
I became very proactive and last March 4th (2009) I had a bone graft done from my pelvis to my femur at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario.
This March (2010) I was elated to learn that the femur has finally healed after more than four years!
I am presently awaiting my third surgery to remove the rod & assorted screws.
Let me assure you that the past four plus years have been a living nightmare for me.
I commend you on airing the segment on fosamax, for now I have the missing pieces to my life altering “puzzle”. Thank you G.M.A.!!
We need to address this condition, and get this vital information out to women everywhere!!
If my small part in this issue saves just one woman from enduring the pain and suffering I have been subject to, it will be most worthwhile.
Sincerely yours
Janis
CANADA L2M 1X5
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