Like Vicki, I am waiting surgery for rods to be inserted. Unlike her, I have only the stress fractures in both legs, not the complete break. A 63 year old, I have had thigh pain for over a year, and have been to 5 doctors (4 orthopedists, my PCP and an oncologist). After a nuclear bone scan, I spent anxious weeks thinking cancer had returned, since I am a17 yr. cancer survivor. I estimate that my insurance and I have spent $40,000 so far trying to uncover the cause of my pain. Two weeks before the ABC Frontline segment, I did a Google search, discovering the link betweem Fosamax and femur fracture. My doctors didn't believe me. Thank goodness for the support group, and ABC for sticking with the story. My last orthopedist is one who treated one of my "femur sisters", in a nearby town. And, my PCP has allowed me to take a Fosomax "holiday". I will make sure that a sample of my bone will studied, as this seems to be the "evidence" we need. BTW, I have been taking the drug for 7 years--for osteopenia, created artificially at 47 with a hysteroctomy.
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Like Vicki, I am waiting surgery for rods to be inserted. Unlike her, I have only the stress fractures in both legs, not the complete break. A 63 year old, I have had thigh pain for over a year, and have been to 5 doctors (4 orthopedists, my PCP and an oncologist). After a nuclear bone scan, I spent anxious weeks thinking cancer had returned, since I am a17 yr. cancer survivor. I estimate that my insurance and I have spent $40,000 so far trying to uncover the cause of my pain. Two weeks before the ABC Frontline segment, I did a Google search, discovering the link betweem Fosamax and femur fracture. My doctors didn't believe me. Thank goodness for the support group, and ABC for sticking with the story. My last orthopedist is one who treated one of my "femur sisters", in a nearby town. And, my PCP has allowed me to take a Fosomax "holiday". I will make sure that a sample of my bone will studied, as this seems to be the "evidence" we need. BTW, I have been taking the drug for 7 years--for osteopenia, created artificially at 47 with a hysteroctomy.
March 26, 2010 - 5:35amThis Comment
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