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Hi all, back during the early part of July I posted detail of my being prescribed Alendronic Acid and your suggestion was to request a DEXA scan. I visited my GP who said 'Yes, but you are alright because you are on Alendronic Acid'. I said, 'No, I am not taking it, until I know if I need it'. My GP's attitude then changed. I was told 'You will need it, your bones will be affected by steroids, you will get fractures, you should be taking it'.
I tried to explain that I have had no fractures, even though I have fallen three times recently in the garden. I then asked if I should have had a test in the beginning to show if I had any bone thinning, the GP said, 'we do not normally give test to anyone over the age of 70 as we expect you to have bone thinning'. The GP was not at all happy at my refusal to take it, repeating to me again and again that I must and should take it. and then, and only then, when filling out the DEXA scan request form, asked me if there was any history of osteoporosis in my family, I said 'no, no one neither my mother, nore my grandmother', then I was asked had I had any fractures,I said 'one, leg fracture twenty years ago'. The GP then said that there would be a two to three month wait for the scan'.
The atmosphere was somewhat unpleasant, I was left feeling a little shaken, and upset.
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tavidu MrsMAC-_UK
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constance.de MrsMAC-_UK
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Mrs Mac - have you not realized that people over 70 are not interesting for doctors?!!!!!!😡😡
Personally I have always refused A A. Rheumy also got shirty (so what!). However, if people believe in it, and it helps!?!
Regards fr C. 💐
Emis_Moderator MrsMAC-_UK
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Stick to your guns and good on you for insisting on a scan.
Also there are other bio-phosonates if necessary and you can look them all up on the National Osteoporosis site.
If you can afford it you can have a Dexa Scan done privately, but me I would just wait it out.
You could also ring the Dexa Scan dept in the hospital you have been booked into and tell them you are willing to go at short notice if someone cancels.
'we do not normally etc' does not apply in your case, you have PMR and it is in the guidelines issued by the BSR and available on the NHS website on the Diagnosis and Treatment of PMR.
You won so and a pat on the back.
constance.de Emis_Moderator
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ptolemy MrsMAC-_UK
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gail2910-US-MI MrsMAC-_UK
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pat38625 MrsMAC-_UK
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MrsO-UK_Surrey MrsMAC-_UK
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So not fair to be left feeling upset following your appointment, but well done for standing your ground.
constance.de MrsO-UK_Surrey
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Regards fr C.
ptolemy constance.de
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MrsO-UK_Surrey constance.de
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EileenH MrsO-UK_Surrey
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MrsO-UK_Surrey EileenH
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karren61208 MrsMAC-_UK
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Being held prisoner to your health care system doesn't help. Can you see a doctor in a teaching/research hospital?
ptolemy MrsMAC-_UK
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