The ortho looked at the ct scan and the xray, then turned to us and said "nothing I can do". Then he went on to show us all the places that are broken. A lot of them. He doesn't think going to bed will help them heal any faster. It's just going to take a long time. I hope no more break.

He's sending me to a pain mgt specialist for nerve blocks. He is afraid that if they don't block some of the pain, I'll never get over this pain. It is so intense that it just takes my breath away sometimes.

Mrs. D,
Liza Jane and I have researched Fosamax and the other drugs of it's type extensively. Even hung out in the pharmacutical sales reps chat room and "listened" to what they all say about the Fosamax type drugs. I'm not taking Fosamax now. The rheumie took me off the Actonel while I'm getting the Forteo injections. I remember reading years ago that Fosamax makes denser bones, but the denser comes with a price. The bone cells that Fosamax and the other drugs of the same type make, are dead bone cells. They are much more brittle and easier to fracture. I'm not likely to continue to take Fosamax and it's cousins again. I'm at risk with my jawbones now.

Thank you for the evidence to give my doctors about this drug.
Billye