How are your Bones?

Have you reached the age where you should have a bone density test? I have and I just had my 3rd one and my bones actually improved this time. I have been taking a prescription pill every Saturday morning for about 5 years now and it is working. You have to take the pill on an empty stomach with a full 8 ounces of water, then be sure you sit upright or stand for 30 minutes. You cannot lie down or bend over during this 30 minutes. Then you can eat your breakfast and get about your day. It was kind of a pain, upsetting the daily routine.

Now they have a new injection called Reclast that lasts one whole year. You continue taking your calcium and Vitamin D daily, but that's no problem as that has been a daily routine for many years. I am going to get that injection this morning and I think it is going to be wonderful not to have to remember to take my pill every Saturday, paying quite a bit of copay for the prescription also. My husband got his injection in June and I have been anxiously waiting for my bone density test to be due so that I could also take the injection and be freed up from the pills.