Why do I Write this Blog?
I originally started this blog -- which includes matters pertaining to my vertebral fractures, as well as my eyes -- to answer friends who saw me after this happened and asked:
"Joan! What in the hell happened to you?"
(or words to that effect.)
When they learn that the painful and disfiguring vertebral compression fractures I live with today resulted from the flood of misleading words of an eye specialist -- a retinal specialist, if you will -- who erroneously told me that my eye condition was because I was on the osteoporosis drug Prolia, they gasp in disbelief!
There may be a connection between osteoporosis and age related macular degeneration, but the specialists I consulted following this disaster agreed that stopping treatment for the former condition does not affect the latter.
Unfortunately, I learned all of this after three vertebrae fractured, leaving me to this day with a flood of pain and disability!
PLEASE NOTE! I am NOT a medical professional and nothing here is to be construed as medical advice. But if you or friends or family are dealing with osteoporosis and/or macular degeneration, you might find my experience of interest so feel free to share.
I do a little reorganizing and updating of this blog from time to time. I hope you will find helpful information here, and I thank you for visiting www.JoansBackboneDisaster.com !!
