I never thought I'd have an opportunity to use my graduate work in linguistics in connection with this Prolia debacle, but I believe the time has come to coin a few new words!
It simply takes too long to sum up what Prolia did to me when sharing this with family and friends who are horrified at my current condition -- in pain most waking hours because of multiple vertebral fractures, threatened with blindness from macular degeneration in both eyes, dealing with unsightly and annoying skin eruptions, etc., all, my doctors tell me, "adverse effects" of Prolia!
So perhaps getting some new words into circulation would be helpful. Maybe Amgen could use these words too! Always looking to help!
After all, words like "Prolia" or even "osteoporosis," do not just fall from the sky. Someone coined them, and I could certainly do so as well.
Here are just a few words I coined. Because they are not (yet) in standard dictionaries, here are some examples of how they may be used in a sentence:
1. Prolifrax. Defined as one or more fractures incurred either because of Prolia intrinsically, or because of its mismanagement, as when doctors mistakenly delay an injection.
A sentence: When my bone doctor retired and the new doctor’s office said he could not see me to get my Prolia shot on time, I suffered three painful Prolifrax.
2. Prolidol. From the Latin word dolor, and defined as pain associated with the the drug Prolia, both used as directed as well as mismanaged.
A sentence: Each day I deal with Prolidol, both because of the physical pain from multiple vertebral fractures (or Prolifrax), as well as the emotional pain of losing my active life.
3. Proliblind: Defined as vision loss associated with Prolia.
A sentence: I hope the macular degeneration in both eyes that my doctor says resulted from Prolia will not leave me Proliblind.
4. Proliderm: Defined as skin lesions resulting from Prolia.
A sentence: My dermatologist told me the unsightly and uncomfortable rashes on my midsection, or Proliderm, were side effects of Prolia. But because the Prolidol caused by Prolifrax render beach outings impossible now, unsightly Proliderm is less of a problem.
For those interested in how new words get into English, here's an interesting article!
http://thehistoryofenglish.com/issues_new.html
I hope readers will find this helpful!
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