Smokebush and injections

@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

That's a great idea but I'm still battling to turn my phone on!

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@DaddyEvil (174590)

• United States

28 Dec 22

@JudyEv

I'm sorry... I'm really trying hard not to giggle...

If I could, I'd help you learn how to use it.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 22

@DaddyEvil If I can make you giggle then it's all worth it - not being able to turn the phone on. lol

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

28 Dec 22

I’ll get,my next prolia injection the sixteenth of January. I’ve taken them for the last few years. I’m taking a thousand units of vitamin D every day preparing for the prolia. Are you taking vitamin D?

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

No, I'm not taking vitamin D. I try to get out in the sun every day.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 22

@RubyHawk That does make sense.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

29 Dec 22

@JudyEv I'm out most every day but I doubt I get much vitamin D from the sun especially in the winter. My vitamin D isn't low but my doctor seems to think Vitamin D supports the prolia injection.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (40987)

• Philippines

28 Dec 22

First time to hear about prolia. Your doctor was good at detecting that injection in your body. I hope they are available in my country too. I feel that in time I might need those too. I am getting there when back aches and all the pain in the body starts to manifest already.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (40987)

• Philippines

28 Dec 22

@JudyEv That is true. It is getting tougher by the day especially when cold season comes they do come out.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

Getting old isn't for softies! That's what they say in my country.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

28 Dec 22

I never heard of prolia injection. I do not take any kind of medications, I made a density scan of my bones and it seems I need nothing.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

28 Dec 22

@JudyEv - I am really glad, all medications have side effects.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

That's really good that you don't need anything.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135910)

• Marion, Ohio

28 Dec 22

Pretty bush. Yes it's a medicine

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135910)

• Marion, Ohio

28 Dec 22

@JudyEv The doctors here even ask about supplements now

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 22

@wolfgirl569 Yes, they do that here too now.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

Haha - I was only thinking along the lines of tablets.

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Loretta

@noni1959 (13047)

• United States

28 Dec 22

I never heard of this injection. I had a bone scan and my bones are strong. Odd since I have psoriatic and osteoarthritis. I wonder if my doctor will mention something to me soon.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

It's good that your bones are strong but it is surprising considering your other conditions.

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Loretta

@noni1959 (13047)

• United States

29 Dec 22

@JudyEv I was very surprised. Even disabled and with limits, I exercise weight bearing and try to keep up my calcium so hopefully it will continue to be this way. I'm 63 now so we'll see as I age.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 22

@noni1959 I have light weights and try to use them but I'm not very regular about it.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51837)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

28 Dec 22

Never heard of this, but I wonder why an injection "which is supposed to help guard against osteoporosis" is given in the tummy... I don't think I learned about a tummy bone in anatomy class.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 22

Well, I guess for some of us oldies there is plenty of tummy to choose from.

It's interesting that they alternate which side they stick the needle in.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91297)

• United States

28 Dec 22

Well glad you are friends again now. Oh I had never heard of that plant nor the injections. Hope they will work good for you then.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91297)

• United States

28 Dec 22

@JudyEv

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

Hopefully it will put off the evil day. lol

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148749)

• Roseburg, Oregon

28 Dec 22

I get checked for osteoporosis every other year. And so far I am ok. I take vitamin D and calcium every day.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

I've been checked twice so far. That was probably every other year too. I have calcium tablets that I'm supposed to take but they are huge. I have to cut them up to get them down.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14787)

• Ireland

28 Dec 22

@JudyEv I’m happy to be on no medication, especially those delivered by a sharp needle.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14787)

• Ireland

28 Dec 22

@JudyEv Doctors do tend to go overboard.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 22

@xFiacre They probably get a kickback from a lot of these tests, etc. I didn't cost me anything for any of this.

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Angie

@andriaperry (118793)

• Anniston, Alabama

28 Dec 22

I'm not on any meds. I would have forgotten too.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

I was only thinking tablets, not injections.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222623)

• United States

28 Dec 22

That's a lovely bush. I just had a bone density test. I have osteopena but not osteoporosis. I take calcium and D3 every day. I haven't had osteoporosis for quite a few years. I'm sorry you have to take the injections.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 22

@LindaOHio I thought once you had it, it stayed with you forever but perhaps I have that wrong.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 22

I don't have osteoporosis - yet but I must be at risk from it.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222623)

• United States

29 Dec 22

@JudyEv I took pills when I had it. I hadn't heard about injections to prevent it.

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Rashna Gandhi

@Rashnag (30597)

• Surat, India

28 Dec 22

Beautiful plant. All the best for injections. Have a good day. Take care

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

Thanks. I like the colour of this plant.

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Rashna Gandhi

@Rashnag (30597)

• Surat, India

28 Dec 22

@JudyEv Your welcome. Yes it's a good colour

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M Cheung

@Beestring (15372)

• Hong Kong

28 Dec 22

Those are pretty bushes. Never heard of prolia injection.

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Dec 22

Fleur says it has other names - Denosumab, XGEVA. Do either of use sound familiar?

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M Cheung

@Beestring (15372)

• Hong Kong

28 Dec 22

@JudyEv No.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (209073)

• United States

28 Dec 22

That sounds pretty painful. Is it?

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 22

No, it's not painful at all. Just a prick as it goes in.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (98072)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

28 Dec 22

No medications or injections for me,

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@JudyEv (382325)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Dec 22

Good for you. That's the best way to be.

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Fleur

@Fleura (35069)

• United Kingdom

28 Dec 22

I had never heard of Prolia, but having looked it up I see it is another name for Denosumab, which I do know about - bone metabolism and disease is my specialty : )

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