In looking back over my posts, I neglected to mention a couple of things about my bones.
First, I had all those tests run last July and as my endocrinologist thought, everything is great. So that means I don’t have an underlying reason for the bone issue. He recommended Prolia which is given once every six months by injection. I had the first injection in September with no issues.
In March, right as everything was getting locked down from COVID, I had the second injection. And the next day I had an allergic reaction around the injection site. It looked a lot like hives. Kent pushed me to get it checked out, although I didn't want to. So I compromised by calling the online nurse through my insurance company. Based on what I shared with that nurse, he recommended I get seen at Urgent Care so I did and sure enough. It was an allergic reaction.
Here’s the thing. I did a little research online and it turns out the housing mechanism Prolia comes in contains natural rubber which is closely related to latex (see page 4, section 2.3 in this PDF). And I have a latex allergy. Apparently that was enough for me to have that reaction. So Prolia is off the table.
Today he and I talked through my options and there aren’t a lot. My number one goal is to stop breaking bones while running. So the treatment options are a drug that’s injected every day or one that’s given by infusion once a year. After talking through the pros and cons, I’ll be trying one of the daily injections.
He gave me a sample of Tymlos and recommended a trial run to make sure I don’t have an allergic reaction. Assuming I don’t, I’ll get started with the daily injections in September.
What cracked me up is this case he also gave me. It's actually for the other daily injection drug, Forteo (he didn't have any samples of that one). It’s made by Vera Bradley. I don’t know why that tickles me so much, after all Delta’s first-class amenities bag on international flights is by Tumi so it’s the same sort of thing. It just seems different for drugs.
First, I had all those tests run last July and as my endocrinologist thought, everything is great. So that means I don’t have an underlying reason for the bone issue. He recommended Prolia which is given once every six months by injection. I had the first injection in September with no issues.
In March, right as everything was getting locked down from COVID, I had the second injection. And the next day I had an allergic reaction around the injection site. It looked a lot like hives. Kent pushed me to get it checked out, although I didn't want to. So I compromised by calling the online nurse through my insurance company. Based on what I shared with that nurse, he recommended I get seen at Urgent Care so I did and sure enough. It was an allergic reaction.
Here’s the thing. I did a little research online and it turns out the housing mechanism Prolia comes in contains natural rubber which is closely related to latex (see page 4, section 2.3 in this PDF). And I have a latex allergy. Apparently that was enough for me to have that reaction. So Prolia is off the table.
Today he and I talked through my options and there aren’t a lot. My number one goal is to stop breaking bones while running. So the treatment options are a drug that’s injected every day or one that’s given by infusion once a year. After talking through the pros and cons, I’ll be trying one of the daily injections.
He gave me a sample of Tymlos and recommended a trial run to make sure I don’t have an allergic reaction. Assuming I don’t, I’ll get started with the daily injections in September.
What cracked me up is this case he also gave me. It's actually for the other daily injection drug, Forteo (he didn't have any samples of that one). It’s made by Vera Bradley. I don’t know why that tickles me so much, after all Delta’s first-class amenities bag on international flights is by Tumi so it’s the same sort of thing. It just seems different for drugs.
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| Five needles per bag, and there are six bags. |
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| Designer baybee! |
1 comment:
I kinda love that the drug comes in a Vera Bradley bag... I hope it works for you!
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