[Maria]

Get a few more opinions tho I think if you don't have lumbar osteoporosis or even osteopenia you might want to go with the Reclast. You probably aren't going to experience a hip fracture for another 25 years or so...

Or what do I know(really)..just throwing my 2 cents out there. There are others far more qualified than me to give such opinions such as MDs specializing in osteoporosis. I see a Rheumatologist that specializes in treatment for osteoporosis and prescribes the Forteo for me. If it weren't covered by the insurance and I couldn't qualify some other way~ I'd have to forego this treatment as well at current cost.

I was offered fusion and ADR while my lumbar bone density was still within the range of osteopenia vs. osteoporosis. No one was concerned with my hip values (just my GP). Now whether that's the most prudent medicine but ask the spine specialists you've seen and/or are going to see or contemplate surgery with.