I was diagnosed with diabetes in 1995 and in 1999 I had a bone scan and was told my bone mineral density in my spine was low. Another bone scan in 2004 showed a score of -2.9 showing a high risk in my spine and I was put onto Actonel in 2005. I was changed to Alendronic Acid in 2010 and carried on taking it until 2012 but decided to stop it as I had read bad things about it and I had also been getting muscle weakness and pains in my thighs. It was agreed with my doctor that I could have a "holiday" for a couple of years but during that time, in April 2014, I slipped in the garden and broke my femur and after a scan I was put back onto AA in July of 2014. I carried on taking it and was on it for three years up until a few weeks ago when I started to get the weakness and pains in my legs that I had before the femur fracture. As the advice now is to only take AA for three years I felt justified in stopping it, which I did about a month ago. By the way, two scans showed that I have compressed fractures of my L4 and L9 vertebrae in spite of the supposedly bone hardening medication!
The whole point of this message is to say that since I stopped taking the AA, whether this is coincidence or not, but my blood sugar levels have been better than they ever were when I was on the tablets and as I control my diabetes with insulin I have had to reduce it slightly. As the latest bone scan showed that I am still at high risk of fracture I wonder why I am bothering to take the tablets as I have been on them for a total of 12 years and yet there is no change in my bone density, unless the tablets were stopping it getting worse. I would much rather have good sugar levels because high levels cause so much damage to practically every organ in the body. I was wondering if anyone with diabetes and also taking AA had any problems with high blood sugar levels?