We hear ya! We were all so nervous! But I'll share that I had a good and easy experience. No side effects at all and some decent gain in spine density. Sometimes the injection hurts a little but it's really not that big a deal. I found that if I put on some music and sang along, I got those endorphins going and didn't feel a thing! After Forteo I went on HRT to maintain the gains and I've been pretty stable for the past 5 years. I am considering going on Forteo again and if I have the same success a second time, it would bring my done density out of the osteoporosis range.

One thing I want to mention is that my gains were achieved in the first year with a very slight loss (-.1) in the second year. I would recommend getting your bone marker blood tests done at the one year mark and then a couple of months after that to evaluate whether to continue on.

Wishing you the best of luck!