I have tried to post this before with the result being some could not see all of the chart. I hope you can see it, linda. I have had osteopenia and osteoporosis for a long time, which I mostly ignored until the precipitous drop that showed in 2017. I tried a bisphosphonate and could not tolerate it. I retired and began working on my lifestyle, exercise, and diet in January of 2019 and my first Dexa 6 months later showed stabilization and a small improvement! My 2021 scan I was over the moon about! Then in 2023, my sister died, and it made for a very stressful, disorienting year for me, and my Dexa shows some loss. But if you consider where I was when I began in 2019 and where I am at the 2023 scan, my lumbar spine score went from -3.6 to - 3.4, my femoral neck score from minus 3.1 to minus 2.7, and my total hip score worsened, -2.6 to -2.8, BUT that score is contingent on accurate placement on the machine, and was anomalous once before too. so I am not as concerned about it. I don't know how quickly gains are made with drugs, and maybe this is not impressive to anyone but me. But I am also much stronger and well muscled. I believe muscles protect us from falling, and make us generally healthier. I hope you find this helpful.
Please, if someone reads this and feels the need to tell me I must take drugs so I won't fracture, know I have chosen my path with care and research, and am at peace with it.