To all, I’ll say Windy shores has summed up the med options well. I personally saw an endo after a fragility spine fracture and I’ve been an athletic active person my whole life- but realize now my activities weren’t the kind that you need to do to really impact your bones. Anyway, the endo though really discussed all the drug options in detail and based on my preference to not mess with Evenity cause it’s so new recommended Forteo. They knew nothing when I asked about what wt bearing or other exercises I should be doing. Did say to look up Margaret Martin on YouTube. I did that. Then from there really drilled down in my effort to learn as much as I could to make a decision I felt comfortable with. I saw Clint Rubin right out of the gate talk about the Marodyne , and his sister , Janet, I believe, who is an endocrinologist at a well known NC university. Interesting to hear them discuss Op from both their perspectives. Bought McCormicks Great Bones book . He said in there if going to an integrative / functional dr to make sure Osteoporosis was their specialty . He gives a list of questions to actually ask when you call their offices to see if the one you choose is a good choice or not. I did that. Felt none of them really were and very expensive for first visit with long wait time. All of them talked about one follow up visit - which stunned me -the eval of 1 1/2 hr and a follow up. What??? !!!Looked at price between those people and McCormick himself and price was comparable, or less to talk with him, so decided to do that. I mean all that time I was researching and trying to get a TBS along with my DEXA so I’d have that info before seeing him. That was a difficult process , but I accomplished it . Before meeting with McCormick I had my 6 month follow up up with my Endo who now had changed cause the initial one was a Fellow and had since moved on . When I saw the new Endo I had already done a significant amt of research and knew quite a bit. We had a great discussion and I told her that I’d read McCormicks book, of which she’d never heard of , and I also told her I had an upcoming initial consult with him and asked her if she’d work with him and me together. She seemed to go along with it. I told her bluntly that until I felt good enough with my knowledge of the options I wasn’t rushing into any med. I since have met with McCormick another time with just some quick calls to his office for some clarification, Anyway , all along this way I’ve been to Margie Bissinger’s Osteo Symposiums now 2yrs, and joined her Happy Bones Happy Life community where you get a few guest lectures each month , a question and answer session, and a Happiness Training Lesson . McCormick and many higher level people are her guest lecturers. I’ve gone to be evaluated and observed the Onero Program based off of Belinda Becks LIFTMORE research .Though not doing it per say because the closest one is 3 hrs away . And though McCormick and I had decided I’d start Forto just after the 2024 new year - many tests and hurdles jumped and just this past Friday I was trained for the Forteo shot and have done it now 2 days at home on my own . NO PROBLEMS - NO DIFFERENT FEELINGS AT ALL. Hope that continues!!! I am positive and will say I also just finished a very intensive root causes of osteoporosis program with Kim Millman . So with taking the anabolic and with my more full understanding of how to live my life from a metabolic way I feel I should have all things working for me . And just to say this I choose Forteo because I fractured my spine , my hips are pretty good AND I had no interest at this point doing Evenity as it has not been out on the market long with any far reaching history!!
That was quite a rant , but maybe helpful to someone!!!
Good luck to all navigating this issue!!