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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Nov 8 9:44am | Replies (215)

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@doreenc

Well done! I, too, am refusing medication. My t-score for lumbar is -2.8 but that takes into account the TBS score as well. Without the TBS score, it's -2.5. However I fractured my L3 vertebra in January. So my MD is pushing meds like crazy. I'm not ruling it out but I now have changed my lifestyle drastically in the hopes those numbers get even a tiny bit better. Considering I never ate dairy nor took calcium supplements, I'm hoping that with the required calcium plus the extra D, K, etc plus I'm working with a PT for strength training that I could get my numbers to move a bit.

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Unfortunately, those things you mentioned did not help me. Its not a matter of lifestyle so much as no hormones to maintain bones. Some of this is not anything you can control. I had no osteoporosis, my calcium was always perfect on tests, and I have supplemented vitamin D for 10 years. (definitely helped prediabetic condition!) none of this has anything to do with your genetics and bone aging. I walk 2 miles every day, do pt, and test (DEXAS for almost 25 years!).
My bones were paper thin when they opened me up for cervical surgery. Bones fell apart between their fingers... they had to do a second more dramatic surgery thru the backside a couple weeks later. I'm not fracturing like you and others are.

I took nutritional chemistry/health in college and know how nutrition works and digestion. There have been many advances since I went to university 40 years ago but some things are still constant: You can't reach some locations and some metabolic processes and people get sold a butt load of nonsense because they are manipulated by profit/greed in this space.

If you are fracturing -- that is all you need to know. It is no wonder your doctor is pushing these awful meds! 7 women I know fractured/broke bones in falls this spring. None are taking these meds. I will (as best I can). Because it seems the only thing that will counter my deterioration which is genetic in time enough to make a difference. Think again and go slow. I stopped and then returned. Good luck!