Hi Debbie1956. I had a couple of phone consultations with Dr. McCormick. At the time (1 year ago) I had just learned that my spine was -3.1. He said I was on the cusp of needing a medication and recommended an oral bisphosphomate, until he found out I didn’t plan on giving up skiing. Then he recommended Forteo. A very well respected Canadian endocrinologist agreed with him, and prescribed ONERO, a bio-similar recently introduced by a Quebec pharmaceutical company. I’ve been on it for 3 months. It took me 9 months to do my homework, settle with a decision that was right for me, and find a practicing endocrinologist close by that would prescribe what I wanted to do.

I got a new baseline DEXA at a different hospital as they plan on getting TBS software. My T-score with that machine was -3.3 for my spine. I’m not sure if I’m lost some density in the 9 months that I was trying to decide on a course of action, or if the new number is simply because I changed machines. I was very careful with my diet and nutrition intake in those 9 months, and did strength training regularly as well. Perhaps not as much I wanted for 3 of those 9 months due to a knee injury backcountry skiing.