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Bone turnover markers (CTX and P1NP): do you have a baseline?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Oct 5 5:35pm | Replies (183)Comment receiving replies
Thank you! I am cautiously excited to have this opportunity . Grateful, but apprehensive . I’m not a big med person, and have been blessed to not to have had to take much in the past. I know this means more meds for the rest of my life—and what comes after Tymlos is more troubling. But one step at a time! I read somewhere in these posts that someone was asked, “If you had cancer would you refuse treatment because of possible side effects? “ I knew someone who did that very thing, trying to heal holistically. I was with him as he died. So this resounded with me, as I want to continue to be active and independent. (Not that meds are necessary for everyone with osteo, but given my stats it appears to be necessary for me)
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May I ask what's your frax score @babbsjoy if you don't mind (don't feel obligated to answer though)? Will your endo monitor your bone markers once anabolic therapy starts? I'm trying to get a sense of current practice trend. Seems it varies a lot among practices. Insurance coverage criteria also varies quite a bit.
All the best!
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And I would like to add, having the courageous, independent-thinking, thoughtful and well-informed women on this sight available has really helped me to accept what is happening to me more readily. Until I could do that, I could not move on to become better informed about how to deal with it, and take the measures I can control (diet, exercise, etc). Also, this is truly such a silent situation . I don’t tell everyone I am going through this. But even women my age that I do tell, don’t realize how serious it can be. I sure didn’t until I was diagnosed. People look at you, like “so what?” It can feel very isolating. But having these women here— to read about your experiences, it is priceless!