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@isabelle7

@windyshore
That's amazing you were able to do those things with osteoporosis. So strange how different some people's bodies handle different illnesses. My poor husband bends down to empty the dishwasher and gets a fracture. He sits wrong and gets another. I can't wait for the day he can resume his activities because this is really tough on him and on me. It's so limiting. But we have been warned that if he continues fracturing his spine he could end up in severe pain (which he doesn't have now). So we're trying to follow their advice. It's hard.

I totally agree with you about people not being afraid of fracturing just because they have osteoporosis. For whatever reason my husband is prone to them. I hate that. I just hope and pray that once he takes Forteo and the fractures become more stable that he won't be as prone to getting them. Do you know how that works? Since he's had fractures, will he always be vulnerable to them even with the drugs and when the fractures stabilize?

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@isabelle7 you haven't mentioned his DEXA scores. The fractures will stabilize but our risk of fracture is at least 75 times what it was according to my orthopedist, and with more than one or adjacent fractures, maybe more. Tymlos and Forteo really help but in my experience, didn't improve my ability to lift or open windows etc.

When he was emptying th dishwasher did he lift a few bowls at a time kind of thing? I still cannot lift 2 or 3 bowls into a cabinet. If I make a mistake like that ( bowels) I don't fracture but have a few days of pain.

The spine is complicated, with discs and other types of degeneration, nerves, stenosis that affects nerves, muscles that spasm around it etc. Stenosis can also cause nerve pain in hands and feet. Then there is the cervical spine with all the vulnerabilities of the neck. Bone density helps a lot but pain and disability are about so many factors.