Thank you for asking. I feel great. I lift weights 3xweek and walk minimum 1 mile a day, which helps keep my bones strong and my dexa is pretty much stable from 2 years ago. Spine BMD increased a bit so is no long in osteopenia range. Risk of major fracture in next 10 yrs is 10%. Risk of hip fracture 2.5%. I am 73 years old, 5 foot tall and weight 94 lbs, but can deadlift 150 lb. and carry 75% of by bodyweight for 1 minute farmer carry. I attribute the weight training to the stability of my BMD numbers. I take 4000 units vitamin D a day, plus Vitamin k, and get enough calcium from diet.

Hi, I saw the Endo at USF in December of 2024. Since then, she had me do a couple 25 hour urine tests along with testing Iodized calcium and blood calcium levels. While my blood calcium was in the normal range, the 24 hour calcium urine test was quote low. She prescribed 1200 mg calcium citrate daily. Another test in March showed my pth went from around 113 down to 79 (not quite in the normal range, but better). Another recent test showed pth in the mid 60s in the normal range. So, even though my blood calcium was normal, I was not getting enough. I am so happy i found this doctor at USF to diagnose and correct the problem that I was living with for 10 years, that other doctors did not, but should have.