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@karhma, I've mostly maintained in the 6 years since I've been off Forteo. There has been some loss in individual vertebrae which concerns me but yet the T-score calculation remains the same at 2.9 which I don't quite understand. My endo couldn't explain it, saying it's just an algorithm. I was on a .025 patch and at my gynecologist's urging (and because I was nervous about the loss), I increased to .05 a few months ago. I just had labs done and my CTX is very low. I had asked my endo for a P1NP test as well but he wouldn't order it. I would have liked to have seen a comparison to the CTX and to my previous numbers. Over the last couple of years, I've increased my weight training and am pushing heavier weights than I ever have in my life. I also do 4 dance classes a week, 20 minutes of core daily, hike/walk 3-4 miles when not in dance class so that may have helped as well though I was always active, I'm just more focused and diligent now. I'm seeing my endo in June so over the next couple of months, I'll be doing a dexa and will post here with the results.