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Oh, those pelvic fractures are brutal, sorry that happened. And you were just trying to be proactive!
I went through menopause at age 52. Took HRT for 2 years, then the Women's Health Initiative released (prematurely) their erroneous data on estrogen. I wasn't having a lot of symptoms, so I went off the meds. Then nothing until my spine fracture. I am sorry now that I quit taking the HRT prematurely, but it seemed like the thing to do at the time...

A book I really recommend is "Estrogen Matters," by Avril Bluming, MD. It covers all sorts of issues, like breast cancer risk (not that much for most people it turns out) and heart disease. He was motivated to study osteoporosis more after his own mother broke a hip just standing on the sidewalk.

I had gone to see an ObGYN who had taken over for my previous one. This was a youngish guy in his 30s. When I told him I had restarted the HRT, he wasn't happy, saying that he had seen too much cancer from it. But most breast cancers these days are gotten into remission or cured. And if you break your hip? You have a 30% chance of dying within a year due to becoming deconditioned, infection, etc. I told him that if I ever had to choose between my breasts and my skeleton, I would choose my skeleton.

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Thank you so much for your reply.
Similar timing as you, the WHI study squashed any chance I would be able to start HRT and save myself all this trouble . You are right, the pelvic fractures were brutal, especially the pubic rami fractures, but it sounds like you really went thru it too, very scary.
After being diagnosed with osteoporosis in 2018, it seemed like the doctors only were interested in pushing osteoporosis meds. Even to this day my endocrinologist is still trying to get me on what would be the 6th drug I’d try.
That’s why I found a gynecologist that specialized in hormone optimization.
I needed a different approach to this condition.
I’m very hopeful. It’s so nice to hear success stories.
Thank you for sharing yours.