I resonated with oopsiedaisy's opinion. If there is no follow-up therapy after Evenity, future bone turnover will rely on your body's natural balance between resorption and formation.
With the secondary cause of bone loss addressed (removal of the parathyroid tumor, and assuming your bone remodeling has reset to pre-hyperparathyroidism levels), the primary cause, estrogen deficiency, still remains.
Many postmenopausal women in their 70s may see a natural slowing of bone resorption, which might be helpful. However, a gradual decline in bone formation is almost inevitable with age unfortunately. The balance between these two opposing processes may not always support a healthy bone turnover or maintenance.
Personally, i'd lean toward a short-term course of an antiresorptive, with close monitoring of bone turnover markers as you transition off medication if you could. Even a low dose of estrogen could be considered (full disclosure - I'm a bit biased, as I'm currently using it myself after Forteo). Unlike bisphosphonates though, it does need to be taken continuously to maintain its benefits.
Please keep us posted on your journey if you can. Wishing you continued good health and all the best on your bone health journey.
Thanks so much. Just One statement to clarify. The PRIMARY cause of my bone loss was definitely the hyperparathyrpid syndrome.
In fact due to the parathyroid hormone so much calcium was actively removed from my bones that I have enormous calcium stones from my body trying so hard to keep my blood calcium levels in a normal range. And get rid of the high calcium levels in my blood by filtering it out in urine.. The way my condiction was discovered was through unbelievably high blood calcium levels from calcium being literally sucked from my bones.
If I ha e post menopausal osteoporosis it has yet to be discovered.
You are right regarding estrogen and bone health.
We wouldn't simply put every post menopausal female on medication.
I might be a good healthy post menopausal woman that doesn't need medication. I mean... it IS possible.