Positive vibes ONLY thread

Posted by nannygoat5 @nannygoat5, Apr 27, 2025

POV: I’m often left stressed and scared after reading this forum. It occurred to me that most of the people posting here have had bad experiences and wonder if people who have good experiences aren’t on a forum? I was listening to a podcast and the person casually threw out that she had OP and had a year of a certain medication NBD all good. She’s not a spokesperson for drugs and it was good to hear. If 75% of women have osteoporosis/penia surely there are good results out there? My PT, Dr and my endo were all like why are you so upset? You’ll be fine! But after I spend time here I’m faced with gloom and doom and feel awful. Hit me with your good stuff!

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Osteoporosis & Bone Health Support Group.

rjd | @rjd | Jan 18 8:30am

In reply to @nannygoat5 "@normahorn right. Not a medical doctor" + (show)

@nannygoat5
I was once hesitant about McCormick because there are so many hucksters in this field and they like to call themselves 'Dr' in a way that seems purposefully misleading. Like those with a PhD, not a medical degree. Like physical therapists who have completed a program to receive a 'doctorate' in PT but it is NOT a medical degree. The one I like the best is the 'Dr' who specializes (and likely has a nice business income) in osteoporosis yet has a PhD in anthropology.

I believe it is common for chiropractors to be called 'Dr.' because of the similarities in training between med school and chiropracty school. To his credit, McCormick makes sure no one is ever confused about his training and experience.

I became re-assured about his capabilities because of his motivation, which was to deal with his own osteoporosis DX (and as a very competitive athlete.) He has the necessary science background but it is his work product that him most impressive. Everything is abundantly annotated. He acknowledges and discusses whenever he is reading between the lines of what is considered adequate evidence.

Great Bones should be a reference book on the shelf of every medical doctor who purports to treat osteroporosis. Might be a tad technical at time for us non-science folks but he is my go-to practical expert in this field.

dvargo | @dvargo | Jan 18 9:50am

In reply to @nycmusic "There have to be better meds, that don’t scare people away or require a person to..." + (show)

@nycmusic Agree with you.

gently | @gently | Jan 18 10:26am

In reply to @kplex "@nycmusic a friend of mine that worked for major pharmaceutical company told me that drugs for..." + (show)

@kplex
Interesting.
not likeable or helpful in fact.

kristie2 | @kristie2 | Jan 18 11:01am

In reply to @dvargo "@redraider My OBGYN would NOT put me on it but offered bone drugs instead. I started..." + (show)

@dvargo I also started BHRT 15 years after menopause.

llapinski | @llapinski | Jan 18 11:06am

In reply to @dvargo "@redraider My OBGYN would NOT put me on it but offered bone drugs instead. I started..." + (show)

@dvargo

llapinski | @llapinski | Jan 18 11:28am

I am a Board-Certified Healthcare Professional. I started BHRT recently, 17 years Post-Menopause. My medical history shows no Cardiovascular or Stroke occurrence. My Ob-Gyn cautioned against starting hormone therapy stating it would not help my Osteoporosis condition. Since there has been a black box removal of using BHRT , many healthcare professionals discuss the benefits to the brain, heart, mood, bone, etc. I am on a low dose of Estradiol, Micronized Progesterone, Testosterone. At this time it has benefited me.

dvargo | @dvargo | Jan 18 11:46am

In reply to @llapinski "I am a Board-Certified Healthcare Professional. I started BHRT recently, 17 years Post-Menopause. My medical history..." + (show)

@llapinski Same. It is disgusting what the medical field did not do to help women.

llapinski | @llapinski | Jan 18 2:18pm

I agree. During my Menopause years I worked in a hospital and was a patient of a well-known Ob-Gyn who was on the hospital board and had a good practice. During my annual appointments, I begged for help with hot flashes. She prescribed SSRI’s and disliked when I d/c’d them since they did not treat the hot flashes and caused my eye to twitter. Her reply was that I probably had 1 yr left so to just cope with the symptoms. Five years later they finally stopped. All the Ob’s I spoke with agree that with a family history of Heart Attack or Stroke, women should not start hormone therapy. It is sad that they did not did not care enough to help their patients.

broken13 | @broken13 | Jan 20 6:40pm

In reply to @rjd "@broken13 thanx for the suggestion. This med has not been brought up by my PCP. I..." + (show)

@rjd That does make your case especially delicate. I will mention that my sister had triple X breast cancer and has been on Prolia for 10 years. It took her from severe osteoporosis to now osteopenia .
I am meeting with a natural path doctor next week to ask her about a product called "Total body Bioactive Peptides Collagen" for joint and bone health.