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Even though I ate high calcium food (calcium supplements give me UTI) and took vit D, my Dexa still went down on hip femoral neck. Then I added vit K (low dose) to my supplements. This year my Dexa went up, highest is 9% on left femoral neck, and went down on lumbar spine. I figure that my exercise didn’t include lumbar spine strengthening. So I’m adding lumbar exercises to my routine (running, weightlifting, swimming) I read that vit K helps calcium absorption which makes a big difference in my case. I currently take exemestane which also cause osteoporosis. I understand that his is not a forum for bone density, but since we talk about osteoporosis I want to put in my two cents.

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@myoga :

Thanks for sharing your valuable experience with great tips to help us! I am wondering whether it would be beneficial for us to eat more foods that are rich in vitamin K as the following link provided by cleveland clinic shows?
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/foods-high-in-vitamin-k
Thanks again for your help:)

Better journey ahead, my friends!

@myoga Thank you for sharing. Although I hear everyone reacts differently to the hormone therapy, its good to know what can help if we begin to experience the same side effects.