← Return to Forteo (teriparatide) followed by HRT: My Experience

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@lynn59
Oh sorry,,, should have also mentioned that my estradiol is a patch not a pill. The form you use does make a difference as far as risk factors. Mine is not the Menostar brand, but I think Menostar is a patch as well. (?) The patch delivers directly to your bloodstream and does not require being processed through the digestive system, liver, etc. where any issues, if they happen are slightly increased because of this.

I'm sure you have increased nicely after 22 months of teriparitide. I feel the same about Reclast. To the point that I'm not going to do it. I'm also active, but your downhill skiing has to be a help to your density. You definitely have impact and push and pull on your bones. I lift weights and do a lot of weighted jumping. Hoping that is doing something.

Sorry if this is kind of a disjointed reply...trying to watch the olympics (snowboarding....talk about impact?!?!) and type!
Cheers!

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@psmnonna thanks so much for the valuable information. You are in the same age range and years of being postmenopausal. I do have some calcification in my arteries though. When I did go to see a hormone doctor, she said there is a risk in the first year of using a low dose estradiol patch (along with progesterone) of some plague dislodging and causing a stroke. That scared the daylights out of me, so I didn’t move forward. She was unable to give me a percent risk!