Hello @stayingalive while I’m not a doctor, I don’t think that endocrinologist’s advice was wise. I have severe osteoporosis in my spine & 59, so obviously I’m going to disagree (insert smiley emoji), they could have at least said that they weren’t aware of a helpful approach and suggest you seek a second opinion and review your current diet & physical therapy approach, & potentially, see if any relevant clinical trials are open. My cancer surgeon once recommend that I seek a second opinion even though he was very hopeful in my outcome and gave me a detailed outline of the action plan. That made me realize competent and confident doctor isn’t afraid to recommend you seeking additional opinions. While my endocrinologist offered a bone building drug Rx to me, I’m reluctant due to some genetic variants that have resulted in horrible experiences with some different Rxs for other conditions (including ER visits for allergic reactions). I’m also unable to take hormone replacement. Therefore I’m pursuing additional opinions, doing Physical Therapy exercises 3x/week and studying how to make my diet supportive of absorbing the calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin K. I also am upping the amount of protein I take. Our bodies can be different in what they’ll absorb and use and my hypermobile Ehlers Danlos makes producing collagen and using calcium an issue.
I’m not willing to give up and hope you will continue your pursuit of additional research too and seek additional opinions. Note: I do red light therapy too, it’s mostly for pain, but I figure perhaps the reduced inflammation that’s red light is known to support could help my bones too (it’s a stretch, but …)