← Return to Severe osteoporosis at 76: Is it too late for help?

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@andieg
I'm sorry he put it that way. Our lives change and keep changing with age and long illness. I have tried to look at things differently. Even when I had cancer and had to make treatment decisions, I was only 34 (half a lifetime ago) and I told myself that it wasn't a right or wrong choice. But it was just a new road to go down. I had a ten year career as an oncology nurse and hospice nurse. I can tell you that people have made inner decisions and found new pleasures even when their time seems limited.

I'm sharing this with you because it sounds traumatizing to find nothing more can be done for your bones. My hope for you is that whatever happens with your diagnosis of osteoporosis, that you will find an inner change/decision/pleasure/ something that brings you joy. That you will be resilient and hopeful even knowing there's a limit to what medicine can do for all of us.

AND, of course! get a second opinion! You deserve it. Hope you let us know how you are doing.

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@jw9 I totally agree with second opinion. Especially if you have not taken previous bone medication, I think Forteo could help you. I had 13 consecutive compression fractures and Forteo worked. I am now 68 and just completing Terperatide booster of 18 months. Not the same gains, but I did still get improvement. At the very least, I think it would help your compression fractures heal.