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@beachesanddreams Thank you much...depending on conversation and answers I get from my April appointment with my current endo I may look into seeing what U of C has to say. I've wondered since I started this journey 2 years ago why we don't get a complete package of how to treat this so-called life long chronic condition. All I got was fear stress and anxiety; hold railings! don't bend over! no snow shoveling! don't lift! don't twist! do resistance exercise! but no concrete plan on how to do that in a safe manner. Just doing all those things I was told not to because I always have and as of yet have not crumbled into dust, I have always been active, always done aerobics with weights/bands... and it is called living your life! And of course, meds. And yes, the fracture fear chat of winding up wheelchair bound for the rest of your life. No info...not a safe exercise discussion, not a PT referral, I did get a one-page printout of calcium rich foods, and a 4-page printout about Reclast after the infusion was done! Not trying to say my doc isn't decent or isn't doing the right thing but it seems like none of them have the time or perhaps the knowledge to really do a deep dive into how to treat osteo. My two cents anyway!

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@jozer Your two cents is worth far more, because you are 100% correct, right down to the PT part.

My own daughters haven’t been told by their doctors how to protect their bones, which leaves it to me, and you know that eye roll we get…it breaks my heart a little because I don’t want them to have to navigate this.

Osteoporosis is a pie with many slices, and just as you explained, I’ve yet to find a doctor who can adequately explain and treat each one. Every human being on the planet is in possession of bones, which means every human being has the potential to get this.

I so hope UChicago delivers, I really do. You know what they say when something feels a little too good to be true…