A little rant...I am growing tired of the lack of information we are getting from our medical professionals. They tend to say "do this, and don't do this" without much explanation as to why. And testing and treatment is all over the board. For our doctors to actually say to "look it up on goggle" is really ridiculous; what are we paying for at our 15 minutes appointments? Here's how it should go (and sometimes does, but not in my experience!).

1. DEXA with TBS to identify bone health
2. Blood testing/urine test/nutrition tests/bone markers (CTX, P1NP, NTX etc.)
3. Appointment to discuss what to do if our DEXA/TBS shows osteoporosis, along with the blood work discussion.
4. Discussion about nutrition, bone building exercise, osteoporosis PT recommendations.
5. Discussion of all the various meds out there, how they work and which one would be recommended for me and why.
6. Monitoring every 3, or 6, or 12 months (I have read some docs to test more than once a year)
7. Yearly DEXA (the anxiety of wondering if meds work for 2 years is ridiculous; I do understand that the bone markers to indicate whether or not a drug is working but since DEXA is the "gold standard" I want one yearly. The anxiety of not knowing if a med is working is crazy.