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What they never told me about dexascans

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@willowmena I have considered switching docs...and may still might. My doctor is fine; problem is I feel like I do not get all the information; and honestly, I don't even know what questions to ask until after the once-a-year appointment; osteo is such a vague disease. Vague treatments, testing, supplements, nutrition, exercise - advice/protocol/different meds seem to be all over the map. Been trying to find a true osteoporosis center but it seems to be thus far an "add-on" disease to endocrinology, rheumatology (mainly). University of Chicago has a center; as does Cleveland Clinic I believe.

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@jozer your experience has been similar to mine. Cannot seem to get the full picture from anyone doctor. I guess they are all spread to thin these days but my endocrinologist who has primarily been my treatment doctor for thyroid issues is also now my Osteo doctor and she really offers very little information. In fact, I had to tell her what medication I thought would be best and she then sent in the Tymlos prescription. She never spoke to me in detail about the pros and cons of all of the available meds. And I always consider her a very detailed oriented doctor. The rheumatologist I consulted on one occasion was completely useless, the elderly rheumatologist, who I also consulted with initially, having used him for issues unrelated to OP, at least gave me a list of all of the available meds, but never spoke to me about the pros and cons. In fact, I can’t recall any Doctor Who spoke to me about the pros and cons. My GP was the least useful. I prodded her for a list of the medication‘s, but she had absolutely nothing to say about any of them. Merely asking me if I wanted to start treatment without even discussing the potential treatments. I passed on her, of course. From everything I read on these posts, we have all had to, to some degree become our own diagnosticians. Imagine if we didn’t have the Internet for research and yet there’s so much conflicting information that one really doesn’t know what to believe or expect.