@cathyf31 You don't use any of these for the "rest" of your life. Have you tried all of the various classes of the anabolics? I was one of the rare people with an inflammatory reaction to the Reclast. (antiresorptive). So they quickly switched me into the TYMLOS. Now that I am finishing they will quickly do the infusion (to lock in the gains) of the TYMLOS. but only one 1/100 of the rare people who had the first reaction will have it a second time. PLUS there is so much they can prepare me with: advance hydration, advance NSAIDs, advance steroid (yuck but for 3 days it won't kill me) and 25% of the medication! They can lower the dose and we can still achieve the same milestones! PLUS they can slow the infusion from 30 minutes to an hour and a half. remember that a disportionate amount of people are here with medication reactions. You don't hear from the 99+% of people who have no reaction! so it looks worse than it may be. But IF you are the .0002 who have the bad reaction that is all we need to be discouraged. My bones fell apart in surgery. That is enough to keep me pushing at this. IF you decide it really isn't for you maybe you can work with the BHRT Hormones are the way to go for naturally stimulating bone production along with resistance training. That really works to pound the nutrients into your bones. My strongest bones are the ones which get the resistance training. Hang in there!