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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Feb 27 10:57am | Replies (126)
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@callalloo

Thanks for the update on Forteo.

I'm putting my hopes on bone strength as a critical parameter and hope to get that tested. In one case in the video below, a young man had BMD T-score of -3.0 but the tests (hopefully accurate) showed good bone strength so he skipped osteoporosis meds. I suspect that I lost a lot of bone density early when I was working all hours in NYC and living on coffee and cigarettes and a hit-or-miss diet of too-rich client dinners and salad lunches. Or worse. Buy I didn't do a DEXA test so don't know. IF bone strength is decent, I'll be less concerned about osteopenia since it's at least been stable over 6+ years so far.

Best possible wishes for all of us having to make decisions without any clear perfect choices.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xwx9JMne3ms

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windyshores | @windyshores | Aug 1, 2022

First, I don't know your age but osteopenia is very common.

Second, by "bone strength," are you referring to bone quality versus bone density?

I think most of us are still going by bone density as shown by DEXA scores, despite the imperfections of the test.

If there is bone quality but substantial loss of bone density, are you so sure you have cause to worry less/ And what is the correlation between quality and density for most of us?

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