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Osteoporosis bone density test. Did you get yours? How did you do?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 19, 2024 | Replies (68)Comment receiving replies
I met with Dr. McCormick and then, as he suggested, asked my PCP for the various bone turnover tests. I have to say, they have not been terribly helpful. My excellent endo doesn't do them either. I do get me D3 checked periodically.
If this doc suggested bisphosphonates, does that mean your bone density isn't too bad? If you have osteopenia or very mild osteoporosis, McCormick's book is great. But for people like me, McCormick suggested stronger anabolics.
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Yes. My scores are not bad. In fact the Echolight Scan showed my one hip to be in the green and the other to only be osteopenia and the lumbar scores were still osteoporosis but not as bad as the Dexa. I think trying HRT for awhile may be a good thing at this stage with the idea that I can pull out the big guns like bisphosphonates or bone building drugs if my scores continue to go down too fast. Right now I am in the most precipitous bone density drop period being about 18 months past my last period, so to me, it seems prudent to keep a really close eye on how fast things are progressing. According to the Dexa, I went from osteopenia in July 2020 to osteoporosis in August 2022. I had the Echolight Scan done in Oct, 2022, and, as I said, it showed things to be better than the Dexa indicated.