Has anyone improved bone density without meds?

Are you glad you did Tymlos over Forteo ?

Good evening @jlelley, Welcome to Connect. My name is Chris and I am a mentor for Connect. As you can tell already, Connect is about sharing. We can learn so much from each other. And yet, because everyone is quite different, nothing seems to work positively for everyone. Your question is about injections. Do you find them difficult to handle? I was very frightened when I started Tymlos. However, within a few days, I felt like a "nurse in training" to myself. I had no side effects and no injection issues. The needle is extremely thin and it only takes a few seconds.

Wait a minute though....you do not have to do injections. There are other options like oral tablets. For example, now that I am done with 2 years of Tymlos, I tried a twice-a-year injection and it was just too much for me. So....my new Mayo Clinic endocrinologist recognized that fact and prescribed a once-a-week tablet. So far, so good. We'll see the scan results in a year or so.

Who is helping you with your medical decisions? Do you have a "shared decision-making" relationship? I am a strong advocate for finding the best "health partners" who listen, accept, and understand that you are a living, breathing human being who just happens to be a patient.

Please let me know if this is the essence of your question. If not, please clarify for me.

May you have happiness and the causes of happiness.
Chris

Are you glad you did Tymlos over Forteo ?

Hello Chris,
Thank you for all your support and shared knowledge here on connect. I just read your post about finding a good healthcare relationship. I am struggling with that now. My doc prescribed tymlos for me to start soon and told me to follow up with her in four months. When I called to make the follow up appt the soonest they had was six months from now. Make me very nervous. I feel like I am on my own with this. I wonder how most docs handle follow up after starting
a new med like Tymlos.
Thank you again,
Candy

Melia, Thank you so much for this information. Thank my heart sends yours the same good wishes! Can you tell. me which specific collagen peptides you are taking?

Yes!
My t-scores got worse at every two-year scan since 2010 until 2022 when my lumbar spine improved in a statistically significant way: from -2.5 to -1.9! This is because I have gotten on board with Dr. Susan Brown's Better Bones Program, which is available as a several-day seminar online. I participated in the seminar in January of 2022 and had my Dexa scan in November of the same year. After only 11 months on the Better Bones Program, (albeit, just doing the Program as best I could, not perfectly), I achieved the above improvement! I have secondary osteoporosis due to taking estrogen suppressants to deter breast cancer recurrence and my bone quality is poor as a result. I suffered two fractures in 2018 due to this. Anyhow, I highly recommend looking up the Better Bones Program and Dr. Susan Brown online. You can sign up for her course: "The 6 steps of the Better Bones, Better Body Program" and take it either online, or in person (she offers it at different times during the year and different locations around the country). The six parts are: 1. Assessment of Bone Strength, 2. Development of an Alkaline Diet, 3. Individualized Nutritional Supplementation, 4. Enhance Digestion and Detoxification,5. Exercise into Bone Health, and 6. Stress and Worry Reduction. It costs about $3-400, and it is about 3-4 days of information - worth every penny!!
It sounds like you're already doing a lot right for your bones, but Dr. Brown's vast knowledge of improving bone health without meds will tie it all together for you. I too, have an upcoming tooth implant. At my initial consultation, the oral surgeon said he wished more people knew about the Better Bones Program, as bone meds can interfere with the ability of bone to "seat" the implant. Good luck! and let me know if and when you complete Dr. Brown's Program. It's also a fantastically supportive community!

Yes!
My t-scores got worse at every two-year scan since 2010 until 2022 when my lumbar spine improved in a statistically significant way: from -2.5 to -1.9! This is because I have gotten on board with Dr. Susan Brown's Better Bones Program, which is available as a several-day seminar online. I participated in the seminar in January of 2022 and had my Dexa scan in November of the same year. After only 11 months on the Better Bones Program, (albeit, just doing the Program as best I could, not perfectly), I achieved the above improvement! I have secondary osteoporosis due to taking estrogen suppressants to deter breast cancer recurrence and my bone quality is poor as a result. I suffered two fractures in 2018 due to this. Anyhow, I highly recommend looking up the Better Bones Program and Dr. Susan Brown online. You can sign up for her course: "The 6 steps of the Better Bones, Better Body Program" and take it either online, or in person (she offers it at different times during the year and different locations around the country). The six parts are: 1. Assessment of Bone Strength, 2. Development of an Alkaline Diet, 3. Individualized Nutritional Supplementation, 4. Enhance Digestion and Detoxification,5. Exercise into Bone Health, and 6. Stress and Worry Reduction. It costs about $3-400, and it is about 3-4 days of information - worth every penny!!
It sounds like you're already doing a lot right for your bones, but Dr. Brown's vast knowledge of improving bone health without meds will tie it all together for you. I too, have an upcoming tooth implant. At my initial consultation, the oral surgeon said he wished more people knew about the Better Bones Program, as bone meds can interfere with the ability of bone to "seat" the implant. Good luck! and let me know if and when you complete Dr. Brown's Program. It's also a fantastically supportive community!

Yes!
My t-scores got worse at every two-year scan since 2010 until 2022 when my lumbar spine improved in a statistically significant way: from -2.5 to -1.9! This is because I have gotten on board with Dr. Susan Brown's Better Bones Program, which is available as a several-day seminar online. I participated in the seminar in January of 2022 and had my Dexa scan in November of the same year. After only 11 months on the Better Bones Program, (albeit, just doing the Program as best I could, not perfectly), I achieved the above improvement! I have secondary osteoporosis due to taking estrogen suppressants to deter breast cancer recurrence and my bone quality is poor as a result. I suffered two fractures in 2018 due to this. Anyhow, I highly recommend looking up the Better Bones Program and Dr. Susan Brown online. You can sign up for her course: "The 6 steps of the Better Bones, Better Body Program" and take it either online, or in person (she offers it at different times during the year and different locations around the country). The six parts are: 1. Assessment of Bone Strength, 2. Development of an Alkaline Diet, 3. Individualized Nutritional Supplementation, 4. Enhance Digestion and Detoxification,5. Exercise into Bone Health, and 6. Stress and Worry Reduction. It costs about $3-400, and it is about 3-4 days of information - worth every penny!!
It sounds like you're already doing a lot right for your bones, but Dr. Brown's vast knowledge of improving bone health without meds will tie it all together for you. I too, have an upcoming tooth implant. At my initial consultation, the oral surgeon said he wished more people knew about the Better Bones Program, as bone meds can interfere with the ability of bone to "seat" the implant. Good luck! and let me know if and when you complete Dr. Brown's Program. It's also a fantastically supportive community!

Thanks for this information. Very interesting! I have one question. Did you stop taking estrogen suppressants in the 2022? Could it be then a combined action of this fact and the Better Bones Program?