Perhaps long winded but extremely informative. I have nothing but total respect and admiration for your devotion to dealing with your condition. WOW....
If you do not mind, could you please share a couple of things? Your age. Your DEXA scores.
Perhaps if my profession had been related to medicine, or even to science, it would be less challenging and time consuming to research, review, and comprehend osteo related info. Then adding into that mix, the sorting out of all the fringe and outlier stuff on the Web.
It is why I appreciate MayoConnect and its effort at monitoring postings and occasional corrections. Have you discovered Boston Osteo on UTube? Not a deep dive but nonetheless helpful....at least for me...and even though my learning preference is reading, not videos.
I am reluctant about taking meds, but not vaccines, for just about any condition. Realize, however and unfortunately, that is what medical treatment in the USA is all about these days.
I too have been a tennis player most of my adult life. I still love it at the age of seventy three; the quality of my life will shrink considerably if I had to give it up. Because I had a rather miraculous result, in Dexa terms, after only two Prolia shots, I remain on the court and happy.
I hope you will share what you learn as you travel your information road.
to @rdj ... Sure I'll share my age and DEXA Scores. I'm 65 and my most recent DEXA was 7/2021, so I'm due again soon and right after that having an endo appt. Wanting to get my ducks in a row before all of that if possible.
DEXA- 7/2021
Spine -3.3
L hip -1.2
L Femoral Neck -1.1
I should tell you that 2 of those values had improved significantly from my 2020 DEXA.(spine-3.6, L hip,-1.1, L femoral neck -1.5) which is when I began taking Algae Cal and Stronium Boost. So thought I was in a way better place than I had been, but suffered an L1 fracture Aug'22. I have since given up Stronium as I need to settle in my mind concerning that issue where much conflicting info is out there.
Hope that helps !! And thank you for the Boston Osteo tip, I'll certainly check it out! And its taken a while to recover and get back on my feet, but I intend to go hit the ball against a backboard real soon to see what it feels like while keeping my position in mind.