Treating Osteoporosis: What works for you?

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What exercise activities do you do?

I do 2 miles on a treadmill 3 days a week followed by 6 resistance machines 30 reps and 2 days a week I do a 1 mile walk up and down the neighborhood hills. I plan to gradually extend that to 2 miles. It’ll be a bit.

Steve  

Age has little to do with it. I fractured my T9 vertebrae lifting my arms over my head. I was 35. You should get a borderline DEXA scan. I totally understand. I broke my clavicle reaching quickly for the phone, broke 2 ribs sneezing.

Yes mam dont know what to do i am the only wage earner and i am on bed since july do u know how much this test cost

And mam can clacium deficiency cause weak bones ?? So should first test my calcium and vitamin d levels ??

I appreciate your adding to our discussion, @dolan. You certainly started with this problem earlier than most of us. If you are comfortable sharing more, we would be interested in knowing how you have been treating this bone loss. Is there a specific medication you have used? Also, have other family members had this problem as well?

Teresa

I'm curious if you have health insurance because a bone scan should've covered under your circumstances. I've broken more than my share of bones also and they did a scan because of it. Even at 63 I didn't have osteoporosis. I just liked sports. Best to scan it to be sure. Ca and vit D work as prevention.

I took Fosamax for 10 years (5 years longer than rec.) and then took a break for 5 years. I'm back on Fosamax but considering other options. I have never had any problems with side effects. My doctor has suggested Forteo which actually does build bone. My doctor took it for 2 years ad reversed her numbers. The problem is that you give yourself a shot every day for 2 years and it has to be refrigerated. I travel a lot and travel long distances so this would take a lot of planning. I also sometimes am away from home for several months at a time in another country so getting the meds to me would be difficult. It is what I would take if I didn't travel.

Were you on Boniva and Fosamax at the same time or one and then the other?

at 35 I was on Fosamax daily (for about 4 years), switched to Forteo injections for 2 years, back to Fosamax weekly. Then drug holiday..... pelvic fracture(5 of them), then Prolia (now completed Dec 2017 3rd year.) Hope to have DEXA scan in Dec and see what it says...doctor may switch me to Forteo again. I had great results.