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New to osteoporosis and overwhelmed

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jan 7 12:46pm | Replies (54)

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Thank you so much Windyshores for your reassuring comments. Yes, tested my PTH and it is normal. My OB/Gyn doc said no point in checking estrogen levels b/c we already know they will be low since I am (finally) in menopause. Re: HRT, she said if someone is already on it for post-menopausal reasons, then they will keep the patient on it. But they would never initiate HRT to another osteoporosis drug for dual therapy. That doesn't really make sense to me as the mechanisms should be additive instead of opposing. But I will bring that question to my Endo appt. I will look into all the resources you've listed. Thanks!

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My numbers are where yours are after a 20% improvement last year adding magnesium, lots of pt, etc. Then, I lifted my 60 pound dog in a dead lift from the ground. Three attempts, I fractured. I am now on hormones and still considering tymlos strongly. My endocrinologist first said no in the hormones concurrently, but finally agreed that I needed them for other things. I am tapering up estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone. So, yes, you can break at those levels and need to be careful. I was told never to bend forward or to twist, or to lift greater than 20 pounds. Not unreasonable to have another dexa, but then try to stick with same machine for future dexa scans. Good luck! Super hard decisions! I told my dr. If bone drugs give me side effects sufficient that I can’t exercise, that I’m done. There is no point. Read the absolute risk reductions and dexa improvements. Relative risk is just that, relative, and can be pretty meaningless.

Be very careful with HRT. Especially if breast cancer runs in your family. Or ovarian or uterine cancer. It feeds the cancer if it is estrogen positive. Which mine was.