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Check in--cheerleaders wanted

Posted by janism @janism, Jul 27 4:42am

I am trying to force myself to exercise because I need it for my osteoporosis and I am finding myself getting perceptibly weaker as I age. I'm not at all sedentary; I probably walk 2-3 miles per day just getting around and do lots of household stuff as guardian of a 6 year old and 16 year old, and I'm an elementary school teacher during the year on my feet all day. While that was fine when I was younger, my body is telling me that I need to be more systematic now. I want to keep being able to do the things I love, and exercise is clearly one of the ways to do that, but I hate it.

I want to start this thread as a place to check in with the things we find hard--exercise, nutrition, human relations, whatever--and a place to cheer each other on.

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mayblin | @mayblin | 4 days ago
In reply to @ou14mejc "@kfhoz thanks for the response. My insurance is paying for Evenity for 12 months. I didn’t..." + (show)
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@kfhoz thanks for the response. My insurance is paying for Evenity for 12 months. I didn’t get enough of a jump with Teriperitide to move me from Osteoporosis to osteopenia. My hips are still pretty bad.

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How many monthly doses of Evenity have you had so far? Did you take any osteoporosis medication between teriparatide and Evenity?

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dsg2026 | @dsg2026 | 3 days ago

you rock, far from sedentary! Hey, I have done EVERYTHING right my entire life to avoid bad bones ( daily weight workouts,condtantly walking & carrying things as a New Yorker, clean diet,no alcohol, no drugs prescribed or otherwise, no porosis in my family history, etc…& my bones are still turning to dust according to Dexa results. Don’t beat yourself up for what you haven’t done, just add a few small changes along the way & be proud of yourself for your best effort!
STRESS of feeling guilty isn’t helping anybody…nobody knows the exact right answers

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