Recently diagnosed with osteoporosis and I am terrified

@oopsiedaisy

That is great. What will be next for you after Evenity?

Get on your computer and research a product called AlgaeCal Calcium. You can reverse Osteoporosis!

@barbyb50 Thank you so much for the encouragement! I really need to read things like this to keep me from feeling so alone and afraid.
Does your trainer specialize in working with people with osteoporosis?
I have been an avid runner for many years and have run several marathons, countless half marathons, 10s and 5k races. I have a shelf full of medals. Now I'm afraid to even walk 😀 It's confusing because some people say it's OK to continue running and others say it increases the risk of stress fractures, so walking is the exercise of choice. I've been walking and that's been going OK.
I live in a northern climate (Minnesota) and the thought of trying to navigate through life on snow- and ice-covered sidewalks is terrifying. It's going to be an extra long winter.
Thanks again! Your response was very helpful!

Please try not to go to that dark place. Many of us here have been dealing with this diagnosis for years and quite a few of us are living good lives even after experiencing an osteoporotic fracture. I am one of them - two years ago I had a vertebral compression fracture even though my T-score wasn't that bad. I went to the same place you did, convinced that I would now start fracturing regularly since I'd been on Fosamax for five years and even that wasn't enough to prevent me from fracturing.

I learned so much from the good people here and from other sources. I have not fractured since and am back to doing everything I used to do before the fracture. I walk, I run, I lift weights, I ride a bicycle, all without fear. I see a great endocrinologist now and have been on anabolic medication for over a year. I am on Evenity right now and will finish up a year of that in April.

I feel great and am no longer scared about what the future might hold. I know this can be scary but I take comfort in the fact that I am doing everything I can to prevent another fracture and that there are lots of people who go on to live a full life.

Wishing you the best and hoping that as you gain more knowledge about this condition you will regain your confidence.

Once you learn how to move and practice it will become natural. I had to modify my yoga practice and train myself not to bend forward with a rounded back. Now my movements are second nature. Check out Margaret Martin’s “Melio Guide” online. She is a physiotherapist who specializes in osteoporosis and teaches people exercises and how to move safely while building or maintaining bone mass. I’ll add a https://melioguide.com/

You aren’t alone and there are many good resources in this comment thread to help you get up to speed 0n how to care for yourself.

drterri, it's just that drug sequencing for Evenity can put you on a path to Prolia. It is significant in agreeing to Evenity to you know the direction. While Evenity is amazing in the amount of bone it adds, it also comes back off in a year after treatment without a follow-up medication. If you have messaging service with your physician, you might ask so that you would understand their thinking. If it is to be Prolia, you'll want to know as much as you can about Prolia and as much as you can about Evenity, of course. You might want to look at the side effects and adverse events with Evenity. You might rather just trust your endocrinologist.