I have declined prescriptions. I do weight lifting, aerobics, yoga and take 630 mg of Citrical every day, Vit. D 2000 iu every other day. I jump rope, broad jump and 8 years ago, I fell on my coccyx while running backwards on a concrete garage floor with no fracture.
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Sounds like you are in pretty darn good health and you've been blessed! I don't know what is considered dangerously low but I'd be concerned about the broad jump it seems high impact for spine and hips...but I'm not a Doctor.
Thank You Bettyboop, I am researching and praying daily to make the best decision.
Your aerobic and jumping exercises may be too stressful for your spine now.
Also add magnesium, vit K2 and Boron to your diet as they help the calcium in your diet and vit d absorb into the bones. Be careful of calcium supplements as it can cause other issues I try to get calcium from my daily fiod. Some walk with a weighted vest and find that helpful to build up strength.
I am new to osteoporosis and I find reading many of the past posts and make note of the links many have posted Tgey are very helpful. They suggest websites such as Better Bones and also many books. It was beneficial to me to take the time to go through past posts.
read "Osteoporosis Treatment:An Evidence-Based Approach" Journal of Gerontological Nursing, authors disclose no sig. financial interest. Ordered "What your doctor may not tell you about osteoporosis"(Warner)--Thanks for diet tips and cautions!
I don't take anything except 650 mg Citacal (Costco) and D3 2000iu daily. I recommend an experienced trainer (mine was CSCS, Certified Strength and conditioning specialist) or physical therapist. I also recommend reading or listening to "How Not To Die" Dr. Greger. I got the book on CD because it is a big book.
It sounds like you were lucky. And luck can change. (Did you watch the Kentucky Derby?)
Have you input your data into a fracture risk calculator? You can acceess the American Bone Health's calculator (FRC) on their website -- americanbonehealth.org. You might run the assessment with your data from 8 years ago and again with your current data to see how your risk has changed.
The weightlifting, (low-impact) aeorbics, and yoga are great. Jump rope and broad jump may a bit more of a concern. Miriam Nelson, in her book Strong Women, Strong Bones, suggests that those jumping activities are good for premenopausal women with good balance.
If you are at high risk of a fracture (based on the FRC), then high-impact exercise may not be the best actiivity because of the possibility of an impact-related fracture and the danger of a fall. (And even those of us with great balance - like me - have fallen.)
Keep up the good work with exercise, diet, calcium, and vitamin D. Try to get most of your calcium from food, and use supplements to make up the difference between your food and the RDA. Vitamin D does probably require a supplement.
I just used a Sheffield.ac.uk site for frax, but Im not sure how to interpret the results or if I did it correctly.. it asked for the make of the machine used in the last test (Hologic)?
Mine came back as major osteoporotic 34% and hip as 3.7%
Age (between 40 and 90 years) or Date of Birth
Age: 63 Female
Weight (kg) 65.8
Height (cm) 165.1
Previous Fracture Yes
Parent Fractured Hip Yes
Current Smoking No
Glucocorticoids No
Rheumatoid arthritis No
Secondary osteoporosis No
Alcohol 3 or more units/day No
Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2) T-score: -2.3 Hologic as the source
BMI: 24.1
The ten year probability of fracture (%) with BMD
Major osteoporotic 34
Hip Fracture3.7
That doesn't sound too good to me? maybe because my mother had a fracture and I broke my radius 3 years ago? My Dr keeps calling to get the Prolia set up.. confused.
So is that a reason to go on the Prolia? just don't want to get worse, trying to get better and delaying treatment.
No other problems have surfaced to indicate any issue that would cause it. I am relatively pretty healthy … the only thing I can come back to is that b/c my mom had a hip fracture and I had a stupid fall 3 years ago that shoots my numbers up?
I don't want to tell you whether or not to take Prolia; that's up to you and your doctor. But yes, those are considered major risk factors for a fracture.
I'm also declining meds. I'm 62 and my scores last year were -3.6 spine and -2.5 hip. I haven't fractured and apart from a good diet and variety of supplements I'm working on increasing impact exercise. I now do a bit of jumping and skipping, use a weighted vest when walking, and exercise with weights - currently 2 x 3kg dumbbells, increasing gradually. It's a fine balance between doing high impact exercise to build bone, and low impact to be sure of avoiding fractures.... at the moment, as I haven't fractured, I'm choosing the former because if it increases my bone density the risk of fracture will be reduced.
Encouraging. It's such a crap shoot! Since my numbers are -2.1 to -2.8 (neck) low, I'll stick with exercise and eating well plus Vit. 3 supplements. Can't take K2 since I'm on blood thinner.
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so sick from osteoporosis med. does it get easier? 
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