Osteoporosis Advice

[sahuaro]

Once again, thank you so much, Maria, for posting this site. Lots (tons) of info here which reminded me of my struggle when initially diagnosed with osteopenia, with whether I should take the biophosphanates my docs were pushing on me--according to Ott, I probably shouldn't be taking them. The only reason I began to take them was my fear that I would be turned down for ADR.
I had read an earlier paper by her regarding interpretation of DEXA with women of short stature (in that paper, she did not specify under 5 feet) and presented this as an argument against the diagnosis to my PCP; he actually consulted at the medical school here and they rejected her argument...which doesn't mean anything about the validity of her data, just that I lost my appeal to my PCP.

Anyway, what's most relevant and concerning for me now is the caveat about stopping the med after 5 years...Another discussion to have with my PCP, gynecologist, and perhaps surgeon who implanted the ADR?