Just diagnosed...Argh!
-2.7 in lumbar spine, -2.1 in femoral neck and total hip.
I'm going to be starting alendronate 1x per week.
I'm 61 and female. Up until a year and a half ago, I lifted weights and used an exercise bike 3-4x per week for about 9 years. Can one lose bone density that fast?
None of my doctors ever wanted to start me on HRT. So what's done is done. How fast can alendronate get my bone density back up? I guess I'll have to be on something for life? Or can certain exercises help me keep the density up once it's back to a certain point?