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Depending on your own GP’s judgement you could be treated by an

endocrinologist, a gynecologist, a rheumatologist, an orthopaedist, a

geriatrician or a physiatrist. Plus, possibly, others.

Second surprise was that there are drug treatments for osteoporosis

– as we might expect – but they’re long-term, unreliable and riddled

with side-eyects.

I don’t mind admitting, I was very upset when I found out I had
osteoporosis.

The possibility of further fractures or breaks scared me, to be

honest. And I’m not ashamed to say that, even though I had
supportive family and friends, I felt very alone with the disease.

I joined some support groups so I could be with people like me. But

some of the news coming from them was very discouraging.

Which led to the third surprise.

A number of them said that dealing with ongoing pain was all part of

the package for them. There comes a point, they said, when hurting
was just normal.

I wasn’t prepared for that at all.

Naively, perhaps, I had expected a cure.

I certainly didn’t expect to be in pain for large parts of the rest of my

life. Yet it turns out that, for some people, the side-eyects of some

drug treatments were worse than the pain.

The surprises kept on coming…

It was as I began my |rst course of meds that I found out disturbing

news about some of the better-known osteoporosis drugs.

Namely, if you ever come oy these drugs then the rate of bone

deterioration actively increased.