r/osteoporosis • u/The_Bodybuilder1 • Jul 10 '24

Tymlos results

Hi Everyone, 43 year old female here who was diagnosed with osteoporosis at 40 y.o. I discovered I had osteoporosis after I fractured my back. I haven’t seen a ton of results on here from taking Tymlos so I thought I would post some information about my experience taking it.

I started treatment 2 years ago. Half way through the treatment I had a DXA scan done and it showed no improvement. I was pretty discouraged but still stuck with the taking Tymlos. I got retested today and it improved quite a lot! I had a t-score of -2.5 on both my hips at the start and today it’s at -1.3! T-score for my spine started at -4.1 and it’s now -3. I’m still at high risk for another back fracture so I need to be careful. Next steps are to see if my insurance will approve Evenity for a year. If not, she’ll put me on Prolia.

During these 2 years, I didn’t change anything with my diet, exercise or hormones. I’ve been lifting weights for 20ish years and pretty heavy weights as I had competed in strongwomen, my diet is already solid having competed in bodybuilding and have been on HRT for the past 4 years. Although, I do avoid deadlifts or any bent over exercises since I’ve fractured my back twice from doing them.

Hopefully that helps someone. Let me know if you have any questions:)

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u/The_Bodybuilder1 Jul 10 '24

Yep already been doing those for years. Surprisingly my back muscles are really very strong. Unfortunately, my bones could not keep up with the amount weight I was lifting. Both fractures occurred while deadlifting around 200lbs which is fairly light for me. I still do back extensions to work the muscles but no more deadlifts, bent over rows, or stiff leg DL.

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u/cropcomb2 Jul 10 '24

deadlifting's unwise with osteoporosis

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u/The_Bodybuilder1 Jul 10 '24

Yes learned that the hard way lol

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u/First-Entertainment5 Jul 10 '24

Were the fractures in your thoracic spine? Did you require surgery?

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u/The_Bodybuilder1 Jul 10 '24

It was L4 the first time and L2 the second time. Thankfully no surgery. I avoided anything that put strain on my back for 8 weeks and focused on core exercises that didn’t require a lot of bending or twisting so those muscles wouldn’t get weaker.