Thank you!

I was prescribed the generic bone-building drug Alendronate, 70 mg, taken once a week. In one or two years, my fragile bones should be strengthened.

The original drug was $800/month. Thank goodness a generic version was available by the time I was diagnosed.

Since age 21, I have hiked and lifted weights. Osteoporosis runs in my family. I managed to stave it off until age 67.

Here I am at age 57, eighteen months after right shoulder surgery.

@LiterateHiker I have always been "big boned" and as my mom died at 45 I have no idea if there are problems with osteoporosis in her family. Her sisters were reluctant to discuss their health... and now they are all gone. I know I have lost some inches, my shortest daughter is now my height, which she enjoys except when she thinks about what that might mean for her future. My doctor has never suggested osteoporosis might be a concern, but it might be time to bring that up in discussion.

@HippieChick58

I have the classic profile for getting osteoporosis:

Thin, white skin, small bones.