There are levels of osteoporosis and some of the bone loss can be regained. I don't know how significant your bone loss showed but if you will read past posts here, you will find many alternative supplements and suggestions which may help to improve your bones. Good Luck to you.

Hi, HugsNeeded2, and welcome to the Osteoporosis forum of Daily Strength. There's a good group of people here. Oceangypsy provided you with a good answer. Much depends on your individual amount of bone loss. In addition to reading the older posts here, I'm including a link to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. You can find helpful info there.

Also, as Ocean mentioned, I'm one of the people who uses alternative supplements, because once-a-month Actonel caused me horrible side effects. For me getting off prednisone, a gluten-free diet, and the supplements have worked well. In August, after my latest dexa, I was upgraded from Osteoporosis to Osteopenia. So there is hope after an Osteo diagnosis. Best wishes to you.

My osteoporosis dexa scans show scores of -5.1 spine, -4.2 and -4.3
hips. I have already had ten compression fractures, two for which I had kyphoplasty last August, which did not help. I am afraid of all the meds due to the side effects, especially those of the jaw necrosis and the hips, which are severely bad already. I know of many who have died as a result of the medical treatments such as Reclast and Forteo. I suspect the others have the same side effects. I doubt there is anything out there that would bring me back to an osteopenia level. I am scared too.

carolean, try not to stress to much, I know easy to say hard to do.
Can you ask your doc about using the supplements mentioned in
here? It takes awhile for them to build up in your body but just
maybe they might help. And if you can do some mild chair exercises
that might help also.

Wishing you the best.