Osteoporosis: The book I wish I'd had when I was diagnosed - Softcover

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If you’ve just been told you have osteoporosis and you don’t know what to do next, this is the book I wish I’d had when it happened to me.

I’m a board-certified family medicine physician, and I have osteoporosis. I spent ten years in practice and thought I understood this disease. Then I fell in my own front yard at 55 and fractured four vertebrae. The diagnosis came afterward, and so did the discovery of how much the textbook leaves out.

This is the guide I put together in the months that followed. Part memoir, mostly medical, calm and evidence-based, written for the person sitting where I sat.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:
• Read your DEXA scan and understand what T-scores and Z-scores actually mean
• Deal with the shock and emotional weight of the diagnosis
• Weigh the real benefits and risks of bisphosphonates, Prolia, Evenity, Forteo, and Tymlos, without the scare tactics
• Eat for stronger bones (calcium and vitamin D are only the beginning)
• Exercise safely, including which movements to avoid after a fragility fracture
• Spot the hidden thieves of bone: medications, conditions, and habits that quietly undermine density
• Fall-proof your home and build a fracture-proof daily routine
• Advocate for yourself with your healthcare team and ask the questions that matter

What makes this book different:
• Physician-authored, patient-experienced. Clinical authority and lived experience in the same voice.
• Balanced on medication. Not anti-drug. Honest about what the evidence shows and what it doesn’t.
• A real 30-day action plan. Not a vague wellness pep talk. Something you can start on the day you finish reading.

Whether your diagnosis arrived yesterday or years ago, whether you’re weighing your first medication or rebuilding after a fracture, this book will meet you where you are and help you take the next right step.

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