Osteoporosis... Suddenly, you belong to the “fragile” category.

After 2 wrist fractures and a vertebral fracture in a year and a half, a DEXA scan revealed that I have severe osteoporosis.
Especially in my spine.
I didn't see this coming.
I usually felt younger than I am.
Nor did the fractures occur spontaneously, but each time as a result of trauma.
I previously called it bad luck or carelessness, but not fragile.

Osteoporosis is a silent, insidious disease. Often you only notice it when you start to break a lot of things.
Up to age 35, your bone mass increases. Bone building dominates bone degradation, both part of a natural process. From then on, the bone becomes more porous. Bone degradation is faster than bone growth. This is happening gradually, but some factors increase the rate at which this happens. And then your bones become more fragile. From cheese with some holes to mostly holes with some cheese so

A DEXA scan is a device that uses radiation to measure bone density. The more rays the bone lets through, the more porous the bone is. After the measurement, you get a score. It's based on a 35-year-old's bone. As long as your score is not lower than -1, there is actually nothing wrong. If the score falls between -1 and -25, it is called osteopenia. In fact, this is the predecessor of osteoporosis. If the score falls below -25, you have osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis cannot be cured, it can be inhibited and, at best, slightly reversed in certain areas. An increased intake of calcium and vitamin D is initially recommended. But medication is often also forced. Every medication given for osteoporosis is accompanied by a whole range of possible side effects, which makes many people seriously doubt whether it's all worth it.