I am a bit shocked by the result to be honest. I have 2 results of minus 3.2 (osteoporosis) and one result of minus I.9 (osteopenia). I have never had severe ME, and really am improving re what I can do with weight bearing exercise (but have had spells of some inactivity over the 10 years+ I have been ill), and do a lot of gardening in the summer and am part of a dance/theatre group. So not completely inactive ever.
I am 64 and now 15 years post menopause, so am now in the high risk category but only for my age, and no other reasons. My diet is good I feel, and I have some useful supplements like Vit D. I have now added in Vit K2 (recently) and am about to buy strontium.
My bone density scores are far worse than I expected, and were ordered by an endocrinologist who believed that I had overdosed on T3 only, over the 4 years I have been on it, as my TSH was below range. I did not agree with him, but now I feel he could have been right but I cannot know for sure. I have already reduced it, by 15mcg just in case. I had no other symptoms of being overdosed (low BP, and pulse OK, low temp) and was on T4 for 17 years prior to the change.
So... what do I do? Do I go for the bisphosphonates which I am sure I won't be able to tolerate orally anyway, and which seem to have a bad press other than mainstream. There are a couple of useful threads I have found from the past on PR on the subject. I feel sure it must be a problem longterm for many with ME/CFS for all kinds of reasons - lack of exercise, difficulty with diet and gut issues........