Does gastric bypass surgery (proximal Roux-n-Y) make osteoporosis much worse?

I am preop and just found out that I am heading for osteoporosis. Doc says that without treatment, I would have developed it about 2 years after bypass and after 4 years without bypass. I cancelled my surgery date until I can see a couple of osteoporosis specialists to confirm that surgery would be safe for me. One of them had me get extensive tests. I find out the results tomorrow. My concern is whether bypass surgery would hasten my development of osteoporosis (WITH treatment) or whether there are treatments that would probably prevent it. I also wonder whether surgery would greatly exacerbate osteoporosis once it developed and what this would mean, in terms of symptoms. I will reschedule the surgery once I get clearance from these 2 doctors and feel confident that the surgery would not catapult me into a wheelchair. I want to make sure it would not leave me at much greater risk, provided I protect myself properly.

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