Osteoporosis anyone?

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Here is one of the threads though there are many:

Osteoporosis - what to do?

Tomorrow is my 59th birhday. Instead of a celebration, I am having a pity party. I had a bone density scan this week, and I got the results yesterday. The osteopenia in my hips is now osteoporosis, and I have osteopenia in my spine. My PCP, who is not one to jump to unnecessary meds, suggested a course of fosamax. My mom had osteoporosis, and she was on fosamax. She broke several bones, and the breaks were bad because they were shear breaks due to the way fosamax builds bone. She ended up with dementia that a doctor at Mayo Clinic suspected was due to constant pain that she was trying to escape in her mind. I am so much like my mom, physically, and this has me scared. I am in good shape and although I weigh a few pounds more than I did when I entered my menopause years more than 11 years ago, I am not overweight. I have been good about eathing a healthy, balanced diet. I work out 5 days a week with body weight and resistance weights. I confess that I have not been good about…