@artscaping Thanks Chris, you have been a wealth of information, being ahead of me in having to deal with this miserable condition. I checked out the link about endocrinologists, but as I mentioned, rheumatologists do also provide care for osteoporosis. I wonder if they have different approaches. As I mentioned somewhere, my endocrinologist does not have osteoporosis listed as conditions that he treats. The rheumatologist I have chosen at Mass General does, plus the PCP said I should see a rheumatologist and I checked with a friend who has osteoporosis and her doctor for it is also a rheumatologist.
I have numerous appointments coming up in the next month and a half, they all got bunched together -- my gynecologist this week, my PCP in a couple of weeks, later my endo, my transplant surgeon, my orthopedic surgeon, and finally the rheumatologist, probably not until December. Sometimes I feel like I am single-handedly supporting the whole medical community! I hope to get some more input from my gynecologist and my PCP and possibly my endocrinologist before the all-important visit with the rheumatologist. I really like and trust my gyno and my endo so look forward to their input. I thought it seemed strange that a gynecologist would be involved but I was told that they are more often on top of the density testing than the PCPs are.

@migizii I was thinking that it does probably take longer to heal if you already have osteoporosis. This whole thing is confusing. I am reading the book "Strong Women, Strong Bones" and it seems like the best bone-strengthening exercises are not recommended if you already have osteoporosis. The best ones have high impact.

@mslw I will be interested in hearing how things go with your endo appointment. Is this an MGH doctor also, and if so which facility is the doctor at? Living in NH I try to find doctors who are at the Danvers facility first, and if not there then Waltham. If necessary I go to Boston but despite the distance being similar to all three, it's just easier to not have to go into Boston and deal with traffic approaching the city.

Getting old really is not fun.
JK