@normahorn thank you so much for your reply. I am using the word "severe" because that's the word my general physician used when she called me to give me the results of my Dexa scan. The actual numbers are available to me but I'm too scared to look. If it's really bad, I will panic.
I broke my wrist last summer (before I was diagnosed with osteoporosis) but that was a severe fall (I was running as fast as I possibly could to get home before a rainstorm, tripped over an uneven part of the sidewalk, and flew headlong to the ground ) and I really don't think "weak bones" had anything to do with it. I think anyone's wrist would have broken in those circumstances. It healed nicely.