drterri, I wanted to let you know that I was also one of those people that was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis at -4.6 in my spine. My endocrinologist said that I was her first patient with this severity. That I was a walking time bomb. That I could fracture by any stressful movement on my joints. Needless to say prior to that I had been very active jogging, strength training. I went home feeling very depressed and on top of that had to decide what bone medicine to take. I decided that I was not going to let this define me. The DEXA doesn’t measure the strength of your bones. I continue with my life and take one day at a time. Life is good.