Agree, at age 67 (menopause at 50) my docs said NO WAY to HRT…I saw endo, gyne, and a rheumatologist. It would also be incredibly helpful to have a dexa within a year of official menopause, unfortunately unless there are other reasons to get one - we generally do not get dexa until you hit the magic age of 65; I was probably losing bone density for 15 years or so before the dexa was done. Then the lecture about how much trouble we are in and how much lifelong meds we need to take etc. I could have spent 15 years being more vigilant about calcium vitamin d, k, c, weight lifting, etc. would I still need one drug or another? Maybe but I’ll never know.