I know it. The Osteo scares me too! It can destroy your life. I can't lift anything, go anywhere unless I am sure that I can go into a store get what I need in 4-5 minutes. If I have to check out and there is a line, I can't do it. I got the Dexa Scan when my OBGYN informed me that I needed to start getting checked. I don't think most people understand that Osteo will change your life. What I have read is that when you go through menopause youcan lose much of your bone density and your body can't put it back. I did not smoke, watched what I ate, exercised heavily over 1/2 of my life, alcoholic drinks maybe 4 per year total. The only thing that I can figure is that some of the meds that I am on may have done it. I tell women everywhere to go get checked so that you will know where your stand with this disease. It's too late after you have broken a bone. When I slipped and fell, the pain was so bad, I just wanted to be put out of my misery. I did not sleep for several days and it hurt too bad to cry. I had gone to an Urgent Care Center but they would not give me an XRAY. Then I went to another one the next day where I got an XRAY. I did have a Burst Compression Lumbar I Fracture.