yes, those stages of grief! especially when you feel that you've worked hard to live a healthy life, paying great attention to diet and exercise. The most maddening thing is when they tell you "it's genetic". That's such a simplistic response and I don't believe it. There has to be a reason. We have to be our own detectives and advocates. It's exhausting.

When I was 57 (i'm 66 now), I opted to go for a Lifeline screening and one of the tests was an ultrasound of my heel which showed my density was borderline. I then went for a dexa and sure enough, I had osteo. I was shocked. If I had not gone for that Lifeline screening I would not have had a dexa for another 8 years and I can't imagine how bad things would have been. It's such an arbitrary age guideline set by the AMA to measure bone denisty. It's very late in the game for many of us. I think I went for the Lifeline screen as I was curious about my heart due to high cholesterol levels for decades and refusing statins all those years. My heart was fine (in fact my calcium score is 0) but my bones were not.

In the last 4 years I have moved 4 times. I have been in my current home for a few months and have been trying to line up my docs. Since I don't know many people yet, I have no one to ask for recommendations and am relying on internet reviews. It's an exhaustive process and once I find a doc, like you it will probably be months before I can get an appt and a dexa. If the numbers are bad, I may consider going back on Forteo or opting for Tymlos since it's the same mechanism and the black box warnings have been removed. (at least on Forteo but I believe Tymlos in the pipeline if not removed already). Either that or I'll increase my Estrogen level.