Thanks, Justin.
No, no information was given. Just a cautionary story about dr's relative who fractured something by moving some object (but her osteoporosis was severe apparently). The point was 'you don't want to wait until it "gets bad" to "do something"... I had actually read something about meds being a shorter term thing only if indicated b/c of severity. Anyway I think it would need a lot more discussion and she knows I am consulting an endocrinologist so she didn't prescribe but just suggested it. It seems Fosamax is so popular a choice for a first med that my gyn also mentioned it but it would seem to me that a lot more thorough look at my case would be necessary prior to really recommending /prescribing a med for this. So, I'll see what the endo thinks.