Bat Goddess, ye beat me to it. Weight bearing excercise is where i am at. Also, checking out family history, we don't have a tendancy towards osteo. I eat a low fat diet, little meat, and few vices (no cigs, restrained coffee, no alcohol or drugs) In my experience i have known 5 women on HRT. One is dead (ovarian cancer) and four have cancer. Unfortunately, that is far too high a percentage for me. There is NO WAY i will do HRT. Am in peri now, and doin' fine. Mom jetted thru in a year. And she is fine. so will follow her good example.