This advice may now be outdated, but when I asked my nationally known Gyn about having another bone density scan, she said she doesn’t do them. The medications do not help, and in fact had contributed to breaks.

Instead, continue to eat healthy, high protein and Vit D, maintain a healthy weight, and do weight-bearing exercise daily. Some doctors are dismissive of the whole scanning approach, comparing me at 70 to a 29 year old, and making some magic T score adjustments. As a cancer survivor, no HRT though I did add more high protein foods, whey protein and collegen this year , but that was more for hair and nails.