Oh b**ger

[stillwaddler]

I haven’t done a tremendous amount of running in the last few weeks, but have been building up my stamina and getting the wrist moving again, some progress there at least. Turned up at the doc’s on Tuesday to get the results of my bone scan expecting to get the all clear, but Life has just chucked me another banana skin, I have been diagnosed with osteoporosis. How can this be – I practically lived on gold top milk and cheese throughout my childhood, I took weight bearing exercise up and beyond the magic age of thirty when women stop increasing bone mass, I have certainly done my share of plodding, cycling etc in the many years since then which should have preserved bone mass. Apparently you can’t help the skeleton you inherit At least the doc doesn’t want me to stop running, she said running had probably helped my hips as there is less evidence of decrepitude in them than in my spine, she has suggested that I increase upper body weight bearing exercise, so I began some core strength stuff and weights at the gym yesterday. However, I can’t see her being very supportive if I tell her I’m entered for London next year:-(

Sometimes I just hate getting older.