’Oh, you have osteopenia in your spine,’ said the nurse monitoring the screen, as the arm of the scanner measuring my bone density made a humming sound.
‘What?’ I retorted loudly.
But this result, which puts me at greater risk of developing osteoporosis – a condition that can lead to fragility fractures, disability and even premature death – had come as a shock.
Aged 46, and a pharmacist with a big following on social media where I give health and wellbeing advice, I had arrived for my DEXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) scan feeling smugly confident that my bones would be in tip-top shape.
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