My Bones, My Life: How I’m Taking Charge of My Health After a Devastating Diagnosis

My Bones, My Life: How I’m Taking Charge of My Health After a Devastating Diagnosis

At age 53, I was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis. I was completely blindsided and devastated with this diagnosis as it was not on my radar of health issues to be concerned about. My diagnosis came from chasing a pulled muscle. After six weeks of physical therapy and no improvement, I had some imaging done which showed mild degenerative disc changes with small protrusions.  This result led to a bone density scan.