{"id":1566,"date":"2017-08-11T09:54:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T23:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2017-08-11T09:54:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T23:54:31","slug":"my-osteoporosis-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/dancers-posts\/my-osteoporosis-story\/","title":{"rendered":"My Osteoporosis Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Osteoporosis Story.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Kate Morrissey<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Just to set the groundwork for those who don\u2019t know me. I have been attending Jacki\u2019s Aerobic dancing for the 26 years. As well as that, I walk at least 3 kilometres every day. I am a fit 65 year old woman.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3 months ago, much to the shock and horror of my dance mates, I fell and broke my leg. It was awful, as much for everyone who was there, as for me. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For the next 6 days I was a captive of the hospital system. It was a very steep learning curve, not just for me, but for all those people who knew me. I now have a 30cm rod and 8cm pin in my leg. These will remain in my leg for the rest of my life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All of this I got through with, I hope, a reasonable sense of self and some humour. The next 6 weeks was a painful period. I know that I was doing well, exceeding benchmarks for healing and flexibility.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Aerobic dancing was the key. Without all those years of exercise I would not have made the progress that I did.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The next hurdle for me was to discover that I had osteoporosis. I could say it, but it didn\u2019t process. Me, fit healthy, weight bearing exercise all those years. What a shock. Another steep learning curve, one that challenged all my assumptions about myself. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Once I had processed all of this I had to deal with it. I went into solution mode, which I think women excel at.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I have now had a calcium infusion, which like a heat seeking missile goes straight to those areas in need of repair. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nothing else has changed. I am still the strong person I was, I am still able to do the things I want to, I will still go to aerobic dancing. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am really lucky. My broken leg has mended, my osteoporosis has been diagnosed and attended to, and I am going back to class after a 3 month break. That is my story.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[July 2017]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My Osteoporosis Story. \u00a0Kate Morrissey Just to set the groundwork for those who don\u2019t know me. I have been attending Jacki\u2019s Aerobic dancing for the 26 years. As well as that, I walk at least 3 kilometres every day. I am a fit 65 year old woman. 3 months ago, much to the shock and … Continue reading My Osteoporosis Story<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancers-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1567,"href":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions\/1567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerobicdancing.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}