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Have my bones fallen to bits like the Oxford professor said they would?

I’m encasing myself in extra strong bubble wrap just in case

19 September 2015

8:00 AM

19 September 2015

8:00 AM

‘Are you afraid of falling over?’ asked the bored young radiologist, as he started filling out the forms.

I had been recalled to St George’s Hospital to have a bone density scan. I must explain that the issue of whether or not my bones are disintegrating has been somewhat tinged with hysteria ever since I managed to get myself told off by an Oxford professor for not taking HRT.

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