Its been a while since I last posted and a lot has happened. Doesn't time fly.
I have been focusing on trying to share my story out to others in the aim that there is a hopeful message to those all suffering 'the silent disease'
So now on to TAKE A BREAK- I got on to the Front Cover YAY! You can see it on the shelves now - WINTER 2 edition!
Through the National Osteoporosis Society(NOS) I was put in touch with a journalist who over the past 2 years has worked with me to find a publication that would really spread my story wide and try and give may out there HOPE... to tell them they aren't alone. to tell them that we can do stuff to help our diagnosis, to share my crazy story of 21 broken ribs in 9 months and prove that there is a way to rebuild from that and that we can help ourselves. Its also my way of reaching out and getting the awareness up on the silent disease, that ISNT just an older persons disease - it can affect people from all ages!
Tomorrow Im going with the NOS to hobnob with MP's at Westminster - yes thats right at the actual Houses of Parliament, to increase awareness with them so that we can talk to them about some of the NOS survey recent findings:
o A third of people had broken several bones before being diagnosed
o 39% of respondents prompted their own bone health assessment
o A third of people were not satisfied with the current level of monitoring and review of their osteoporosis
o Only 22% felt the NHS gives osteoporosis the level of attention it deserves
We are asking them to:
Help promote Fracture Liaison Services and the resources available to develop them
Keep in touch with the Charity to find out whether there is an FLS in your constituency and how you can help locally
Ill keep you posted on how that goes!
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