Spare Rib

A week ago I fell, tripped over a stupid branch in the middle of the road, while running. I had friends teasing me that I should run with night vision goggles or, gasp, run when it's light out (what?!). I thought I had pulled a muscle in my chest when I fell: only my hands and knees hit the ground so I thought as I twisted to a sitting position I had overextended my arms and strained that muscle.

Yesterday I went to our GP, funny guy that is very thorough and makes me smile at his seriousness over the need for more vitamin D in my diet...uh-huh. I asked him how long this strained muscle should take to heal. "It's not a strained muscle", he says seriously, "You broke a rib.". How is this possible? I didn't hit the ground! Here's the part I love ... "Due to your age you may have a considerable loss of bone density which would contribute to a twisting break. We should do a test to check your bone density, add more vitamin D, C and Magnesium. And, you can't run for 8 to 10 days.". The man is a comic, I swear.

I run. I drink milk. I eat cheese. I eat bananas. I don't do weigh training but come on, I have twigs for arms (thanks Grandma Hanna!). I want to know why I got the sucky teeth gene, cholesterol gene and now possibly bone density gene. Where does it end?

I've never been a proponent for genetic engineering but I might be willing to listen ....