I Broke a Bone and Found Out I Had Osteoporosis | Life After 50 in Japan 🇯🇵
Asa - Quiet Days in Japan | After 50
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Two years ago, I rolled my ankle on the way home from the store and broke a bone. That was how I found out I had osteoporosis. I was 50.
Five years before that, a doctor had told me my bone density was low. I meant to do something about it — but life got busy, and my health slipped down the list.
In this video, I talk about what happened — the warning I brushed off, the day I found out, and how ordinary life felt a little frightening afterwards. I also share what I do now: the medication and the injections I give myself, how I exercise and eat differently, and what my bone density looks like today. (It's gone up — slowly, but it has.)
And the one thing this diagnosis changed in how I think: "I'll do it someday" has become "while I still can."
If you think osteoporosis has nothing to do with you yet, or if you've been meaning to check your own bone density — I hope this helps, even a little.
This is my personal experience, not medical advice. If anything here sounds familiar, please talk to your doctor.
Thank you for watching. 🌿
▶chapter
00:00 A fracture, and a diagnosis
00:28 The warning I ignored, five years earlier
02:48 The day it happened
04:22 Daily life after the diagnosis
05:37 Treatment
07:23 What I do day to day
09:49 As for why
11:08 Looking ahead
13:30 Closing
🎧️BGM
Music：@RYUITOMUSIC
「Life」
BGMusic https://bgmusic.jp
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Asa means "morning" in Japanese.
I'm a 52-year-old woman living in Nagoya, Japan, sharing quiet days —
and honest talk about life after 50.
New videos every week.
#osteoporosis #lifeafter50 #lifeinjapan #bonehealth
19 Comments
Would you allow me to intrude (?)
Visiting a bookstore you may see a book displayed in the window. -- Inside, the BOOK may not have a COVER TITLE, and the first page may not have a PREFACE ... and sales are poor.
@ 0:01 / 15:27 Now, replace your Header with a permanent, unchanging BANNER. (Cover) e.g., "ASA QUIET DAYS IN JAPAN". Now, create a separate HEADING for a preface of each video, e.g., "BONE BROKEN -- OSTEOPOROSIS". Then, in my opinion, it's debatable that short video snippets are required. (Your decision).
Now, count Subscribers. 🙏
🇬🇧 Bernie (A friend) 🇨🇦
Perhaps you should study 'Lactose Intolerance".
It has been said that pharmaceutics benefit only one person ... a pharmacist. 😉
I Broke a Bone and Found Out I Had Osteoporosis | Life After 50 in Japan 🇯🇵
Asa - Quiet Days in Japan | After 50
4,577 views
Two years ago, I rolled my ankle on the way home from the store and broke a bone. That was how I found out I had osteoporosis. I was 50.
Five years before that, a doctor had told me my bone density was low. I meant to do something about it — but life got busy, and my health slipped down the list.
In this video, I talk about what happened — the warning I brushed off, the day I found out, and how ordinary life felt a little frightening afterwards. I also share what I do now: the medication and the injections I give myself, how I exercise and eat differently, and what my bone density looks like today. (It's gone up — slowly, but it has.)
And the one thing this diagnosis changed in how I think: "I'll do it someday" has become "while I still can."
If you think osteoporosis has nothing to do with you yet, or if you've been meaning to check your own bone density — I hope this helps, even a little.
This is my personal experience, not medical advice. If anything here sounds familiar, please talk to your doctor.
Thank you for watching. 🌿
▶chapter
00:00 A fracture, and a diagnosis
00:28 The warning I ignored, five years earlier
02:48 The day it happened
04:22 Daily life after the diagnosis
05:37 Treatment
07:23 What I do day to day
09:49 As for why
11:08 Looking ahead
13:30 Closing
🎧️BGM
Music：@RYUITOMUSIC
「Life」
BGMusic https://bgmusic.jp
―――――――――――――――――――
Asa means "morning" in Japanese.
I'm a 52-year-old woman living in Nagoya, Japan, sharing quiet days —
and honest talk about life after 50.
New videos every week.
#osteoporosis #lifeafter50 #lifeinjapan #bonehealth