Got a bone density test. Will try to get the spinal x-rays this week although I really don't want to. Then, hopefully the bone specialist will tell me what all this means and give me options. The test results were mostly normal except for low Vitamin D (I'm upping my dose from 2000 I.U. a day to 3000) and high NTx which means I'm losing bone.
Spouse and grandson went to see the Mummy Imax film at the NM Natural History Museum while I was at the doctor's.
I walked 2.5 miles to the museum to meet them. I followed Martin Luther King which turned into Grand Avenue which turned into Marquette. I hung a right on 8th Street, crossed Lomas and then hung a left on Mountain Road. The Google Map directions were spot on. The Grand Avenue Overpass seems a big to-do about nothing except some railroad tracks underneath. Heavens - I at least expected a freeway underneath! This was a really boring part of downtown Albuquerque - City Hall, the police department, Keller and Keller's office (a personal injury lawyer who advertises a lot on TV).
We took grandson to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch. I really liked it. I made a great kitchen sink salad and loved it. I accompanied it with a baked potato and ate red grapes for dessert. Grandson was happy that we let him pick what he wanted to eat and dessert too! Spouse missed meat dishes.
When we got home, there was enough daylight to finish my exercise with a 2 mile walk on the ski hill bypass route. I wore my 10 pound IronWear weight vest to strengthen my bones.
I'm reading a great book by Mark Obmascik Halfway to Heaven: My White-Knuckled and Knuckle-headed Quest for the Rocky Mountain High. He has a good sense of humor like Dan White, author of The Cactus Eaters. The book is inspiring me to climb more mountains. It's about the middle-aged, out of shape author's climbing of Colorado 14ers. I love it so far!!
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