Cowboys in the Woods and Osteoporosis – Adults

SPF Jorholm seniors have been invited to attend the final monthly meeting in the spring. President Marita Frithiof welcomed the nearly 70 members and participants today. Andreas Nilsson, a troubadour with a versatile repertoire, was invited to sing country music in Swedish.

Guitarist, songwriter and singer Andreas Nilsson now lives entirely on his music. He prefers to call himself a woods cowboy, loves being out in the woods with a campfire, and many of his songs are about wilderness and isolation. It started with Gösta Linderholms freedom And Always on the go And I want to go home again.
Andreas has Alf Robertson as a role model and he played the part Nice Carlson song. It was a little sad with Dan Anderson Gunnar Wagner And the song of the young man who was shot in the chest and begged a stranger to sit next to him because he would die soon. To name a few from ref. Andreas sees similarities between cowboys and sailors and ended his gentle performance with a country-inspired interpretation Love the fleet.

After coffee with a sandwich and a piece of cake prepared by the Örträsk Coffee Group, it is time for the President of the Osteoporosis Association, Klas Axelsson, to show pictures and talk about osteoporosis, the silent disease. The skeleton is living tissue, and is renewed every seven years; The building blocks of calcium, vitamin D and proteins. But after 30 years it is no longer being built. Many people suffer from a disease in the porous part of the bone, which stops accumulating and causes osteoporosis. Fracture is the first symptom, and with the second fracture bone density is measured. Genetics plays a role, as does gender, with women being more likely to develop it after menopause, while men are only susceptible after age 80. Sweden has the highest number of osteoporosis cases in the whole world, and Västerbotten has the highest number of osteoporosis cases in Sweden, and the reason is not clear. Treatment is a weekly tablet for five years, or by infusion for three years or by injection until further notice.

Text: Aina Nygren