Jasna Hodžić is a writer, researcher - and avid rock climber, and she's built a life around the sport she loves. When she was in her mid-twenties, her gynecologist ran a hormone panel and sent her for a bone density scan, and what came back was the last thing she expected. Jasna had the bone density of someone decades older. She was, as she puts it, 'crumbling from within' - and she had no idea. The condition is called Female Athlete Triad, now also known as RED-S: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport. Jasna tells Golda her story, and what she wants other female athletes to know.
We also hear from listener Catherine Uptmor, a former gymnast, who requested this topic, and who has a story of her own.
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