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Ron, welcome to the program.

Hi, Dr. Laura.

Thank you for taking my call.

Thank you.

Hi.

I've been listening to you since 1995. Wow.

And at that time, I was just becoming serious with my wife, and I had a long commute for work,

and you were on the radio, and everything you were said was making sense to me.

And anyway, you've had a very positive influence on our marriage and on me as a person in general.

So my question is, well, my, just quickly, my wife has got a long, a long history of medical problems.

She almost died in childbirth with our son because of it, autoimmune conditions.

But she was determined to have that boy.

She's stubborn.

And she made sure that he was huge.

So, you know, we've bonded.

We've been married since 1996, so long time.

And I love her very much.

We've been through a lot of tough times with her help mainly.

But my question is, my wife has reached the point with,

she's got stage four osteoporosis.

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