SINGAPORE – Madam Samantha Thio used to struggle to carry a bag of groceries, but now she can deadlift 50kg.
In the past 20 years, the 67-year-old retiree has undergone multiple surgical operations, from inserting four stents into her heart to a cervical spine operation to repairing a broken meniscus in her left knee and a cracked right kneecap.
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