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Check Your Health Before You Wreck Your Health!

My father passed this past September.  It was a trying time for me.  When I came back to Maryland from Texas after the funeral.  I had a lot of stuff to do, so the thing that suffered the most was my workouts.  I figured no big deal.  I am in great shape.  A couple of months won’t hurt.  Well I started back about two weeks ago and for some reason I cannot get past 10 minutes without my chest hurting.  I went and had an EKG done and met with my cardiologist.  He has me scheduled for a stress test on the 18th. 

Last night I woke up and just didn’t feel right, so I decided to take my blood pressure.  Whoa!!!  It was 175 over 96!!!  Just like that.  I have an issue.  But that isn’t the point of my post.  My real issue is the fact that I checked it.  I am already on a mission now with respect to blood pressure.  It is actually genetic in my family (a combination of inheritance and type A personalities), but I am realizing that when you have health issues.  The difference between life and death is not only our diet, nutrition and wellness, but awareness! 

With that being said I think it is important to articulate some critical things with respect to being aware, especially if you are diabetic:

  • Regular Trips to the Doctor: In my experiences with people who get sick or are already sick.  They usually only went to the doctor once they felt so bad they had to.  In most cases, this is way too late!  The reason I am in the shape I am in despite all of my health challenges is the fact that I see my doctor regularly (I haven’t always, which is how I got in trouble in the first place).  And because my illnesses were identified early.  So it is important to see your doctor and dentist regularly.
  • Check Yourself: I check my blood sugar throughout the day.  In the morning, after meals and before I go to bed.  In addition, I also have a meter to check my cholesterol and my blood pressure.  Now you may feel this is over kill and for someone who is relatively healthy it probably is, but for those of us with health issues this is an absolute necessity.  My reason for using my example earlier is to illustrate just how quickly things can change.
  • Listen To Your Body:  If you don’t feel right go and see somebody about it.  Now, I am not advocating you being a hypochondriac, but I am advocating you being sensitive to your body.  When I woke this morning early I knew something wasn’t right.  I just knew.  I am not sure how to explain this to you other than to say you need to know you body and be sensitive to it.

Now I mentioned my father earlier and have talked about his illness on my blog in addition to writing articles about him and his illness.  He took a PSA test in 2005 with an elevated PSA, had a biopsy that was negative for prostate cancer and than for the next year he never had it checked again, UNTIL he started to experience pain.  When his PSA was checked again, it was triple digits (>4 is normal).  He was gone two years later.  What is my point?

My point is that having situational awareness of your health is critical to long life.  More so, I believe, than another time in our lives.  I can’t help wondering if my father would have checked himself every 3 months after that initial negative biopsy, would he still be around.  I don’t know, but one thing I do know.  My daughter will never have to wonder that about me because I am going to get it done.  So check your health reguIarly before you wreck your health!  I love comments!

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This post was written by admin on December 4, 2008

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