Checking The YES Box…
Posted by Mark in Healthy Living, tags: anti-oxidants, diabetes, exercise, health history, Healthy Living, heart disease, Mark Lampkin, premature death, reduced lifespan, water, Weight LossChecking the YES Box…
The other day I went to a new massage therapy professional. His session was a gift to me from a friend/colleague. When I called the office to get the correct address I was told to come a few minutes before my appointment time in order to complete a new client questionnaire. No problem. A piece of cake. Just like the good old days….Right?
Now you know the way this goes…a litany of questions with yes and no as the options. Do I have any history of heart disease, high blood pressure, back injury, arthritis, etc. And that is when it began to unfold…Sitting in that chair with the form on the clipboard, halfway through the questions. I have answered YES to more of the questions than ever before in my life.
Granted, I am blessed with reasonably good health. I even like to boast that I have never spent a night in a hospital since I left it 56 years ago…but here I am now looking at a form that I used to check the no boxes without thinking. And here I have to admit to myself that YES, this now applies to me.
What do we do with that? How does it make us feel when we now have a chronic illness? A disease that will alter how we approach each new day. The most that I do is take ibuprofen to muffle the pain that Uncle Arthur is wreaking in my fingers and toes…
Will you join me in the journey as we gracefully grow older together? Let’s take heed to our bodies each day…eating 2-3 helpings of fruit, drinking 4-6 glasses of water and moving. And no, going to the bathroom is not considered effective healthy movement. Go for a walk. Dance to the music in your iPod. Heck, play a Wii fit game with your grandkids and break a sweat. Do something that will raise your heart rate above “just enough to survive.”
So that the next time you are in that office and completing the new patient form, your no’s will once again outnumber your yeses…
Peace.
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Ironically, I too had an apoointment yesterday. Same thing, answer questionaire yes or no. I became present to the fact, hey, I am not the only oneexperiencing things differently these days! More significantly, my body is responding different than it did a year ago! Contrary to popular belief, as we age, CHANGES must take place. Sleep patterns change, the way we get out of bed or our position when we sleep may change, hos we stand once out of bed; the way we plant our feet on the floor; and many others to name a simple few.
We are now approaching the threshold of “old age”, yet it’s not over! We need to embrace life at this juncture and continue through it with Grace, Wisdom and Knowing it may take more Time, Strength and Endurance by way of proper exercise, healthier eating habits and mental health!
Thank you my Brother for sharing! Continue to share the messages God gives you.
Ironically, I too had an apoointment yesterday. Same thing, answer questionaire yes or no. I became present to the fact, hey, I am not the only oneexperiencing things differently these days! More significantly, my body is responding different than it did a year ago!
Contrary to popular belief, as we age, CHANGES must take place. Sleep patterns change, the way we get out of bed or our position when we sleep may change, hos we stand once out of bed; the way we plant our feet on the floor; and many others to name a simple few.
We are now approaching the threshold of “old age”, yet it’s not over! We need to embrace life at this juncture and continue through it with Grace, Wisdom and Knowing it may take more Time, Strength and Endurance by way of proper exercise, healthier eating habits and mental health!
Thank you my Brother for sharing! Continue to share the messages God gives you.
well said…thanks. In addition to watching what we put into our bodies, we must also maintain an attitude of caring and sharing with others. To be selfless…and do the right thing.