"Dax"
And the band played on.
Howdy. On November 21st (the date which WOULD have been mine and Mary Kates three year anniversary) my back decided to take a turn for the worst. I could barely stand up I was in so much pain. Unfortunately I couldn’t take time off from work to heal up. I was forced to work ten hour shifts in immense pain. To this day my back is still bothering me, and my left leg hurts so bad that I can barely sleep at night. On December 13th I went to the doctor to find out what was the matter. No diagnosis was given, as they would first need me to have x-rays taken. I cannot afford the x-rays, so I still have not had them taken. The doctor gave me some glorified light weight pain killers, and that was that.
I did however receive some even more disturbing news that day than I had anticipated. My blood pressure was extremely high. 176 over 90 something. Pretty bad news. I have been watching what I eat since then, trying to make slight alterations to my diet so I can bring it down to a healthier level.
Back in September, my weight was about 220 pounds. I dropped down to 205 pounds by early October. That I accredited to the fact that I had stayed at Mary Kates house for much of the month of September. I eat 100 times more healthy when I am around her (well, change that all to the past tense and you’ve got it made). When I went to the doctor 22 days ago, I weighed in at 206 pounds. Today my weight is down to 198. My target weight the doctor has given me is 170 pounds. I would honestly be happy down at 180. For Christmas the family got a treadmill machine. We set it up yesterday, and I have been going at it vigorously hoping that will work in conjunction with my “diet”.
It was a real eye opener that day going to the doctors office. In some ways I am now thankful for my back pain. If I had not had it, I would not have gone to the doctors office for lord knows how long yet, and I would have continued on a self destructive course for my heart. Now that I know about the problem, I have been given a very simple chance to rectify it.
Next time: Thoughts of a more random nature
~Oz
Howdy. On November 21st (the date which WOULD have been mine and Mary Kates three year anniversary) my back decided to take a turn for the worst. I could barely stand up I was in so much pain. Unfortunately I couldn’t take time off from work to heal up. I was forced to work ten hour shifts in immense pain. To this day my back is still bothering me, and my left leg hurts so bad that I can barely sleep at night. On December 13th I went to the doctor to find out what was the matter. No diagnosis was given, as they would first need me to have x-rays taken. I cannot afford the x-rays, so I still have not had them taken. The doctor gave me some glorified light weight pain killers, and that was that.
I did however receive some even more disturbing news that day than I had anticipated. My blood pressure was extremely high. 176 over 90 something. Pretty bad news. I have been watching what I eat since then, trying to make slight alterations to my diet so I can bring it down to a healthier level.
Back in September, my weight was about 220 pounds. I dropped down to 205 pounds by early October. That I accredited to the fact that I had stayed at Mary Kates house for much of the month of September. I eat 100 times more healthy when I am around her (well, change that all to the past tense and you’ve got it made). When I went to the doctor 22 days ago, I weighed in at 206 pounds. Today my weight is down to 198. My target weight the doctor has given me is 170 pounds. I would honestly be happy down at 180. For Christmas the family got a treadmill machine. We set it up yesterday, and I have been going at it vigorously hoping that will work in conjunction with my “diet”.
It was a real eye opener that day going to the doctors office. In some ways I am now thankful for my back pain. If I had not had it, I would not have gone to the doctors office for lord knows how long yet, and I would have continued on a self destructive course for my heart. Now that I know about the problem, I have been given a very simple chance to rectify it.
Next time: Thoughts of a more random nature
~Oz
posted by ozporn at 3:24 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home