Alright, today is the day for gripes.
I didn't gripe when I told you about my best feature or when I told you about my hobbies.
So now it's my time to gripe.
Overall I'm very fit and healthy. I work out 4 or 5 days a week doing both cardio and weights. I try to eat well - not too many sugary drinks, mostly whole grains, not many desserts. I'm at a healthy weight and a healthy body fat. Yet, I still seem to have lots of ailments, most of which, apparently, I was born with.
I have had allergies and asthma pretty much ever since I was born - started taking allergy shots at age 3. In my adult life, I was diagnosed with arthritis (yes! Arthritis at age 30 - pretty sad) and endometriosis. Hmm, seems like I only get ailments that start with vowels. Oh, wait, I knew there was a consonant in there - fibrocystic breast tissue - the fun one that causes painful breast lumps.
Daily, I take an inhaler for asthma; nasal spray, an antihistamine, and vitamin C for allergies; vitamin E and Evening Primrose Oil to try to prevent breast lumps; birth control pills to control the endometriosis; and calcium to combat the arthritis. Wow! That's a lot. And there's really no cure for any of these.
So no matter how hard I exercise or how well I eat, I will have all of these for the rest of my life.
But you know what? No matter how annoying they are, I can still count my blessings. I don't have cancer. I have a healthy heart. I can walk, talk, see, hear and breathe. I'm not bound to a wheelchair or confined to my bed. I am so blessed to be able to go about my day doing the things I want to do and on most days, forget I have those ailments above. Do they bother me at times? Yes. Do they have the potential to get worse? Yes. Will I always remember that I am blessed and that there are others out there worse off than me? I hope so. I pray so.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment