Sunday, April 5, 2009

What are we teaching our children?

When even countries don't listen to our wishes, North Korea broke the rules by launching a missile that was just a test. The European Union also was not happy with the test.
It is frightening to think that another enemy of our government will eventually have the capability to hit our country with a long range missile.

My cousin is doing well, and his initial symptoms were not typical of what we are told for an alert for a heart attack. He broke out in a cold sweat but unperturbed he drove home from the Boys Club where he teaches his magic to children. On the drive home he felt not that well, but continued to drive slowly and then he felt something heavy on his lap and it turned out to be his left arm and when he got home he laid down until his wife got home and called 911 when she realized what was going on. He is one of those men who never complained, and even though he had higher than normal cholesterol he was using some natural over the counter supplement, and now he knows how well that worked. Cholesterol in someone like he and I is made faster due to a genetic mistake. He is so untypical of most heart attack victims, rather laid back I would definitely say with a good sense of humor, his only problem is bad heredity, and an uncle and cousin both with heart disease, but as I said before his father is 93 and just fine.

Even my Mom, his aunt, who died from a stroke her heart was just fine, but she did leave a DNR, do not resuscitate order even way back in 1982.
My brother died from a stroke too, who is his first cousin from my mother’s first marriage child, my half brother, but no heart disease for him either.
Stroke and heart disease are different for everyone, and can be separate and separately deadly too.
People like to lump them together, why, I don’t really know.
Even me, since now I do have something neither of my parents had… high blood pressure with high cholesterol; they just had the high cholesterol and that was enough to kill them.
You know what we can all learn from all this is to live our lives healthy and happy and don’t ignore facts that medical professionals tell you, get the proper information to treat the problem and be pro-active in your own health care, but not obsessive, just prudent.

Please people age has nothing to do with health issues, people of all ages need to know the best way to live their life in the most healthful way.
I do know one thing though when our lives are in turmoil, like many are right now the last thing one needs is to not take care of ourselves.
Freebies are: not over indulging in anything, everything in moderation, get plenty of rest and exercise as often as you can.
Walking is free and a great stress reliever.
Start a vegetable garden in a single pot or an area of your yard, healthful and reasonable exercise and produce wise.
Sleep at least 7 to 8 hours a night for adults, children ten to twelve hours.
We will be nicer when we comply with those simple rules of life.
If the news is getting the best of your nerves take your walk then and arrange to do a volunteer job in the evening for another alternative to coping with reality; sometimes denial can work for your sanity.
We all know that taking mini vacations from our realities in life is a coping mechanism that even professionals will use at times, but it is hush, hush.

In closing I hope we all will mange to learn something daily, I know I will definitely try.
Now they say it helps ward off Alzheimer’s.

On that note let me wish you all a good night and to all count those blessings and I will too!

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