Stay Healthy

Sickness is one of those life events that happens to everyone.

And sickness usually comes at the most inopportune times.

Because sickness happens to us all, we have been conditioned to believe it is inevitable.

But is it really inevitable?

Yes, it is.

Well, no, it’s not.

Granted, we all get ill a few times in our lives, therefore, it might seem inevitable.

But sickness is not inevitable.

In all honesty, I am a living testimony: I have never been ill since 2007 when I discovered healthy living.

I have not even caught the flu.

No kidding, I honestly don’t know what the flu is.

In 2007, I had my first heart surgery.

From 2007 till 2018 when I had a follow up surgery, I have never had any other form of illness.

Again, not even the flu and not even coronavirus.

My Road to Healthy Living

I came home from work one day in 2007 and started feeling unwell.

Thinking it might be because I had not gone to the gym for a long time, I kitted up and went to the gym.

After my gym session, I felt worse.

My temperature shot up and I started shivering uncontrollably.

My partner freaked out and called the ambulance.

I was rushed to the hospital where I was diagnosed with an infection of the heart valve.

A corrective surgery was conducted to replace the infected heart valve.

I might have left you with the impression that that I went to the hospital and I heart was sorted within twenty-four hours.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

I spent two and a half months in the hospital and still had to attend the hospital every day for another two weeks to complete my antibiotic therapy.

After that experience, I promised myself I would do everything within my power to avoid ever getting myself in such a situation.

I started researching and discovered there were lifestyle changes I could make that would prevent me from ever ending up in a hospital again.

 

Making Live Changes

I started making those lifestyle changes.

Here I am almost twelve years later, I have never entered a hospital except for a check up.

Why You Should Stay Healthy

After the surgery, when I gained consciousness, I gestured to the nurse to remove the breathing tube from my mouth.

He asked me to wait for half an hour.

After what I thought was half an hour later, I gestured to him again.

He refused.

When the surgeon came to see me, I gestured to the surgeon that I wanted it removed. He instructed the nurse to remove it.

The nurse, believing I had undermined his authority by asking the surgeon, became angry, and sought to forcefully remove the tube.

The next thing I remember was people rushing around me.

When I finally regained consciousness, it dawned on me that he almost killed me.

It was then that I realised how dangerous hospitals were.

Previous to this experience, I had repeatedly heard about medical errors.

You will not realise how dangerous a medical facility can be until you have had an experiential encounter.

Granted medics save lots of lives.

In the same token, medics cost lots of lives.

It’s more dangerous to be under the surgeon’s knife than to speed two hundred miles an hour on the motorway.

Just food for thought.

The next time you choose to engage in any action that would impact your health, remember this story.

How to Live a Healthy Lifestyle

There is a direct link between health and health related behaviour.

They include LESP:

• Living diet
• Emotional intelligence
• Suitable living environment
• Physical activity

Those are the framework of activities I live by, and they have helped me to avoid the flu for the past twelve years.

You can experience the same if you engage in similar lifestyle changes.

I will expand on those lifestyle changes further in my healthcare reform book.