Today’s blog post is going to be a bit of a digression from what I usually write. It’s not funny. It’s not about our upcoming book. It’s not about caregiving. It’s about a personal experience that I’m hoping you can learn from.
I mentioned in a recent post that I recently had surgery. My lesson to you today is to LISTEN TO YOUR BODY and make your doctor listen to YOU. I knew something was wrong after surgery but my doctor said everything was fine. The specifics aren’t important, but what is important is that after a week of getting worse, I finally convinced him that what I was saying needed to be checked out. And guess what? I was right. And it was life threatening.
I was admitted to the hospital immediately and everything is fine now, thank goodness. I shudder to think what could have happened if I had not pursued this.
YOU KNOW YOUR BODY BETTER THAN ANYONE.
DO NOT BE SHY! INSIST ON TESTS IF YOU FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM. If your doctor won’t listen to you, find another doctor.
That’s my lesson for the day. I promise to be more funny on Wednesday!
Karen
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