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@amiablePeace77

Do you feel you are taking enough care of yourself or need to improve in certain areas?

It would be easier to point out the areas that don’t need as much attention LOL.

Predisposition for several different areas. Such as Mental Health, Father, Grandfather, & Grandmother all had dementia and potentially Alzhmeirs. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), father grandfather, mother had it.

So there are plenty (and more) issues that I will more than likely will get affected by\of.

I know there are plenty of things that should be done to help prevent and also early detection such as cancers I should\would\could\am? To be doing.

While I am doing a lot of things, I also know there is more that should be done. I just don’t always have the time (companies only permit so much time before you get fired), like blood tests. Insurance will only permit you to have 1 CBC test a quarter or 4 months forget. Also not all insurance company will pay for much of the require “things”. Such as “Terrien's Marginal Degeneration”, the cornea thins which causes stigmatisms, in my case extremely bad. I had two choices. Choice one, be out of work for weeks with surgery and pay thousands of thousands of dollars in surgery and out of work. Take medication for the rest of my life and that is with no guarantee of 100% success. Meaning, the surgery could go well but 6 mos later, I could go blind (lose the eye completely). Or Choice 2, get a highly customized made Boston Sclera Lens. Have instant knowledge and experience with corrected vision. No need for medication ever. Will need to clean and replace lenses regularly, Zero short term leave. An hour or two for scheduled Eye Doc visits. Couple thousand dollars (~2k). Option 1, the insurance will pay. Option 2 is 100% out of pocket. Insurance will not pay for any of it.

So we all need to pick and choose the battles will be fight.

@amiablePeace77. I’m doing as best I can at taking care of myself. I recently saw one of my doctors and am making a change in my diet that they suggested to me.

@amiablePeace77

i perceive I am.

Overall with mental and physical health generally.

I am having hip issues which I suspect is from the grafts for my spine probably arthritis cyst on Monday and my cane is now my best friend ….the loss of mobility scares me some bc of independence however I did travel out of country perfectly no issue bc it was well planned just add a wheelchair to your ticket … helped a ton.

I do find I will look after others before myself. Many are probably like especially with children.

@amiablePeace77

I am going to the doctor today for my Medicare wellness check-up. I do pretty well at keeping up with my medical stuff. I don't always agree with everything, but I am open and do my best. It is not that I think I know more than them but some things backfire because they overlooked something or gave me a med that has an adverse reaction,

@amiablePeace77 and @SunShineAlwaysGrateful

I need to work on doing a bit more for myself--personal care, rest, exercise, insist on getting out even if I must pay a driver... like SunShine, I am more likely to do something for someone other than myself. Sunshine, we should not feel selfish or guilty for taking care of ourselves...but it is just so hard when you know someone else needs something you can help with, but doing so often leaves us with no time left for our own needs. My new rule is if it is something they can do for themselves, they don't need me to do it. They will get to it on their schedule. It is kind to help occasionally, but too much to do it for them at your own expense (at the cost of your own well being).