The Warning Signs & The Ignoramus Mind!

 
“Our body is the evidence to not only our existence but also to the various factors relating to our health that comes with the form”- these words of his wife, Esha, kept playing in his head as he lay in the hospital bed, waiting to get discharged.

A heart attack at the age of 42 was like a deafening blast that shook Amit from within. He had expected the heart to scream for help at later stage of his life.
How he wished he had acted before and not taken the toothache lightly for a week, believing it to be cavities. "I will have to go through root-canal treatment anyway; I will visit Dr. Sathe on Saturday. Let me finish this project first." He popped a pain killer and winked at his wife.


"Fool! Fool!", he kicked himself mentally for ignoring the warning signs.

His wife, a health conscious, had always pointed out to various health factors one goes through in day to day life, boring Amit to death. The perfect way to eschew the lectures was to nod his head and ignore her words. Sigh! If only he listened to his darling wife.

The previous year, Esha had dragged him to a health conference, conducted by a local community club, where a few health experts had gathered to address people on warnings and signs of illness our bodies show. All he gathered from the seminar was how delicious the snacks were. Although, he had faint memories of a few sentences he had picked up from a speech by a well known dentist, whenever his wife elbowed him to listen. The speech was bravely different from the usual medical lingo, but it still was a lecture he wasn't interested in.


"Our body envelopes our soul, thus, giving us a physical identity on earth..." - Was how the aging doctor had begun his speech.

"Can you remember the speech by that old dentist?" he asked his wife.

After being held in the hospital for several days undergoing various tests, he was told that the toothache was not due to cavities but was a symptom of a weak heart. Now he wanted to know & to listen to every word…every sentence of that speech.

"Yes, I do. In fact …"

Esha, out of her habit had managed to get a good fraction of the speech in print. “God bless the woman.”, thought Amit.

Nest day she came with her laptop and handed it over to him and there it was; the speech- all in print…albeit not all of it.

"I will go downstairs; kids will be here in two hours". She planted a kiss on his forehead and left the room shutting the door behind her.

He was now alone with the words, he begun reading it, he knew his life wouldn't be the same from now…

"And this structure comes with various detailed mechanism that helps us live healthily. Every curve, every outline, every shape of our structure speak of our being.

But with ill-habits the design is disrupted, thus, resulting in various health issues which we suffer as we age.

Any disturbances in our body and we are informed about it. However, Mother Nature has her own ways of telegraphing the message. She has designed and programmed our bodies in such a way, that it signals us about every change it goes through. The healthier we are the brighter our appearance is and vice versa.

As a clear & glowing skin is a sign of a healthy liver, a chronic toothache might be the result of a heart ailment. Your heart is asking for help and has chosen your tooth to deliver the message. In this case, the body is signaling and all you need to do is visit a dentist and follow his advice. Ignoring such symptoms is not something you can afford to do, especially in today’s fast-paced stressful lives."

He re-read the page several times, like he wanted to carve every single letter from the document in his mind and his soul. He emailed the document to every soul he knew. He read about more warnings and tried to gather as much as information as possible.

"How are you feeling honey"

Amit, looked at his wife, more than four hours had passed since she left the room.
"Ignored." 

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Our body is the evidence to not only our existence but also to the various factors relating to our health that comes with the form. It, ergo, becomes our priority to take seriously any warning, cued to us, never ignore the signs.

**This is an entry for The Moral Of The Story Is.. for more information on the subject of warning signs by our gums and teeth visit www.myhealthyspeak.co. **

When Facebook Goes Pink with Breast Cancer Campaign…

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This morning I woke up and logged into Facebook and there was a message sitting pretty neatly in my inbox waiting for me with hope in its eyes, that I won’t shun it this time like I did it twice last evening, when it appeared in my inbox.

The message read:
"Without replying to this message, put a heart on your wall, no comment, just a heart. Next, post a heart on the wall of the person who sent you this message. Then send the message to your women friends, only women. If anyone asks you why you have so many hearts on your wall, don't tell them. This is only for women, because this is breast cancer research week. One small act of solidarity between women. To type a heart, first type < and then 3. It will turn into a heart as soon as you post it.
p.s. don't forget to post a heart on my wall" 

Last year, a similar message was circulated among ladies in the same manner, in February, stating it was Breast Cancer Awareness month and we couldn't tell the boys about it; "keep them guessing", it said.

I have had such messages in the past too, "share your bra color, share the place you would throw your handbag".

Here, I don’t intend to ruin anybody’s fun nor I imply that this is a criminal act. In fact, to join a campaign for a good cause, I am always in. 

However, if I have to spread awareness I would rather do it openly and not in a hush manner or play a game with rules that bans more than half of the population from knowing it. I don’t see how we can raise awareness in this fashion.
The knowledge, the understanding, the act of solidarity is extended through talking about the issue, through sharing data, by discussing it at every level.

The campaign to begin with, does not educate us with the causes, the symptoms or the treatments of breast cancer. 

It does not encourage any of us to go or send our loved ones, for a mammogram.
The most disturbing part of it, however, is that it excludes men without realizing that, they (the Men) too are victims of Breast cancer and by barring them we are putting their lives at risk.

Whether it's research week or awareness month let’s make constructive efforts towards the cause, spread awareness to all and most importantly not bar men from it.

The Morning Person ...!!

Most of my life I have been a morning person... almost my entire childhood (baring the vacations, when I could pamper myself into my beloved slumber world, for a good couple of hours more) was spent waking up early with a grunt and asking for more 5 minutes of sleep, tooth brush hanging from the mouth with a face, that would say, "life sucks". The shower did the impossible task of waking me up enough to get dressed...then came the dreaded thing---Breakfast, "seriously, who eats at this hour".

Well, all that changed, as I am a grown up girl now or is it my body that has become accustomed to the torture, errr...lets just stick to the grown up thing *smirks*.

Yes, I wake at 6.00 am & have I benefited anything from it ? You bet, I have :D

Benefits of waking up early :

1. I have enough time to do some stretches and a few workouts. Though, some days, I stick to only stretches and leave the workouts for the evening.   "Have to leave some thign for the evening too".
2. I get to have my Tea and breakfast, and enjoy them at a relaxed pace. "Yes, I eventually did fall in love with my breakfast".
3. The tick-tock of Mr. clock doesn't panic me while I get ready for work, as loads of time in hand. I do my hair, my make-up (whatever little that I do,as I am not much of a pancake person) without giving the horrified look to Mr. clock, every 2 minutes. "I put together my clothes the night before to make it easier in the morning".  
4. I don't rush to take a rickshaw, rather I walk to the railway station (thus, getting a good round of walk of 15 mins) and reach in time. "I have a particular train to catch, remember !!".
5. My day begins early, so I can wrap up early and have more free time for "Me". I spend time more with my family and sometimes get to that store with a big board that says, "SALE". *smug look* 

And ..ahem! I did become a night owl a few years ago, for some time...my body began to revolt & I had to give up to its demand. 

So, are you a morning person or a night owl?

P.S.  Now, I brush my teeth with a face, that says.......-nothing. 

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