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Yes, sometimes those who take care of themselves die young & those who do all the wrong things live long. Life is not always fair like that. Some things we have no control over. My mother never smoked, only had the occasional social drink and ate/lived a pretty healthy lifestyle. She was maybe a little over weight at some points in her life but never obese. Around her mid 60's she suddenly started feeling tired & with little warning had to have triple bipass surgery with no history of any heart problems. While in that surgery they acidentallly punctured one of her lungs. She recooperated but the lung injury set her up to be more susseptable to getting future lung problems. Several years again with little more than feeling tired & easily winded she was suddenly diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. We later learned that her home (that I grew up in) had Radon. We lost her just a couple of months later.
I cannot do anything about things I have no control over, but I can take what precautions I can to prevent problems. I tested my house for Radon & encourage others to do the same. I have a life scan (torso) every couple of years & chest x-rays annually. I am trying to live an even more healthy lifestyle than she did & learning what I can. In that way I honor her and do what I can to avoid the same fate. I may be in a car accident tomorrow (knock on wood) but I can still be careful to avoid one. I am still going to have as much fun as I can every day. I am not going to go to extremes & eat only tasteless & un-enjoyable foods, avoid everything dangerous (impossible anyway) and be paranoid. But I do want to be as healthy as I can & feel & look as good as I can for as long as I can while still enjoying life.
That said, I did not get up & do my exercizing this morning as planned. For some reason, I could not get to sleep last night. Sleep is also important to health & safety. I will just have to do more when I get home. I will also try to be active as much as I can at work.
I tried extending my laptop holder up to stand but it is too unsteady to be able to use effectively that way. I brought left-overs from last night's supper for lunch but will still have to rely on my bars & home made cookies for in-between until I can have time to cook something better. I will do some hall walking as I get time today.
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