Taking responsibility for your health

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐

As in the middle of chemotherapy I had a bleeding that almost killed me

I had to be quarantined while my white cells were 0 and red cells were declining quickly

I had a nurse looking after me who was very curious about my symptoms before my diagnosis

I could feel she was suffering in silent

And was dealing with things not going right in her body

When I told her that I didnโ€™t have time to have a colonoscopy done

Because my surgery was an emergency one

She asked me

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ?

I told her

“๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ

๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐›๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ”

I asked her

“๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ?”

She nodded

Then I asked her

๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€?

She said:

๐—ก๐—ผ, ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ.

I asked her

“๐–๐ก๐ฒ?”

She said

“๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ž”

I explained to her that

“๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ.

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ž๐

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€ฆ

๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ.”

She was adamant that it was easier not to face her problem and not to go to the doctors

She was adamant that it was better not to know

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐Ÿ”ฅ

I became so fired upโ€ฆ

Even though my body was weakโ€ฆ

I felt an instant burst of energy

I told her

“๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ?

๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น

๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐Ÿ˜ช

๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†โ€ฆ

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€โ€ฆ

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€ฆ

๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟโ€ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜?

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€ฆ”

She told me she was too scared because she ate too unhealthily

She ate too much sugarโ€ฆ

Her husband had diabetesโ€ฆ

She couldnโ€™t face CHANGE

I told herโ€ฆ

First things first

Go to your doctor and get yourself checkโ€ฆ

Donโ€™t assume anything that you donโ€™t knowโ€ฆ

But you have to face thisโ€ฆ

Hiding from it is not the solutionโ€ฆ

This nurse saw people dying day in day out

The cancer ward is not for the faint hearted

She still chose

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„โ€ฆ

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—š๐—˜

Change is challenging

And whoever tells you is not

It is not speaking the truth

Change requires so much courage

Resilience

Effort

It is a roller coaster of ups and down

But so many people choose to stay where they are

Because they make themselves believe that staying where they are

It is easier

This nurse told me

๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ˜ž

I said

“๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ž๐

๐๐จ๐ฐ

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ

๐”๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ ๐๐ข๐

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐๐จ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ”

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ถ๐—ณ

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜€

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต

๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜€

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.โค๏ธ

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