Tracey Alley's Blog - Posts Tagged "warning-signs"
Never, ever take your health for granted
I thought I was on the mend from my chronic anaemia problem and then took a very sudden, very dramatic turn for the worse. My red cell count, which should be between 120 and 140, dropped to 24 and my iron levels couldn't be detected at all.
I blame myself a little as the week before I collapsed I was feeling very tired and once again finding myself feeling short of breath at the smallest exertion but instead of going back to the doc's I kept working away - my thinking was 'I don't have time to be sick so I'll ignore this till I've finished the book'. Next thing I knew I wake up in hospital and I've lost two weeks.
It's way, way too easy when you're functioning to ignore the warning signs from your body that something's wrong - as I did. Because I could still walk and talk I figured I couldn't be too sick - wrong, very, very wrong.
Now I'm staying the in the luxury 2 star hospital being waited on hand and foot with the downside being because I can't get out of bed without fainting. It really isn't worth ignoring those little signs just because you're busy or it's inconvenient.
Anyway just wanted to remind everyone to take care of you first - only then can you be of any use to anyone else.
Cheers,
Trace
I blame myself a little as the week before I collapsed I was feeling very tired and once again finding myself feeling short of breath at the smallest exertion but instead of going back to the doc's I kept working away - my thinking was 'I don't have time to be sick so I'll ignore this till I've finished the book'. Next thing I knew I wake up in hospital and I've lost two weeks.
It's way, way too easy when you're functioning to ignore the warning signs from your body that something's wrong - as I did. Because I could still walk and talk I figured I couldn't be too sick - wrong, very, very wrong.
Now I'm staying the in the luxury 2 star hospital being waited on hand and foot with the downside being because I can't get out of bed without fainting. It really isn't worth ignoring those little signs just because you're busy or it's inconvenient.
Anyway just wanted to remind everyone to take care of you first - only then can you be of any use to anyone else.
Cheers,
Trace
