We do it every day. We get up. roll (or crawl) out of bed, and do our morning routine starting each day not knowing if we will be getting back into bed that evening.
Every minute of every day we face the possibility that it may be our last, but for the most part we ignore the thought and just keep going about our business wherever the journey may take us.
This is a good thing, for dwelling upon our eventual demise on a daily basis would pretty much make life meaningless and take the fun of living away.
From time to time however, an event occurs that forces us to face up to the fact that we are not immortal (sparkly vampires can ignore this)...
One such event became a recent part of my life...
Last week we had the best weekend ever with friends in Albany. When it was time to leave however, I found myself with dealing with the worst headache ever and my stomach became very unhappy on the drive home( my lovely wife drove the entire distance.) I was feeling weak the next day but able to go to work. The day after that it had snowed of course, so the cars had to be dug out before we could travel. After shoveling a very small amount of snow I found I was having difficulty breathing...
So reluctantly I went to see the Dr. He ran a heart trace, did bloodwork, and xrayed the lungs all of which looked ok, but my blood pressure was quite high. Not the norm for me...
He told me no work until I could see my regular Dr. and have a stress test scheduled. I had that done today...
My heart is actually quite fine. Blood pressure is now under control with the meds my doc prescribed, and I have a follow up with him tomorrow. I feel much better so I am still chalking it up to fatigue from lack of sleep and over exertion...
Waiting to take the stress test the last few days really made me face up to the fact that we can depart this life at any moment. Tracy and I talked openly about our fears and how to deal should anything go wrong...
So take the time to really enjoy what you are doing. Stay in touch with friends, have fun, and leave the crap and stress that life can toss at you behind...
We only get one shot at this, so it is important that we make the most of it while we are here.
Every minute of every day we face the possibility that it may be our last, but for the most part we ignore the thought and just keep going about our business wherever the journey may take us.
This is a good thing, for dwelling upon our eventual demise on a daily basis would pretty much make life meaningless and take the fun of living away.
From time to time however, an event occurs that forces us to face up to the fact that we are not immortal (sparkly vampires can ignore this)...
One such event became a recent part of my life...
Last week we had the best weekend ever with friends in Albany. When it was time to leave however, I found myself with dealing with the worst headache ever and my stomach became very unhappy on the drive home( my lovely wife drove the entire distance.) I was feeling weak the next day but able to go to work. The day after that it had snowed of course, so the cars had to be dug out before we could travel. After shoveling a very small amount of snow I found I was having difficulty breathing...
So reluctantly I went to see the Dr. He ran a heart trace, did bloodwork, and xrayed the lungs all of which looked ok, but my blood pressure was quite high. Not the norm for me...
He told me no work until I could see my regular Dr. and have a stress test scheduled. I had that done today...
My heart is actually quite fine. Blood pressure is now under control with the meds my doc prescribed, and I have a follow up with him tomorrow. I feel much better so I am still chalking it up to fatigue from lack of sleep and over exertion...
Waiting to take the stress test the last few days really made me face up to the fact that we can depart this life at any moment. Tracy and I talked openly about our fears and how to deal should anything go wrong...
So take the time to really enjoy what you are doing. Stay in touch with friends, have fun, and leave the crap and stress that life can toss at you behind...
We only get one shot at this, so it is important that we make the most of it while we are here.
