Is it just me, or….

“You mean now I have to be my own doctor too?” Well, if you want the right answers… yes. You have to know your own body. And if you don’t know your own body, you need to get started. And if you need to get started, you need to get started right away. Have you had blood work done lately? Did you know there are private labs where you can order your very own lab tests? The results are kept confidential, and they’re not reported to the MIB. No, that doesn’t stand for the Men in Black. It stands for the Medical Information Board. The MIB is an internet-based fraud protection service that protects insurers, policyholders and applicants from attempts to conceal or omit information, which assures the sound and equitable underwriting of insurance. Anyway, the private labs are great for running pre-tests prior to the Para-meds ordered by insurance companies. I’ve had nothing but great service from Any Lab Test Now here in Charlotte, so I’ll continue to use them for my updates. To explain, I monitor my progress as I adjust and tweak the various vitamin and nutritional supplements that I’m taking.

Artificial sweeteners come with names like Sweet’N Low (saccharin), or NutraSweet (aspartame), or Splenda (sucralose). They’re in bright colored packets of pink, or blue, or yellow. I personally believe they should be all in black packets with the skull and crossbones as a logo.

There’s so much information regarding their detrimental affects on human beings, it’s overwhelming.

I just turned 58 in age and no more feel that number represents my mental attitude, outlook, nor even my physical status than ‘a man in the moon’. Why am I here?

I’m short… vertically challenged, that is. I have no problem with being short. I try to be healthy, don’t smoke/ never have, exercise as often as I can, and enjoy an adult beverage occasionally. I do like Breyer’s mint chocolate chip ice cream, double-stuff Oreo cookies, and more. I believe if anyone could be addicted to diet Pepsis, it would’ve been me. If you name a diet, there’s nearly a 100% chance I’ve tried it. The same 20 to 30 pounds coming and going across the years, I could probably say I’ve lost over a ton. But, from a practical standpoint, these few extra pounds are so very hard to conceal on a short 5’ frame.  Elevated blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, tendencies for strokes, and the medical profession prescribing drugs to remedy these nearly wrecked my life. So, why am I here? (more…)