Fighting to win....
Here is a mind exercise...
Next time you go to the grocery store or the mall, look around you at the people.
There are a lot of people...Who are morbidly obese. Many more who now qualify as obese.
How many of them have been told they have a life threatening illness?
How many of them have been told they need to do everything in their power to fight their disease to survive?
This is just a thought I had driving home from work last night.
Now I have a favor to ask of you...
If you are battling the bulge I encourage you to take this fight seriously!
If you are a Doctor who treats patients...I beg you to talk with your patient and explain to them the seriousness of their obesity and its implications.
For years my Doctor who is a stickler for preventative medicine always asked me these questions.
Have you stopped smoking? (Yes I finally did.)
Do you wear your seat belt? (No question.)
Are you in a dangerous relationship? (No.)
Its funny though--even at my top weight he never said..."You know--that extra weight is killing you."
It's time Doctors start adding this statement to their arsenal.
It's also time we as patients start becoming partners in our own healthcare.
Ultimately we will win a healthier body...the Nation will win by controlling the health care crisis.
And I suspect places like Victoria's Secret will see an amazing increase in sales.
(c)2005 Michelle D. LEE
Imagine you, a loved one or a friend receives a diagnosis of a life
threatening illness.
The first reaction may be why me or why them.
Grief is often followed by anger and then action!
Most people would enlist the help of the best Doctors they could
find...They would find a way to follow the Doctor's orders and scrape up the
money needed to provide themselves or their loved ones with the best medicine
and treatment available.
What if it wasn't cancer, or MS, heart or lung disease?
What if that diagnosis was Obesity?
How many people do you think would work with their Doctor, research every thing possible and do what it takes to fight this life threatening disease to extend their lives and make every moment count?
Next time you go to the grocery store or the mall, look around you at the people.
There are a lot of people...Who are morbidly obese. Many more who now qualify as obese.
How many of them have been told they have a life threatening illness?
How many of them have been told they need to do everything in their power to fight their disease to survive?
This is just a thought I had driving home from work last night.
Now I have a favor to ask of you...
If you are battling the bulge I encourage you to take this fight seriously!
If you are a Doctor who treats patients...I beg you to talk with your patient and explain to them the seriousness of their obesity and its implications.
For years my Doctor who is a stickler for preventative medicine always asked me these questions.
Have you stopped smoking? (Yes I finally did.)
Do you wear your seat belt? (No question.)
Are you in a dangerous relationship? (No.)
Its funny though--even at my top weight he never said..."You know--that extra weight is killing you."
It's time Doctors start adding this statement to their arsenal.
It's also time we as patients start becoming partners in our own healthcare.
Ultimately we will win a healthier body...the Nation will win by controlling the health care crisis.
And I suspect places like Victoria's Secret will see an amazing increase in sales.
(c)2005 Michelle D. LEE
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