Act F.A.S.T. and Save a Life!

Yes, I'm getting older! My knees hurt for no reason at times and my joints pop and crack like an old house settling. Yet I continue to push through by working out regularly, eating healthy, and hoping to slow down Father Time and ignore my athletic mortality. Many of my physician colleagues admit to neglecting their health due to the busy lives they lead, but I try my best to practice what I preach. Stressing the importance of healthy eating, being physically active, taking medication as prescribed and regular follow ups with a physician is more than just a reflex recommendation to my patients. It is an integral part of my day-to-day practice as my goal is to prevent disease, not just to treat. Despite having a family history of hypertension, diabetes and several types of cancers I have been able to avoid these dreadful diseases thus far. Never have I felt like "it could happen to me" until I bumped into a friend who took a beating from a stroke. Slurred speech, walking with a cane, and with obvious weakness on one side of his body, we reminisced about the "old days" and tried to laughed about the good times but he was not the same guy I met almost 30 years ago. The stroke had not only limited him physically, but impacted him mentally as he now battles with depression, not uncommon after suffering from a stroke. We talked for a while but he began to fatigue and as we went our separate ways I sat in my car I thought "that could happen to me." The statistics are scary: ever...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news