Things I know to be true – We are all walking miracles

Back when I was child I genuinely believed that when my mother kissed my knee to make it better, she did actually do that. And as I grew older although that belief faded away in the light of the obvious ‘fact’ of the medical model, it never truly disappeared. Time and again I would reflect on what it meant to be healthy and when my own health challenges began in my mid-teens, some part of me always knew that my mother’s kiss held meaning. I remember being 16 years old and just about to sit ‘O’ levels, as they were then. I had been having a period for what must have been weeks and I was tired and probably anaemic, so Mum took me to the doctors for a check-up. The doctor, a kind woman, looked at me and my mother and said ‘it’s the exams’ and gave me some iron tablets. Although I was shocked by what she’d said as I expected her to do some sort of medical magic; reflecting back over 40 years later it was that simple conversation that started me on the path that brought me to today. Today, I know we all walking miracles. Every single minute of every single day our bodies are undertaking massive construction, repair and replacement jobs. If this were an infrastructure project like HS2, the cost would run into billions. Seemingly all by itself, my body is managed by a minuitae of activity from breathing to moving and experiencing the world around me. My body releases the right chemicals at the right time to let me know I’m ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Health life miracle Source Type: news