I learned recently that my cousin has just been diagnosed with Stage 4 Liver Cancer. She's about 20 years older than me. Considering my son just turned 18, I can say that 20 years flies right by. The doctor said that she had fatty liver, and that it probably contributed to the cancer. It's hereditary, and her mother also had fatty liver, and I was also diagnosed with it a few years back.
So as I sit here with pain in my liver and my fourth day of diarrhea, I truly have a new outlook on weight loss and a REASON to lose weight. I was losing so well, and then after Dad died, I just didn't care. I self-pitied for months, and I've been trying to get back on track for weeks now. I just don't seem to have a lot of get-up-and-go. I guess a little bit of it is depression, grief... With some stress added in, considering I lost one business last year (and even worse, lost my business partner/sister in the process), and have spent this past one working so hard to get another business off the ground and stable....plus my son graduated and is now a college student! Yes, the baby is in college! It's all just a little overwhelming and my brain is all over the map. I really, really need to regroup my thoughts, and get my health in order. Top of the list is weight loss, lower fat, a good supplement regimen for a healthy liver, and exercise. I'm 43 and would like to live another 40-50-60 years!
Back to the liver pain I mentioned above - I don't automatically think that because I have liver pain that I have cancer. It's just a health reminder being sent to me ... maybe by Dad!?
Oh, I lost a pound last week.
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