It was an incredible feeling leaving work early at 1:00pm on a Friday knowing that I wasn't going to return that Monday. Playing Savage Garden on the car radio and listening to the words "I want to live, I want to run through the jungle , The wind in my hair and the sand at my feet" truer words cannot describe the feeling of escaping the cage of work. I had it all planned out in my mind about the wonderful days following that Friday of what I was going to do and what I was going to accomplish. Then Saturday night happened.
Early in the day I went to Richmond, Va to visit with my parents and siblings having a great time eating good food and gossiping about life. As evening approached and I had another taste of the wonderful home cooked meal and headed off to bed skipping with delight I was about to experience some pain I had not ever felt before. I've had indigestion problems for a while but I woke up with heavy chest pain, my stomach was sensitive, and I couldn't find a comfortable way to lie flat in the bed. It hurt so bad I went to the Urgent Care Clinic.
My first visit didn't help, as the second, as the visit to my primary care doctor and not until I visited the actual emergency room did doctors discover it was my gallbladder. After 5 days of barely eating anything but soup and water did I find out what was wrong. I had waited until my husband came home from Florida to help me at the hospital and I was glad I wasn't alone. The surgery didn't take place until late the next day but thanks to some good pain medicine I got through it. Come to find out a few weeks later not only my mother, my sister, my grandmother and few aunts have also had the same surgery.
I know I need to learn how to eat better, exercise more and be less stressed. One of the main reasons I quit my job besides not feeling fulfilled was due to my health. I wanted to take time to lose some weight and get healthy. I want to get pregnant and I know if I continued on the same path it wasn't going to happen without spending a ton of money on fertility treatments. I look forward to the next several months of freedom from having to work daily. I'm grateful for the opportunity my husband gave me. I can't wait to see how it goes!
Early in the day I went to Richmond, Va to visit with my parents and siblings having a great time eating good food and gossiping about life. As evening approached and I had another taste of the wonderful home cooked meal and headed off to bed skipping with delight I was about to experience some pain I had not ever felt before. I've had indigestion problems for a while but I woke up with heavy chest pain, my stomach was sensitive, and I couldn't find a comfortable way to lie flat in the bed. It hurt so bad I went to the Urgent Care Clinic.
My first visit didn't help, as the second, as the visit to my primary care doctor and not until I visited the actual emergency room did doctors discover it was my gallbladder. After 5 days of barely eating anything but soup and water did I find out what was wrong. I had waited until my husband came home from Florida to help me at the hospital and I was glad I wasn't alone. The surgery didn't take place until late the next day but thanks to some good pain medicine I got through it. Come to find out a few weeks later not only my mother, my sister, my grandmother and few aunts have also had the same surgery.
I know I need to learn how to eat better, exercise more and be less stressed. One of the main reasons I quit my job besides not feeling fulfilled was due to my health. I wanted to take time to lose some weight and get healthy. I want to get pregnant and I know if I continued on the same path it wasn't going to happen without spending a ton of money on fertility treatments. I look forward to the next several months of freedom from having to work daily. I'm grateful for the opportunity my husband gave me. I can't wait to see how it goes!
Glad to hear you took the step and quit your job! Mine also almost killed me. I was never home and constantly stressed. At the end of the day you did the right thing. If you do not have your health, then what do we have? It is hard sometimes to take the leap, but you will see results soon.
ReplyDeleteBenedict @ U.S. HealthWorks Bridgewater