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Personal — Posted on November 16, 2007 at 8:13 am
Time was, I could put my body on autopilot and not worry about it. I didn’t expect to have to pay close attention in my early thirties already. But the irony is that, if my computer exhibited a problem I’d be all over it, recording symptoms and the steps it took to cause the problem in the first place, what programs were running, the ambient room temperature, everything. If my ear goes numb for five minutes, however, I shrug it off, “Well, I’m sure there’s a good reason for that.”
I now take notes at my doctor appointments, because I know I haven’t figured out a system for remembering medical details yet. Raised liver enzymes? Good cholesterol is down? These just don’t hit home with me somehow. Plus, when I get home I’m going to get grilled by my wife for all the details, and I’d better be prepared. After all, if I don’t relay my medical history to her, it will be forgotten. I sure won’t remember.
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Ugh.
Well, look at it this way. At least you know you’re not sterile.
In the last two years I’ve been diagnosed with apnea and RA.
But the frustrating thing is that I haven’t felt Right in years and just chalked it up to stress, getting old and, well, honestly, just ignored it.
This is a male thing, right? Or do you know women who ignore physical symptoms?
Can’t just be a guy thing…I’m the total opposite. I keep track of everything about my body – caloric intake, grams of fiber, location of spots, bumps, and scars, etc. But if my computer acts up, I just convince myself that all I need to do is restart it. And if restarting doesn’t help then it just needs to be turned off for a few minutes. Does that make me…weird?
Not weird. Remarkable? ;-)
I am somewhere in between. I keep track of certain kinds of symptoms that freak me the hell out, and other stuff I shrug off. With my computer, I’m the same way. Certain things I just turn it off and back on again. Other things, like noises the freak me the hell out, I take it to the computer doctor.
It’s nuts. My blood pressure was fine until I started working out. I hate worrying about my health. It’s all so…..nebulous.