Chapter 11

Chapter 11 covered Cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes, which are all extremely important to be informed about although it may be sensitive to some who have had loved ones suffer from one of these conditions. We always hear how important our hearts and other muscles/organs are, but learning how in depth they are was crazy to see. Our life relies on biology and tiny processes we cannot see. CVD is the leading cause of death world wide, yet millions do not change what is in their control to help prevent it. The book stated some facts that caught my attention regarding CVD including more women die from it each year, African Americans are at higher risk, and also many die suddenly without previous symptoms. A loved one of mine passed away from a heart attack without any previous symptoms, so that is such a scary thing to me. Given they didn’t live the healthiest lifestyle, it can happen to anyone at any moment. Unhealthy lifestyle choices they chose included smoking, unhealthy eating, and no exercise. Those choices sounds like those of millions in the country so I urge everyone to relay and display healthy lifestyle choices. The reasoning why people do not practice a healthy lifestyle is usually “You only live once, so have fun”. My response to this would be that you cannot live, grow old to see your family evolve, and have fun if you do not have your health and life! Health is the most important thing, and we are finally seeing this with the Covid-19 outbreak. The second thing I want to talk about is strokes, as I also have a relative who has suffered 2, and he will never be the same. A short explanation of a stroke is not enough blood moving to the brain, so brain damage occurs. Strokes seem to be in my genetics so I need to focus on the ways to catch one before it is too late. There is acronym that makes it easy: FAST. Facial droop, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 9-1-1. IF you notice any of these happening, call 911 immediately so you can hopefully be treated before you your brain is beyond repair. The last thing in the chapter that I want to relay is the detection of cancers. The longer cancer is in your body without you knowing, the more it will mutate, and attack your body. Detection resources include x-rays, cat scans, ultra sounds, and touch tests. Males and females can carry out touch test. The male for testicular cancer, and a female for breast cancer. Skin Cancer can also be detected by just looking and noticing a mole or new mark on ones skin. If you ever stumble upon something where you are not sure if its fine or could be a hazard, always see the doctor to be safe. We cannot just stop cancers and CVD, but we can live a better lifestyle that lessens our chance of obtaining a disease.

My health aspect has seen better days, however I am excited for whats to come. Last weekend was my good friends birthday so we had some festivities at our house with the people we live with. Lots of food and alcohol was consumed so I didn’t feel great to begin the week. I have decided that I cannot eat sweets since I cannot stop when I have one. I also need to be more disciplined when it comes to lifting the weight I have at my apartment. I have gotten lazy this past week and there’s no way around that. I just need to get back into a routine then I think I will be back and motivated again. Its just hard since we have nothing to look forward to with everything being shutdown. I cannot even go shoot hoop or play football at the turf. I miss playing pickup basketball the most id say, so here is an old picture of me playing.