You’ve Got To Stop Pushing Your Health To The Back Of The Queue
Your health is not something that you should be neglecting, and yet there are so many people who do. While we understand that there is a lot to deal with in terms of your health, that doesn’t mean you can avoid it and just hope that it sorts itself out. The reality of the matter is that this isn’t going to happen, and if you don’t want to be struggling due to your health, you have to make some changes.
Down below, we’re going to be taking a look at some of the things that you should do in order to stop pushing your health to the back of the queue. Keep reading if you would like to find out more.
Stop Pretending There Is No Issue
The first thing that we’re going to talk about is you pretending that there are no issues. If you genuinely have no health issues, that’s great and we’re really happy for you. But, if you know that something isn’t quite right but you’re pushing it down because you are still able to function in your daily life, this isn’t good enough.
The best thing that you can do for yourself here is to acknowledge that something isn’t quite right, make a note of it if you don’t think it’s serious and keep an eye on it. If things worsen or if it becomes a frequent problem, you have to do something about it, because you could be harming yourself more by leaving it.
Get The Help That You Need
One of the most effective ways to start taking your health more seriously is to learn exactly what your current state is, and to address it bit by bit. With the help of concierge medicine, you can go much further than the typical checkup, allowing for a deeper level of advanced, bespoke care based on your needs.
Speaking of doing something about it, getting help is your best option. Book an appointment with your doctor or whichever medical professional you need, let them know what is going on, and then you can go from there. They may want to run some tests, they may want to try you on some medication, or they may refer you to a specialist for further investigation. At least this way things are being done, and you can start to move towards an improvement.
We understand that it’s scary to face problems like this, but it’s always better to get help as soon as you can to treat illnesses that you may not even realize you have. For example, lung cancer has many different indicators, some you wouldn’t even think of, and the same goes for other illnesses that don’t always present the way you would expect them to.
Understand The Importance
Finally, you need to understand the importance of your health if you are ever going to take care of it properly. You need to understand what can happen if you don’t look after yourself, so we strongly recommend doing some research here.
We hope that you have found this article helpful, and now see some of the things that you should be doing in order to put your health first. It doesn’t belong at the back of the queue with all of the other non-essential things that you’ve got to do. You need to prioritize your health, because you are the only one who can.
I agree with you completely about prioritizing our physical health, especially due to knowing all the health problems in our parents, siblings, and grandparents that can be genetic, like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes (which we, like others in our family, have unfortunately been diagnosed with). At minimum, getting a yearly checkup with one’s primary medical care provider is very important to catch health conditions before they become very serious, and to monitor health conditions one already has to prevent serious complications from developing. I have found that I have to be the one to speak up and advocate for myself with my health care providers in order to get the care I need or it often doesn’t happen, like insisting on a referral to a dermatologist to get some spots on my back checked that my primary care provider dismissed as “nothing to be concerned about” that, when biopsied by the dermatologist, turned out to be skin cancer. (Fortunately, they were basal cell melanomas, and were easily removed completely; but if they had not been found early and removed, they could have continued to grow deeper into the tissues and possibly to have started metastasizing.) After that experience, I changed my primary care provider, and the one I have now listens to me when I say that I am concerned about something with my body and gets it checked out.
So, please, everyone, follow Shirley’s advice and put your health as a priority in your life. Your life may depend upon it.