discussion Anybody ever have a horrifying health scare that made them change their lifestyle?

[Bears01]

I have type 1 diabetic for going on 25 years ago. After 10 years, diabetics are at increasing risk of going blind. Last month, I went to the eye doctor, and they seen stuff in my retina they didn't like. 
 

So I went to see a retina specialist, and they said I had to extra monitor my blood sugar, so that I don't have to have surgery or even worse: suffer permanet damage that can make me lose my vision. 
 

This whole experience was frightening and eye opening, but I have a new machine that can monitor my blood sugar 24/7 and it's made me extra cautious. 
 

I was wondering if anyone has ever experienced something like I have before and what they did to change their habits 

[єѕℓαм]

Oh god I don't wanna get too deep 

It didn't happen to me personally but my dad had a lot of health problems including two strokes and a rare virus called Guillain Barre syndrome that eventually ended his life i've been there with him through it all and took him from one hospital to another and saw how he suffered through it all & after he died i made a promise to myself to always take good care of my health, eat healthy and exercise regularly and i kept that promise ever since 

[Joyride]

Yes actually I had no job and I had cancer twice, they removed two chunks of my intestine and I had quite the horrible time with that. healing was bad.

 

I also can't absorb iron now so I'm constantly in-and-out of anemia.

[Johnny Jacobs]

Colitis and i had a tumor in my colon. 

 

Stopped smoking and stressing. 

[Archetype]

6 minutes ago, Joyride said:

I'm constantly in-and-out of anemia.

 

Anemia isn't that bad after a while when you keep it in check, the worst thing is the random tiredness.  The worst thing for me was that paired with low blood pressure, so my limbs would randomly go numb if I didn't move them enough or if I didn't eat the right things.  On the positive side, it forces you to live a very healthy life, which has *a lot* of benefits.

[DemetriaLove]

I have a rare central nervous system tumor in my spine that will likely kill me one day - most people with this live 10 to 15 years. Over time it will likely cause progressive disabilities before killing me and that has been really hard to come to terms with. But it has made me try to enjoy every day and not worry about small things that don't matter. 

[Joyride]

7 minutes ago, Archetype said:

 

Anemia isn't that bad after a while when you keep it in check, the worst thing is the random tiredness.  The worst thing for me was that paired with low blood pressure, so my limbs would randomly go numb if I didn't move them enough or if I didn't eat the right things.  On the positive side, it forces you to live a very healthy life, which has *a lot* of benefits.

Anemia is bad for me, actually, because I can't just eat the correct stuff or take iron supplements and make it go away. I have to get the iron via IV and if I'm lucky my body keeps some.

[Smarticle]

I'm in this situation rn but with a family member  praying it's nothing

[Bears01]

6 minutes ago, Smarticle said:

I'm in this situation rn but with a family member  praying it's nothing

Similar to mine? Praying for your family love 

[Jotham]

It's not a severe health scare, but I took a physical recently and found out that I have prehypertension. A lot of my male ancestors on my mother's side suffered from high blood pressure later in their lives so it's at least important for me to know this in my twenties instead of when I'm much older, so I can take preventative measures now.

 

Since then, I've started becoming more mindful of what I eat and have been incorporating cardio more into my fitness routine. I've also started joining Facebook groups online for people with blood pressure problems and it's helped me become much more mindful of my health.

[Bears01]

43 minutes ago, єѕℓαм said:

Oh god I don't wanna get too deep 

It didn't happen to me personally but my dad had a lot of health problems including two strokes and a rare virus called Guillain Barre syndrome that eventually ended his life i've been there with him through it all and took him from one hospital to another and saw how he suffered through it all & after he died i made a promise to myself to always take good care of my health, eat healthy and exercise regularly and i kept that promise ever since 

Im sorry to hear that king, I lost my dad due to cancer so im glad you are ahead of it 

[єѕℓαм]

1 minute ago, Bears01 said:

Im sorry to hear that king, I lost my dad due to cancer so im glad you are ahead of it 

Thank you and may both their souls rest in peace 

[sexyback007]

I'm sort of going through it right now. I had a severe panic attack some months ago (severe mostly because I didn't know what it was and thought it was a heart attack for almost an hour, eventually going to the ER). Life after that has been challenging, the first few months I would live with heightened anxiety and an OCD reaction was triggered as well, leading me to even more anxiety and some pretty dark days. I'm doing so so much better now and very close to normal, mental health is something that I've never really struggled with before so the adjustment has been tough. Anyway, I still get mild OCD and anxiety whenever I have a weird sensation in my body, or even normal ones like heartburn and such. I've let go a bit of watching my weight and my physical health in general, so these sensations make me anxious because I feel at risk of having a heart attack or something since I've gained some weight (it's very unlikely, I've had many physicals this year and my cardiac health was basically top notch, but it's hard to reason with anxiety). Now I'm trying to change my habits and engage in more physical activity to regain my trust in myself and to be sure those moments of fear are nothing more than that, so wish me luck!

[Smarticle]

18 minutes ago, Bears01 said:

Similar to mine? Praying for your family love 

Maybe not in the chronic disease sense but we don't have a diagnosis yet but it's definitely a health scare 

[naval23]

being diagnosed with prediabetes made me do 10k steps a day and I've already lost 20 lbs in the last 3 months from that 

 

I'm also more conscious of how many carbs I'm eating per day 

 

it unfortunately runs in my family

[RussianRoulette]

I thought I had HIV last year. I was stressed, I couldn't eat, my hair was falling and all that. 

Turns out I'm negative but I gave up sex completely after that. 

Maybe in the future if I find a stable and trusting partner I'll start again but no more for me since that huge scare. I was literally contemplating s****e until my results came.

[Carla Rosón]

1 hour ago, DemetriaLove said:

I have a rare central nervous system tumor in my spine that will likely kill me one day - most people with this live 10 to 15 years. Over time it will likely cause progressive disabilities before killing me and that has been really hard to come to terms with. But it has made me try to enjoy every day and not worry about small things that don't matter. 

have you yet checked for experimental treatments?

[Qmhp]

1 hour ago, Johnny Jacobs said:

Colitis and i had a tumor in my colon. 

 

Stopped smoking and stressing. 

Honest question, how do you stopped stressing? 

My nervous colon is killing me 

[The Queen]

1 hour ago, RussianRoulette said:

I thought I had HIV last year. I was stressed, I couldn't eat, my hair was falling and all that. 

Turns out I'm negative but I gave up sex completely after that. 

Maybe in the future if I find a stable and trusting partner I'll start again but no more for me since that huge scare. I was literally contemplating s****e until my results came.

Omg. This is my story from 4 years ago. I've never been the same since then. For 2 years I thought I was positive but the OCD and anxiety  after that have remained even after I was confirmed negative status.

Edited November 12 by The Queen

[RussianRoulette]

22 minutes ago, The Queen said:

Omg. This is my story from 4 years ago. I've never been the same since then. For 2 years I thought I was positive but the OCD and anxiety  after that have remained even after I was confirmed negative status.

I was so scared because my body fights off most medicine as I have a high drug allergy so I would've been ****** either way. 

I'm glad you're healthy. Stay safe.

[Alldeezy]

I got heart issues and this other thing  but haven't been proper checked because the places my doctor recommend me too I've been too scared so I got like a ultrasound and heart x-ray check thingy I haven't been too and it's been nearly 8 months 

[Johnny Jacobs]

9 hours ago, Qmhp said:

Honest question, how do you stopped stressing? 

My nervous colon is killing me 

Alot of mental work. Basically developed a **** it vibe and mantra. I realized nothing is worth stressing over. It won't change anything. Such a cliché but i really just let it be. 

Edited November 12 by Johnny Jacobs

[TheArgonaut]

Yes, a literal chronic incurable illness after years of mental health struggle and trying every kind of treatment for it