Re: Re: to the Moms

[Guest guest]

Ladies,

I just want to encourage you all to go in for a physical. I hadn¹t had one

for a few years (my doctor retired, then I got a new one and she moved). I

decided to wait for my dear friend who is a nurse to pick a new doc for

herself because she was looking, too. I thought I¹d just go to who she

picked. Anyway, she couldn¹t decide, and finally my husband talked me into

going to his doc.

So I went to my husband¹s doctor and found out I¹ve been anemic for probably

several years. I had been so fatigued, having dizzy spells, forgetful,

short of breath, had insomnia... when I later looked up the symptoms, I was

a textbook case of anemia. I feel so much better now that the iron has

kicked in! And guess what... when I told my friend the nurse, she finally

picked a doc and went in and guess what... she was even more anemic than I

was! We talked yesterday about how we let this happen to us. As parents,

we knew we would be tired, but it all happened gradually... and we had

forgotten what it was like to feel better. Since none of the symptoms were

taking us out of commission, we just kept going. Even when I went to the

doctor and told him my symptoms, I didn¹t connect them and thought they

wouldn¹t lead to anything.

So anyway, moms, please make sure you have a physical... we¹re probably at a

higher risk for anemia since our kids have that tendency. We get so busy

taking care of our kids that it¹s easy to let our own health care slide. We

need to take care of our own basic needs to be at our best to attend to the

needs of our kids.

Caroline G.

[Guest guest]

GREAT message!

I want to add that it’s VERY important to not just accept what doctors tell

you, as you probably already know from having an ill child. If something

doesn’t feel right, get another doctor! If, for example, a prescription or

protocol they give you creates new symptoms, they may have been treating you

for the wrong thing in the first place, or the meds are making things worse.

Kristy

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

Caroline Glover

Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:10 AM

Subject: Re: Re: to the Moms

Ladies,

I just want to encourage you all to go in for a physical. I hadn¹t had one

for a few years (my doctor retired, then I got a new one and she moved). I

decided to wait for my dear friend who is a nurse to pick a new doc for

herself because she was looking, too. I thought I¹d just go to who she

picked. Anyway, she couldn¹t decide, and finally my husband talked me into

going to his doc.

So I went to my husband¹s doctor and found out I¹ve been anemic for probably

several years. I had been so fatigued, having dizzy spells, forgetful,

short of breath, had insomnia... when I later looked up the symptoms, I was

a textbook case of anemia. I feel so much better now that the iron has

kicked in! And guess what... when I told my friend the nurse, she finally

picked a doc and went in and guess what... she was even more anemic than I

was! We talked yesterday about how we let this happen to us. As parents,

we knew we would be tired, but it all happened gradually... and we had

forgotten what it was like to feel better. Since none of the symptoms were

taking us out of commission, we just kept going. Even when I went to the

doctor and told him my symptoms, I didn¹t connect them and thought they

wouldn¹t lead to anything.

So anyway, moms, please make sure you have a physical... we¹re probably at a

higher risk for anemia since our kids have that tendency. We get so busy

taking care of our kids that it¹s easy to let our own health care slide. We

need to take care of our own basic needs to be at our best to attend to the

needs of our kids.

Caroline G.