Letrell
Member
Hello, Everyone. Letrell here.
I haven't been posting on here in a long time...part very busy, part just reading, and part because I became lazy.
I have always been one that would read a post; when someone whines I would say knock it off (in so many words). We are responsible for our choices. Our reality... OUR reality ... is that our choices or lack thereof can kill us.
I send well-wishes from my hospital bed; I've been here all week, most thankful to even be alive.
On Easter I fell. Two days later I could not walk. My legs were jello. My muscles were almost nothing. After a night in ER, it was determined I injured my spine and the physician had to figure out why it affected my legs so badly. Test after test after test...nothing. Three weeks later, I was able to walk without limping. I was able to climb 2 stairs without help. My thighs were jello; but I was okay.
On Monday, I stood up at my desk and went down. I had no legs. They weren't tingling, they weren't numb, they were just not working. By mid afternoon I was admitted and on a potassium IV. I was lucky. No...I was blessed. I was blessed to have been in a hospital that had a physician that understands what the body needs to survive. The way he put it to me was simple: "Your potassium level is impressively low."
Back-stepping a year. I hate taking vitamins. I hate drinking protein. I absolutely HATE liquid potassium. So have I been taking them the past year? Nope. Why should I? I'm thin now. I don't over-eat (I barely eat). Every so often I take vitamins. Liquid potassium is just gross. I don't have to drink it! LOL. Right. The proper response...I didn't CHOOSE to drink it.
My potassium level on Monday was 1.5. Look it up. I was a breath away from heart failure and as it was described in gross detail, my muscles were preparing to "explode". I was paralyzing my legs. No wait...I did paralyze my legs.
I can not express how very thankful I am for this second chance. I sit here awaiting release. My level is still low (2.7). But I am okay now. Three days of a 24 hour potassium drip along with liquid potassium has saved my life.
So why am I posting now? To knock some sense into everyone!!!!
No more excuses. No more, "I don't like it", "It doesn't taste good", "I can't find what I want", "I get sick when I eat that", "I get sick when I drink that". Well, friends...so flippin what? The reality of not taking vitamins, of not drinking protein, of not drinking potassium is simple. Don't want to do it? Don't. Just make sure your house is in order. Be kind to those around you and pay for the cemetery plot now. Don't make others clean up your messes. The reality of our choices is simple...do it right, or die. It may not be tomorrow or in a week or a month or even a year; but make no mistake, your body needs the vitamins and minerals. Your body needs the foods you are told to eat. Your body MUST HAVE IT. Choose not to give it what it needs and you are choosing death.
If anyone...ANYONE... wants to chat, I am here for you. But don't come to me expecting me to coddle and say it's okay to not do this or this. You won't get it from me. I understand how hard it is. I understand not wanting to. I understand the pain of the heart and mind. I understand the tears. I understand because I've lived it all. I understand the joy of losing over 200 lbs. and everything that comes with the loss. I truly, truly understand. And I care so very much for each and every one of you to be honest and give everything I can to help you. I do understand all of it....but I have one up on you all... I now understand near death from my choices. I now understand what happens when we don't do what we have to do to stay healthy and live. I didn't go through all of this to die anyway.
I want to live. I want to love. I want to give.
Take your pills. Drink the crap. Exercise. And tell those around you how very much you love them.
You never know when it will all come to an end.
I haven't been posting on here in a long time...part very busy, part just reading, and part because I became lazy.
I have always been one that would read a post; when someone whines I would say knock it off (in so many words). We are responsible for our choices. Our reality... OUR reality ... is that our choices or lack thereof can kill us.
I send well-wishes from my hospital bed; I've been here all week, most thankful to even be alive.
On Easter I fell. Two days later I could not walk. My legs were jello. My muscles were almost nothing. After a night in ER, it was determined I injured my spine and the physician had to figure out why it affected my legs so badly. Test after test after test...nothing. Three weeks later, I was able to walk without limping. I was able to climb 2 stairs without help. My thighs were jello; but I was okay.
On Monday, I stood up at my desk and went down. I had no legs. They weren't tingling, they weren't numb, they were just not working. By mid afternoon I was admitted and on a potassium IV. I was lucky. No...I was blessed. I was blessed to have been in a hospital that had a physician that understands what the body needs to survive. The way he put it to me was simple: "Your potassium level is impressively low."
Back-stepping a year. I hate taking vitamins. I hate drinking protein. I absolutely HATE liquid potassium. So have I been taking them the past year? Nope. Why should I? I'm thin now. I don't over-eat (I barely eat). Every so often I take vitamins. Liquid potassium is just gross. I don't have to drink it! LOL. Right. The proper response...I didn't CHOOSE to drink it.
My potassium level on Monday was 1.5. Look it up. I was a breath away from heart failure and as it was described in gross detail, my muscles were preparing to "explode". I was paralyzing my legs. No wait...I did paralyze my legs.
I can not express how very thankful I am for this second chance. I sit here awaiting release. My level is still low (2.7). But I am okay now. Three days of a 24 hour potassium drip along with liquid potassium has saved my life.
So why am I posting now? To knock some sense into everyone!!!!
No more excuses. No more, "I don't like it", "It doesn't taste good", "I can't find what I want", "I get sick when I eat that", "I get sick when I drink that". Well, friends...so flippin what? The reality of not taking vitamins, of not drinking protein, of not drinking potassium is simple. Don't want to do it? Don't. Just make sure your house is in order. Be kind to those around you and pay for the cemetery plot now. Don't make others clean up your messes. The reality of our choices is simple...do it right, or die. It may not be tomorrow or in a week or a month or even a year; but make no mistake, your body needs the vitamins and minerals. Your body needs the foods you are told to eat. Your body MUST HAVE IT. Choose not to give it what it needs and you are choosing death.
If anyone...ANYONE... wants to chat, I am here for you. But don't come to me expecting me to coddle and say it's okay to not do this or this. You won't get it from me. I understand how hard it is. I understand not wanting to. I understand the pain of the heart and mind. I understand the tears. I understand because I've lived it all. I understand the joy of losing over 200 lbs. and everything that comes with the loss. I truly, truly understand. And I care so very much for each and every one of you to be honest and give everything I can to help you. I do understand all of it....but I have one up on you all... I now understand near death from my choices. I now understand what happens when we don't do what we have to do to stay healthy and live. I didn't go through all of this to die anyway.
I want to live. I want to love. I want to give.
Take your pills. Drink the crap. Exercise. And tell those around you how very much you love them.
You never know when it will all come to an end.
