Short story I know will resonate with you...
As I've gotten older, I've experienced a number of "challenges" when it comes to my overall health, fitness and wellbeing.
I don’t have the ability to do the same kind of exercises a 30 or 40 year old can. I wish I could. But the aches and pains are too much to deal with.
I have 8 grandkids. Their energy levels astonish me. Each year I find it harder and harder to keep up with them.
I used to just chalk it up to old age.
...until a random visit to the hospital turned my life upside down.
Our local hospital was putting on a free bloodwork clinic for the community.
I hadn't been to a hospital in years. Frankly, I hate hospitals. The thought of being hooked up to oxygen machines and being fed with tubes is absolutely terrifying to me.
But my wife insisted I go. Got to keep the wife happy :) so I went.
I could see in the nurse's face when she took my blood pressure that something was wrong.
She checked it a second time.
Then a third.
Then she looked me in the eye and said "Mr. Burge, you're going to have a stroke or a heart attack before you leave this building."
Apparently, I was a ticking time bomb.
I was too shocked to speak. My wife began to weep.
I realized in that moment that unless I figured out how to lower my blood pressure FAST... there was a good chance I would not live to see my next Christmas.
My friend Steve was on 5 different blood pressure medications and the side effects were horrendous, so I refused to go the medication route.
I thought of my son Ken. He had recently turned his own high blood pressure around and lost a lot of weight.
Whatever he was doing was working.
So I picked up the phone, rang his number and said "Son, I need a miracle. What is the quickest, surest way to lower my blood pressure?"
Ken told me to get in the car, drive to the nearest grocery store, and buy this one food to eat.
It seemed too easy.
But I was ready to try anything. Plus, it had obviously worked for Ken.
So I immediately began eating this one food and followed the other simple steps my son shared with me.
As I've gotten older, I've experienced a number of "challenges" when it comes to my overall health, fitness and wellbeing.
I don’t have the ability to do the same kind of exercises a 30 or 40 year old can. I wish I could. But the aches and pains are too much to deal with.
I have 8 grandkids. Their energy levels astonish me. Each year I find it harder and harder to keep up with them.
I used to just chalk it up to old age.
...until a random visit to the hospital turned my life upside down.
Our local hospital was putting on a free bloodwork clinic for the community.
I hadn't been to a hospital in years. Frankly, I hate hospitals. The thought of being hooked up to oxygen machines and being fed with tubes is absolutely terrifying to me.
But my wife insisted I go. Got to keep the wife happy :) so I went.
I could see in the nurse's face when she took my blood pressure that something was wrong.
She checked it a second time.
Then a third.
Then she looked me in the eye and said "Mr. Burge, you're going to have a stroke or a heart attack before you leave this building."
Apparently, I was a ticking time bomb.
I was too shocked to speak. My wife began to weep.
I realized in that moment that unless I figured out how to lower my blood pressure FAST... there was a good chance I would not live to see my next Christmas.
My friend Steve was on 5 different blood pressure medications and the side effects were horrendous, so I refused to go the medication route.
I thought of my son Ken. He had recently turned his own high blood pressure around and lost a lot of weight.
Whatever he was doing was working.
So I picked up the phone, rang his number and said "Son, I need a miracle. What is the quickest, surest way to lower my blood pressure?"
Ken told me to get in the car, drive to the nearest grocery store, and buy this one food to eat.
It seemed too easy.
But I was ready to try anything. Plus, it had obviously worked for Ken.
So I immediately began eating this one food and followed the other simple steps my son shared with me.
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