I am still a newlywed (not yet reached our first anniversary), and now that God has blessed me with a very rewarding job, and my wife has great benefits... it was time to seek out a physician for myself. There are quite a few health issues I need to get under control and/or deal with... diabetes type II, being overweight, high blood pressure... in the forefront. My lifestyle before I allowed God to be first in my life was VERY unhealthy to say the least. I have not had a 'doctor' for over 20 years. I had an appointment last Friday... I met with this physician and had my initial vist... he pretty much let me go over what I felt was important and needed attention... I'd say my visit was at least an hour. After a rectal exam (worried about the prostate) we proceeded to just rap... during this tete a tete he happened to say 'Praise the Lord'... well it was really on then... the conversation became extremely spiritual. The Doctor is a Christian like myself... God hooked me up with a saved man of healing... his ministry is healing with an M.D.. before the end of the visit he came over to the table and I prayed for him and he for me. It was such a blessing. He then left to start another patient and write out my scripts... when he returned he asked me a question... 'Do you know your wife loves you?'... I didn't even bat an eye and replied... 'She wrote you a letter about me didn't she?' (knowing my wife, of course... she don't hedge no bets). He replied yes... but had so much integrity, that he didn't read the letter until AFTER our visit (he didn't want to be biased, wanted to hear what I had to discuss and reveal). I love my wife... I am totally sure she loves me... if I had not been totally honest with the doctor... she was ready to do it for me... maybe there are those of you who are saying to yourselves right now... 'how dare she?' I'd say she would have saved my life even if I wasn't ready to... that's how much she loves me. By the way my visit and her letter coincided with all respects to my health, Praise God we are on one accord! Just thought I'd be a little transparent today...
Let us journey on... in health...
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� Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - Things are looking
Glad to see you are prioritzing and putting God and your health in the forefront. Not having a doctor for 20 years...that is something I'm coming up on. It's probably been 10 years for me. Being an African-American myself I understand the health issues and diabetes. Diabetes runs in my family and probably will catch me eventually. I need to start making healthy choices myself. I have two children...1 daughter and 1 child on the way. My fiancee and I plan on getting married early next year. Therefore, I'm living for more than just myself now and need to be healthy for my family. I always say I'm going to go to the doctor but I'm always procrastinating. I'm not afraid and its not like I don't have the insurance, but I always seen doctors as a waste of my time. In my case they never seemed to benefit me, when I was younger....so I stopped going. But, now that I'm older I understand the benefit they give, it doesn't have to be every visit is a direct benefit...but indirectly in the least. It's almost like an oil change or tune-up on your car...if you never get it done then eventually something is going to go wrong that can't be repaired. On that note...I will as well schedule a visit to the doctor....sometime in the coming weeks :-) Procrastination....a deadly sin!