THE ANTI-AGING PHARMACIST VISIT - I

You are visiting a person who very seldom takes medicine or visits a doctor. Five years ago I noticed that my body was changing. I was going into menopause and I notice that there wasn't a lot of information for me during this change. Then 4 years ago I was having back problems, a bulge disk. I was overweight but I was becoming more so, especially around the abdominal.

Then I visited a doctor 2 years ago and he stated that I had high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I was sure that it would go away if I lost some weight. So a year later I went back and the blood pressure and cholesterol was still high and I had not lost any weight. Who was I fooling? I was fooling myself. My mother died of a heart attack and my father died with Alzheimer's.

I can do something different then what they did. It's now. I need to take control.

So I started to take my medicines for blood pressure and cholesterol.

Then last year I notice that I wasn't sleeping as well. I was snoring and I was waking up with panic attacks. This was scaring me. So I went and had a sleep study and the Doctors gave me a C-PAP machine.

I need to stop. I have the underliner on and I am become frustrated with this post. I'll finish my Anti-Aging Pharmacist Visit II later.

My Goal to Wellness

I have a goal to work on my wellness (health). I am 56 years old, I am over weight, I have high blood pressure, my cholesterol is high, I'm having back problems and I am post menopausal.

Why am I sharing this? I want to start a journal and I thought it would be fun to share my journey on a blog.

Above is a picture of me now with my grandchildren. My grandson and my purse are hiding most of my weight, but you get the idea. My weight is a whopping 250 pounds and most of that weight is in my abdominal area. Which puts me in a high risk zone. I want my next 10 years to be better than this.

This is what I looked liked at 26. I was young, adventures, fit and full of energy. I know that I will never be this young again but it would be nice to be fit and have some energy back.

I went to a pharmacist and her recommended treatment for my post-menopausal phase and how to fight anti-aging will be my next post.

I need to sign off and get going. This was fun to share.