Today I Am Thinking About Good Health

Ten years ago, when I was 42, I had a health scare. I was pretty ill, and the potential diagnosis of colon cancer was a real possibility, along with Crone's Disease and other scary options. In the end, a colonoscopy revealed a large pocket of infection, which was successfully treated with high doses of steroids. My doctor also removed several polyps, which were thankfully benign. A specialist did another colonoscopy three months later, that showed no further problems. I've been healthy ever since and I am grateful every day for that.

Today I had my ten-year follow-up colonoscopy with the specialist and everything was fine! No polyps, no infection, no colonoscopy for another ten years! Rick and I are elated. I try never to take good health for granted, but it's so easy to do that, to let my daily aches and pains affect my mood when I should be rejoicing that nothing more serious is wrong.

It was about a year after this incident that I found SparkPeople and started along the path to a healthier lifesyle. Reflecting on this renews my determination to get back to a healthier way of eating and living once again.

When I was terribly ill ten years ago, my then 13-year-old daughter and her friend knew I couldn't keep anything down but jello and broth. I was sick on my birthday, so they went to a great deal of trouble to create a jello birthday "cake" for me. It really meant a lot! Here is a pic: