We are strange creatures.
How’s that for a profound & definitive opening?
I have a blood test scheduled for 8:30am Monday morning and
it requires a 12-hour fast which means that in about an hour and ten minutes, I
have to stop eating until after the blood test.
For the last 20-minutes or so, I’ve been trying to decide what the final
meal will be – everything from a burger at McDonalds to a bowl of tinned soup
here at home. I’m used to “grazing” as
they call it and rarely stop nibbling much before 11pm or so. Tonight must be different due to the intricacies
of blood tests which can tell my physicians how things are working in terms of
my blood chemistry. Makes me think that
I am truly blessed by the access to great health care which I have.
A short time ago, I was watching the movie Gandhi on
TV. I think about the situation he faced
in the early 20th century in trying to bring independence to India
and how little the Indian people had, compared to the luxury lifestyle of their
English overseers. As Mohandas Gandhi so
clearly demonstrated, for the vast majority of Indians, their clothing of
simple spun cloth was all they could call their own. There are still so many people in this world
in a similar situation who are exploited by overseers who are interested only
in lining their own pockets and making themselves wealthy. Greed is a vicious trait.
How seldom do we take the time to reflect on how fortunate so
many of us are to have access to great health care, quality education, and
food, shelter and clothing. We are
indeed the fortunate few.
7 comments:
I hope the blood drawing went well VP.
Here the 12 hour fast has been changed to a 14 hour one.
Gandhi and Mandela are two heroes to me.
Lately i am seeing close up how good a health care system we have.
Yes we are blessed with our health care of course it has problems but we are still far better off than most.Hope all is well
Back in Blogland Veep.
I hope all went well with your blood test.
I am currently reading The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard which has great detail on the post WW2 world and the behaviour of the "conquerors".
Interesting you should mention our lives of privilege.
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Sory to be so late getting back with an update. Thanks for the good wishes GFB. Results ok but some new medication added. 3 month supply costs $217.00 Yikes!!!
John, you're so right about us being far better off than most. I think about the team of doctors and other health professionals from Easter Health who head out every year to bring some advanced medicine to those in major need. God bless their efforts! Take care.
WWW, seems the tests form an ongoing part of my life now. I used to think of the old ladies with the Sobeys bags filled with pill bottles. Now, I qualify for my own Sobeys bag !!! :-)
Your blog so inspiring for me. Thanks for sharing knowledge.
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