For about two years now I have had this little red spot on my forehead near my hairline. The dermatologist has done various things, short of cutting it out, to remove it. Monday the doctor finally cut it out. I just received the results of the biopsy and it’s another carcinoma- no big deal but I have to return for the remainder of it to be removed.
The reason I’m mentioning this is to educate-it didn’t look like a carcinoma. It was just a red spot that kept getting inflamed and would bother me periodically and then clear up.
And speaking of education and "wake up calls"... I'm currently watching Oprah... Her program today is devoted to heart disease - the causes, the treatments, the prevention(!). And the doctor/specialist she has on has even brought actual "samples" of hearts, aortas, livers, and "bad fat".
WOW!
Earlier in the show, she followed four of her audience members/fans through a heart scan. Two received good news. Two did not.
-I'm actually a little shaken right now. However, I've been looking/waiting for that final bit of news/information/inspiration to get me seriously back to a healthier lifestyle. I think this was just it.