The Importance of Good Health

I was practically lying on my bed the entire of yday, feeling very terrible. I did a short reflection on the importance of having good health.

The problem of indigestion is not new to me. Ever since I had my operation in 1999 on intestinal complications, my stomach hasn been functioning well. Yday was a more severe case, as I was not only suffering from 'dancing stomach' & cramps, but also feeling very weak + severe headache + giddiness.

After seeing the doctor, I went back to my room, hoping to catch a good sleep. However, the moment i lie my head on the pillow, giddiness came creeping in and slowly it turned into headaches. I tried sitting up on my sofa but found myself too weak to pick up the magazines to read. I was wondering why I became so 'energyless' as if I have been drained out of all my strength and power. I also tried to 'meditate' by focussing on my breaths, hoping to get rid of the pains and giddiness, but my 'internal strength' was so weak that I lost counts very much faster than my usual sittings. Furthermore, any small amt of food intake (even one sip of water ) will cause my stomach to reject them and start giving me giddy spells + vommitings.

I was feeling quite helpless then as I have no energy to engage in any physical activities and yet lying down will only give me more headaches and giddiness. In the end, I have no choice but to gulp down 2 tablets of painkillers to make myself sleep. And there I slept from 11am to 4pm, and the 430 to 7pm, and 8pm till morning 7am. Finally I gain back my energy this morning and was able to make my way to work. My stomach is still dancing now and hopefully it doesn reject food when I go for lunch later. Quite interestingly, everytime i have indigestion, my stomach can go totally without food for about 2 days without feeling any hunger at all. Its only when the hunger pangs come running in, i know my stomach is ready for food. I hope to hear the pangs soon, haha.

I reflected and appreciated the importance of having good health. Many of us have been taking our good health for granted, as we are still young and healthy. Instead, we push our body to the limits by gorging on unhealthy foods, never exercise regularly and adopt the sleeping hrs of an owl. We din realise how immobilized or 'useless' we can be if were to lose our health one day. For instance, I was so weak and ill yday that I could not even pick up a book to read, surf the net or MEDITATE.

May all of us take good care of our health, eat healthy food, exercise regularly and adopt good sleeping habits.