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A few columns ago I wrote an article about health. “Health
is Wealth”. I wrote that I was just about to have my annual
physical…. preventative medicine I call it….to find out if
one has a physical problem it can be fixed. I breezed
through the physical, waited patiently a few days for fifty
blood and other lab reports and let a sigh of relief when
they all came back NORMAL!!!!!
I only had one more test which is usually a snap. I had to
check in with my new eye doctor…an ophthalmologist I had not
visited before. My previous eye doc was a 30 year best
friend (we vacationed together) but he retired. So…here I
was with a new doc and A NEW MACHINE…which cost 80 grand…a
machine that I call the green, red and black line machine
(don’t know the actual name of it). Guess what??? Results
from the machine stated that I had some nerve damage in the
rear part of my eye. I had ZERO idea that I had an eye
problem. I was amazed!!! My new eye doc recommended I see a
doctor who specializes in neuro-ophthalmology….a world
famous doctor…to help make a determination as to what has
caused the nerve damage. To do this I was asked to take an
MRI…..sounds simple, but wasn’t for me. I quickly found out
that I am one of the 10 percent who become filled with
claustrophobia when placed in that long tomb like thing. I
tried it twice, and screamed to the attendant to “get me out
of here” both times. He did, and gave me a regular cat scan
that I handled fine. Yeah, a cat scan of the BRAIN (I was
amazed, because I have been told by friends that I don’t
have a brain in my head). I took the film back to the neuro
doc who said my brain looked fine….I did not have a brain
tumor (I would have panicked if I had known that was what he
was looking for!!!!). He sent me back to the regular
ophthalmologist who got the opinion of the neuro doc. The
new doc told me the treatment is a drop of medicine in my
left eye each day. That’s it??? That’s it!!!!
The point of all this is that it strengthens my argument
about preventative medicine (brains or no brains). Thank
goodness for the red, green and black line machine, and CAT
scan technology to advise the doc’s as to what may or not be
a problem in the future….so it can be fixed early in the
game if necessary.
Health is INDEED wealth!!! To be in the broadcasting…or any
business it is important to have your health to get maximum
mental stimulation, so that one can do their business
without worrying. Yep, I know, because I WAS THERE listening
to both of these experts come up with the results I hoped
for.
This column is a not the usual radio one….but I wrote it
hoping you will join me in preventative medicine so that you
have a long and fabulous career!!!! FORWARD!!!!
e-mail Kent
kent@kentburkhart.com
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