Promote cancer awareness! We hear this all the time. That means educating ourselves and those around us about those signs and symptoms that raise red flags and for which we should immediately seek medical advice. Do you ever sit there and think...hmm, I wonder what this node or mole is, haven't noticed it before. I've just been losing a lot of weight recently without even trying; I've been getting all these night sweats...I wonder why. Why am I bruising so much recently; I've been getting all these inexplicable fevers...and so on. My son experienced several of these symptoms early on in his journey before his diagnosis, and I missed the warning signs because I didn't know. [See the entry titled Jayron-The Lesson of a Life.]
Homeostasis again...that word I love so much. The body's healthy state. Every minute; every second, our body is making biochemical and physiological adjustments to revert to its healthy state or baseline. And those signs and symptoms I mentioned above are part of that process.
Often, these symptoms creep up on us gradually and sometimes they are pretty overt. But the good news is that we know our bodies and we know intuitively when something is wrong. It helps even more to be aware so that we know which of these changes to take seriously. It could save your life or the life of someone around you.
Here are some of those signs to look for from The Healthy, a newsletter that showcases healthy living advice for mind and body. Please click here.
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