Jamesetta Smith - Older Americans

When I think of preventive care, I think of a person who enjoys life, however, when I think of acute care, I am reminded of a person who really does not care, a person who has no concerns of ever being sick. Many have the rationale that we all have to die with something. This is saying to me; do I choose, life, death, pain, suffering, surgery, therapy? There is no question for me; I choose LIFE. My imagination would run away with me if I had not followed the steps which I did when I had symptoms which made me feel as if I was losing my mind and thinking death was my only alternative. The experiences I had 5 years prior to being diagnosed with lupus were unreal. Chest pains, fingers turning red, white, and blue, my hair falling out, a dark spot inside my ear, excruciating joint pain. The only thing I knew to do was to go see my family doctor for all of the symptoms. My body continued to go downhill with 2 hospital stays, fluid drawn from my lungs, a lung biopsy, and kidney problems. Finally, one doctor said you have lupus but he could not explain the disease. He gave me an article to read which stated I would die after about 10 years of being diagnosed. Many days and years have gone by and I often wonder would I be alive if I had not gone to seek medical help. Doctors coming into my hospital room telling me that I would not make it were frightening. The excruciating pain and the many problems I had, death was the only way out. After officially being diagnosed with lupus and be...
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