I TRY to learn from each of my experiences (as well as others). And I have always tried to find the bright spot when things go bad. That silver lining. My recent hospital stay is nothing different. My mind is active trying to make sense of it and to make sure it doesn't happen again if I can help it. At the very least I want to be better prepared for that type of an emergency.
So far my bout with cellulitus is a freak incident that happened. I have spoken to people who are familiar with it and not everyone had a scratch or cut to attribute the infection to. My infection MAY be attributed to drying my feet immediately after taking a shower and getting a cut in between my toes. Just rushing to do something and I neglected drying my feet. Possibly.
After doing a little research my weight may have played a part in it. I read that some people are more at risk and the list included diabetics, the elderly, people with damaged immune systems and folks with circulatory issues. I lost 10-15 pounds while I was at Jacobi Hospital because I couldn't eat the food. I weighed 275. I am not saying I will drop to 200, but I will make a conscious effort to get and stay below 250. My goal is to drop to 225 lbs. I choose to think that this may have been a way to open my eyes and lose some weight before I hit 300 pounds. So I have started calorie counting. I am not going to be radical but according to the app I have I am to stay under 2100 calories a day. Since I have been home I have remained close to that. Most days I am under the goal. Most soda I drink now is just seltzer water. I try to limit my sweet sodas to one can of ginger ale a day. Yeah I drink an occasional iced tea but I monitor that on the app too. Once the leg swelling is gone I will be walking a lot more and will work out in the gym since I believe my biggest problem is inactivity.
I am not aware of being diabetic and one doctor alluded to possibly being border line even though the main doctors never spoke about diabetes and it wasn't on my chart and they took enough blood from me. However I am going to make sure I am not diabetic.
Hopefully I will never go to Jacobi Hospital again. The doctors and nurses rate high but I can't afford to go someplace where I can die not from any disease but from the food. My goal is to not go to the hospital at all, but I will make every effort to never go back to Jacobi Hospital again.
Learning experiences.
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