Three wake-up calls that finally woke me up

Over the past seventeen years God gave me four wake-up calls, but it took three before I finally woke up. Here are the three wake-up calls:

1. Diagnosed with pre-hypertension and pre-diabetes.

It was about 12 years ago I was diagnosed with pre-hypertension and pre-diabetes. I thought nothing of it and because of that did nothing about it. I just thought it was a part of life and this is what I thought life had delt me and I didn’t listen to the wake-up call.

2. My wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Ten years ago, my wife Martha was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer. We were both in shock and really didn’t know how to deal with it. I didn’t know what to expect, no one to really talk to and just felt like we were the only ones going through this journey. I poured my life into taking care of my wife. To be honest I wish I knew back then what I know now that hopefully I could have helped her even more. I was so involved taking care of her that I forgot about taking care of me. I was tired, stressed out, had sleepless nights and had several anxiety attacks. If I just took care of me, I could have taken care of her even more. Again, I didn’t listen to the wake-up call.

3. I was diagnosed with Lymphoma.

It wasn’t until I was diagnosed with Cancer that it finally woke me up. I can remember my gut was hurting and finally went to doctor several times. I thought maybe I pulled a muscle of some kind. Then while my wife and I were at a Target store the doctor called and gave me the news that I had lymphoma. I was in shock and couldn’t believe it.

To make a long story short it was this diagnosis that made me want to take back my health. I began to search online until I finally came across Dr. Sears Wellness Institute. I thought this would be great to be a health coach so I could really take care of my health. Isn’t this amazing how God used this so I could help others also. I finally listened to the wake-up call.