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I am an open book and sadly, being an open book means that I share honest information with people who may not be able to relate to what I am going through, therefore cannot comprehend why I deal with what I deal with. To be honest, I am a pretty strong woman and I am a positive person, but I also am a realistic down to Earth “planner”. This means, when the going gets tough, I can’t just toss my hands up in the air and walk away. I have to fight and stay strong; I have to analyze what the best solution is and how to reach that solution. I am smart about things. This does not mean things don’t get to me or I don’t have a wound …

I finally decided to start putting my health up there on the scale of importance and saw a Primary Care Physician a little while back. My concerns were: Family History with Colon Cancer, and cancer in general. My high blood pressure Family History with High Cholesterol Diabetes and Thyroid issues in Family History I have also been having some heart palpitations that came with a tingly feeling in my left arm, blurry vision, dizziness and well it plain right scares me. I was having these during moments of rest and they started happening again so now we work on trying to see what is up with that. As it stands now, we are going to see if increased activity and attempt at diet changes will help with the high blood …