Don’t let the world, the naysayers, or your health get you down - fight back!
Hi folks, welcome! Glad you came by!
Willbe is letting me know that he wants to get away from this guy’s negative attitude, it’s getting him down. We left!
Why do I say only listen to good news? Because the bad news will find you, as the news media and people in general love to repeat bad news.
I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop this morning, listening to a guy I know and like pretty well, but I wanted to get away (so did my dog Willbe!). Then I realized that he (the man, not my dog) was providing a litany of negative statements about everything. Even though the coffee was great, I left feeling a little down, whereas when I went in I was in fine spirits. Negative attitudes can get to you!
The problem with bad news all the time is that it drags you down, especially when you can’t do anything about it.
I would prefer to be lifted up, especially when it comes to my abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft. Then, the other day, a member of one of our ‘aortic forums’ said that she had been living with a graft like mine for 10 years, and no problems or restrictions. Don’t you think that made me feel good. What if she’d said her dad had one and he died after five years of a leak (I’ve had mine for nearly four years already).
How would that make me feel? More confident? Glass half-full?
No! We need good news to dilute the deluge of bad news in the media (and in coffee shops, it would appear).
You need something to make you smile when dealing with life-changing surgery.
How about this message from Christina on one of our forums (fora?), who is worried about her Dad:
“Is there any good news that comes from someone that has had a type A AD [aortic dissection] and it has been years and years since the first AD and not had any problems since? I keep reading such bad things post first AD…”
So, this blog post is about asking people who have survived an aortic dissection, and then got on with life effectively and with a positive attitude and outcome, to write into the comment stream of this post for Christina.
She needs good, encouraging news, please! I know it’s out there.
Happy Trails.
Kevin Morgan aka FitOldDog
Important Note: These posts do not provide medical advice. You should always consult your physician before undertaking or significantly modifying an exercise program.
Copyright © 2010 Kevin T. Morgan aka FitOldDog, Old Dogs in Training, LLC.
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