's motd Tuesday Nov 15, 2011

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IGNORING IT...

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Doesn't make it go away! What

am I talking about? Well, I'm talking about that pain

you may have been experiencing or the little bump on

some part of your body. The pain or bump has been

there for a couple of months and you've really thought

nothing of it. But it's been consistently bothering

you and...it's still there. (This ever

happen to you?) Well, it happened to me once and I

want to share my story with you.

I had this little bump on

my face that just would not go away.

See, I had this little bump on my face, just

to the right of my nose. It had been there for a

couple of months and just would not go away. I tried

applying Neosporin, I used a little Calamine lotion on

it once and, in fact, I tried a number of home

remedies to get rid of that bump.

Every time I looked at my face, I could only focus on

the bump near my nose. Meanwhile, none of my efforts

to get rid of it worked. So I finally bit the bullet

and made an appointment to see a dermatologist. When

I did, I was shocked to discover...that bump turned

out to be a form of skin cancer!

The dermatologist sent me to a surgeon who removed the

cancerous bump. I have to tell you, I was scared to

death because you know how we get when we even hear the word

cancer. Thankfully, after the bump was removed, it

never came back. I was lucky but, looking back, I

have to say that I waited way too

long to

see the doctor about it.

If you have a pain in your

body or a bump somewhere that just won't go away, don't

ignore it.

Look, if you have a pain in your body or a bump

somewhere that just won't go away, don't

ignore it. You

need to do what I finally did. Pick up the phone and

call your doctor. Just don't wait like I did

with that bump on my face!

In most cases, your doctor will be able to help so

that you're not in pain anymore. Or she can at least

tell you that little bump is nothing to be concerned

about.

I don't have to tell you that living with

pain is dreadful. Sometimes, the pain may bother you

all day long and into the night. It affects your

work, the way you eat and may even affect whether you

can get your workouts in or not.

When something is wrong,

your body "talks to you."

Look, that pain may very well turn out to be

"nothing." But, on the other hand, it could turn out

to be a sign of something more serious. As you get

older, you can't afford to ignore those things that

aren't right with your body. When something is wrong,

your body "talks to you." It's trying to let you know that

something is not right. So please, listen to your

body because, like I said at the beginning of this

message, ignoring

the problem will not make it go away. In fact,

ignoring it may give a

minor medical problem time to turn

into a

more serious one.

Please, take

good care of that special body of yours!

Love,