1. For an escape and some piece of mind, I intended to bring The Gormenghast Trilogy back with me, which I have held onto for too long and still not finished. I forgot it.
2. I'm very almost in my overdraft and still awaiting/pestering for my pay.
3. I didn't see enough of my dad when I was home.
4. My front-right tooth is stained down a crack where it is chipped, and the stain will not go away.
5. A certain news story.
I'll elaborate on 5 first, but I'll make a few things clear before I take the plunge. I've got nothing 'against' anyone because of their weight or size, and I also think I'm lucky to be in a country where if I need medical or financial assistance (provided I meet certain requirements), I've got the infrastructure behind me to help. Granted it can be a massive hassle getting that help (for example, my maintenance grant for university is a godsend, but trying to squeeze a loan out of Student Finance Direct can only be described as a mountain of stress), but at least it's there, to help people who need help.
I wonder if this family, instead of trying to recieve more money due to their size, have tried looking for a job? Unfortunately the story is missing detail like this, because you don't need to be fit and healthy to work, all my work involves sitting infront of my computer, and at the moment I do it all from the comfort of my room.
I'd also genuinely like to know if being overweight really is genetic or hereditary. I've always imagined the only thing that's hereditary is the lifestyle, while you're living under the same roof it's difficult to have a lifestyle radically different from your family, and undoubtedly if you leave home you'll take some of that lifestyle with you.
Vegetables are not expensive.
Back to number 3.
Years ago my dad started having problems with his heart rate. They recurred too often, sometimes at night my mum would have to drive him to hospital, and I would go to school having no idea what condition he was in, and having a rather small understanding of his problem in the first place.
He was placed on a waiting list for surgery that we believed would stop his heart murmours.
I've got a poor concept of how much time passed, but eventually he got to the top of the list and had the surgery. It was successful, we thought. It was here I found out that surgery on his heart was infact much more difficult than the next man, because he's such a strong runner. Why? Because the heart is a muscle. If you train specific muscles, they become bigger, thicker and stronger. His big strong heart was now suddenly a problem.
Perhaps 3-4 years had passed, with no heart problems at all. Then, just last week he was in hospital for the same problem. Evidently the surgery didn't work. Apparantly, just diagnosing what is wrong with his heart is also made harder because he's fit and healthy. It's been suggested that he has a small hole in his heart. After nearly a week in hospital, we still don't know.
He was back out and on medication when I got home, but it's unnerving not knowing what's wrong.
It's also extremely depressing to see the most active member of your family now in fear of a hobby that has nearly encompassed a lifetime.
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I can certianly understand everything that your talking about. My father used to work for the Lighthouse board and was very energetic and now because of all the problems he has, not with his heart, but other problems like hardening of the arteries and together with having no thyroid gland (plus other numerous things).
My Father now spends his day working for a computer games company from home. Unfortunatly due to his increase in weight because of Thyroid problems and not being able to get around because of Hardening of the artieries he is unable to get the help he needs to get better.
My dad is happy enough doing what he's doing but it's heartbreaking to see him slipping from the real world and what he used to be able to do, its not easy.
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