I was too overweight and was declined. This was my breaking point and started on my journey. About 8 months after I started my body change, I hit my goal and my BMI was low enough to do the job, but I didn’t stop there. I went on to enlist in the Army and wanted to lose the most weight I could and be in the best shape of my life before going into basic training. Along the way I was hit by many physical and mental challenges.
Neuropathy prevented Ian seeing where his body was which is a petrifying feeling; literally Ian was “The Man who Lost His Body”. It took a year for Ian to stand up safely and six months to put on his sock, this sensory process was long and tedious. This documentary taught me how we are fortunate to have sensory abilities; most people take it for granted because it’s natural. It was unbelievable how Ian recovered from this illness. The doctors told him that he will be in the wheel chair for the rest of his life but he was determined to regain his strength and movement.
The manner in which we were told to book our first patients hardly 3 weeks into the academic year left me in such apprehension that I needed some reassurance from some of the senior students that they were once where I was and had completed the ‘çhallenge’ successfully. My supervisor, as if sensing my fears explained to my patient that the treatment would take a considerable length of time as she was the first ever patient I would be attending to as a dental student. My patient’s main complaint was that the dentures that she had been wearing since 1994 were so ’blunt’ that she could hardly chew with them anymore, the teeth were indeed worn out occlusally and incisally. All she wanted from her new dentures was something to chew with and teeth of a lighter shade, which made my job less demanding. My patient, Ms Carew was a 72 year old pensioner who lived with her daughter.
When the announcement came, we were overcome with emotion that our name was not called for that meant that we were champions. Practicing for this goal was no easy task. It was complete with hard work, blood, and sweat. Each year we began with band camp, a grueling two-week period
The casting process was very painful for me. My mom says that I didn’t sleep the night after a new set of casts. After 18 months of casting it was not as successful as the doctors had hoped. I then had two separate surgery to finish the correction of my feet. The doctors cut my tendons so they could reform my foot and fastened in metal pins to hold it in place until my feet could heal.
I had to go on independent study because I was bedridden. I started getting really sick again so I went to the hospital and by the middle of April they said they would have to take her. I was scared. I didn’t know if she would live or not. She was born April 21, 1993 weighing only three pounds fourteen ounces and was sixteen and a half inches long.
Behavior Change Contract Paper When I first read this week’s assignment it surprised me because I was already making a contract with myself to quit smoking. I currently smoke about a half a pack a day and I know that it is very unhealthy for me and the people around me. I currently just started a new job and do not have insurance at this time. The reason this is important is because I have tried to quit smoking on my own and failed too many times. With insurance I can get a drug called Chantix which helps blocks the sensors that make people enjoy smoking cigarettes.
Physical health: I am about 60 pounds overweight and have recently started dieting and taking A.C.E. to help me lose some weight and get back on track. Due to the extra weight I’ve been having high blood pressure, which if not put in check can cause drastic problems for my physical health. Social health: I believe social health is necessary for overall health. If I go for more than a few days without texting my friends or seeing anyone I begin to feel alone and depressed.
My Scared Driving Test Going back that dreadful place was the scariest thing that I had spent in my have-no-idea-about-transportation life. After three times taking the driving test, two days before the day of my fourth driving test, my teacher told me that he decided to let me do the driving test again. The morning of that scary day, I woke up earlier to prepare myself carefully for the driving test. Then, my parents drove me to DMV. This driving test I would spend was the time when I felt that there was nothing in my mind, but fear and anxiety.
I knew I couldn’t care for the baby like I wanted to. I was unemployed and I just started going to school for my GED. I knew there would be a family out there that could give the baby the world, I knew I could of but it is better when there are two parents there for support. When I went to my first doctor’s appointment, I asked my doctor if I was a bad person for wanting to give the baby up for adoption. She said no.