What the hell is happening to our health??????

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Permalink Reply by Rosenda on January 3, 2009 at 2:25pm

Miss Scarlett, thanks for asking about the rest of us. Peace to Kaos Blac and hope he heals up soon. And you, hope you are doing better now!

I thought so too but you know it's the little stuff we shouldnt do eat or be that accumulates. When you get as old me as me you start realize that. Another thing is this, I think you'll be relatively healthy if as you get on in years you pay attention to what your body says. If you get a stomachache every time you eat at Oki Dog for dinner or have a bag of Flamin Hot Cheetos W/ Lime and coffee in the morning, then it's time to listen and cut down or stop that shit entirely.

2 years ago I found out I cannot drink regular milk, not even in my coffee or tea or cereal. I have to stick to Lactaid or similar lactobacillus including brands, or take those tablets (thus far only one kind works for me but that shit gets expensive).

That was a big wake up call to me: that I cannot eat drink and do without thinking of the consequences anymore.
Hell, I had to stop beer a few years ago because it makes me sleepy for two days straight afterward and gives me gas.

Exercise is a priority that I need to meet this year, Miss Scarlett. For my health above all, and to lose whatever excess I have as a side benefit. Peace.

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Permalink Reply by miss_scarlett on January 4, 2009 at 2:31am

Rosenda, dahhhhhling....thank u very much 4 asking....i am feeling better. and the children are always a concern. they fight against themselves sometimes. i had my first chair dance tonight at a geezerly event this evening. lmao
....and welcome to the planet of lactose intolerance. ive been a resident for years. reduce your intake of acidic food as well, acid reflux can be a unpleasant parter for those of us who will not tolerate dairy. p.s go for the hard cheeses (sharp cheddar or swiss) the lactose levels are lower in them.

El, sweetie.....you have got to take good care of you. dont be like me and let it go until they are telling you your options are mind altering pills or surgery. all of the underlying illnesses we have as a people (ie. depression, fibroids, high blood pressure, etc.) are all aggravated by stress and negativity as well as the everyday things we consume. im afraid too eat stuff half of the time, thinking "awwww shit what now?". we have to ward off those factors in order to control our situations too. i see this all now......in retrospect.

But for real.....both you and El are right. the facade of health is scary. sometimes we don't even know what's lurking in the shadows. its retarded. i had a 15 year old student to fall out with a heart attack in 2007 and her sister had a rutured appendix in 2008. these are good kids. really nice kids. not the corner store chinese, pork fried rice eating, foul mouthed truants that plague or society. that is some scarrrrryyyyyy shit man, our children are suffering like we are.

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Permalink Reply by ibrother on January 5, 2009 at 2:37am

Scarlett, have you heard the term environmental apartheid?

Have you heard Majora Carter?

They're also lowering the medical standards to get more recruits, but that's another story.

Good luck

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Permalink Reply by miss_scarlett on January 5, 2009 at 11:12am

ibrother said:

Scarlett, have you heard the term environmental apartheid?
Have you heard Majora Carter?
They're also lowering the medical standards to get more recruits, but that's another story.

Good luck

everywhere you look, fibroids, asthma, cervical cancer, depression, bi-polar disorder, add/adhd, autism, etc. are so rampart in the black and latino communities. and we know how it got here, if we just think. strangely enough, i went to school for urban planning and also share space with unsavory things (men's shelters, rehab clinics, etc.) in my brooklyn community that has been a "lock out" for white investors and residents. its like if we can't get in, we'll make you wanna get out. and it still doesn't work.
i live in a small part of bedstuy, stuyvesant heights, that has basically reserved its homes for black people, deterring the "white absorbency" that has created new names for parts of old bedstuy reducing the size of the country's previously renowned largest black community (we can't have shit, not even the hood). the strong desire to make our lil part of bedstuy like the parts people feared went cold with the desire of the residents to "keep it local" with the constant addition of minority businesses. i wish things could be this way in harlem which now features, "soha" (south harlem) for the folx to buy up, all because we couldn't stand our ground, stick together, and invest in "us".
the standards in healthcare? puuuuh-lease! i swear i didn't know there were nurses or doctors in the hospital on the weekends when i was in kings county. empty and measure my own liquid drainage bulb....bitches.
im sorry...im just go on now.....i digress

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Permalink Reply by Rosenda on January 5, 2009 at 2:08pm

Thanks for saying that El and Miss Scarlett. I don't feel so crazy and alone about it now.

El, I totally forgot about the fact that our EMOTIONAL state totally affects our health otherwise. Sooooo true.

Part of me is still pissed off that I can't eat or drink things WITHOUT THINKING FIRST, but that is reality.

I am trying to see it as a discipline, instead of an assault on my personal freedom. I am also trying to feel it is a good thing and not denying myself something, that it is really being good to myself and thinking first what I put in my body.

It just doesn't "happen naturally" anymore that I'm okay, I have to work at it, at least a little bit each day. And slowly I am liking that. I still have my Cheetos and Coffee moments every now and then, but I don't do it all the time anymore.

I have also found that eating healty opens up more choices, in a way, than I used to look for in food. It's like more a treasure hunt going for my grocery shopping now.

And I've noticed that when I eat enough vegetables and fruits and all that in my diet, I am more satisfied for longer. :)

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Permalink Reply by miss_scarlett on January 5, 2009 at 4:12pm

yes, girl....i switched to decaf when i drink coffee. its bad that the treasure hunt has to be, but that is the main reason i go to the "treehugger", "chineyman" and rasta grocers. the six month wagon tumble of vegetarianism is what really kicked my health in the "s" gear. and beer is delicious and dangerous, i let it go 5 years ago. i miss my festivals....we can't do, eat, drink, see.......a damn thing without paying a price. im sad and heading out to get some maryland crab. fuck it, the 'ember months are over and i want crab cakes. come and get me mercury!

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Permalink Reply by Eris on January 7, 2009 at 3:23pm

miss_scarlett said:

ibrother said:

Scarlett, have you heard the term environmental apartheid?
Have you heard Majora Carter?
They're also lowering the medical standards to get more recruits, but that's another story.

Good luck

depression, bi-polar disorder, add/adhd, autism, etc. are so rampart in the black and latino communities. and we know how it got here,

Silly...don't know you, black people can't get depression. Those are WHITE disorders. :|

Please shoot me now. I'd take it...

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Permalink Reply by miss_scarlett on January 7, 2009 at 3:28pm

correction....they use it as a crutch, we avoid/deny it and try to self-medicate (money, cash, hoes, weed/drugs, alcohol, sex, etc.). welcome to modern mental health. no bullets for you, e. just a hug and a session. lmao

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Permalink Reply by miss_scarlett on January 7, 2009 at 4:24pm

u have never lied, el.....billie holiday, donyale luna, jimi hendrix, phyllis hyman were beautiful and talented. think if they were in different environments, they'd probably live longer lives......

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Permalink Reply by lyfenlyn on January 8, 2009 at 11:30am

miss_scarlett said:

correction....they use it as a crutch, we avoid/deny it and try to self-medicate (money, cash, hoes, weed/drugs, alcohol, sex, etc.). welcome to modern mental health. no bullets for you, e. just a hug and a session. lmao

Like on Entourage (eventhough they retired the phrase because it was getting overused)

HUG IT OUT BITCH!

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Permalink Reply by lyfenlyn on January 8, 2009 at 11:31am

miss_scarlett said:

u have never lied, el.....billie holiday, donyale luna, jimi hendrix, phyllis hyman were beautiful and talented. think if they were in different environments, they'd probably live longer lives......

That and not buying into the a.) doing drugs makes you more creative hype and b.) you don't need natural sleep, take this speed, you have too much work to do to sleep bullshit.

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Permalink Reply by lyfenlyn on January 8, 2009 at 11:32am

I think we need to love on eachother more openly. Feeling loved definately helps with keeping your spirit lifted which in turn keeps your body healed.

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