Introduction

| |- Everyone of us wants to live a healthy lifestyle and wants to strong and fit till our time on earth is over and that’s why we do all we can to take care of our body by giving the body what is needed to avoid it from breaking down.

In today’s health diary section, I’ll be discussing about my time at the hospital and the type of food, water and exercise that was recommended to me by the doctor.

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For years now, I’ve been having this sharp pain at the right side of my ribs but I never really took it serious because it was mild. I thought it was cold because that’s what everyone kept saying. So, I started sleeping with clothes on and not exposing my body to cold temperature but it seems it wasn’t working. This year, the pain had increased and has some how moved around my lower back region. I had to go to the hospital.

![862BA0B7-B3C5-4739-AC61-140145858D64.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRhExEwNpDCwGigFRXwGJZRM77E3SK2uqwz6indnEt6W3/862BA0B7-B3C5-4739-AC61-140145858D64.jpeg) Well, since it was a public hospital, it almost took forever before I could see a doctor. I got to the hospital before 7am, thinking I was too early, I was so shocked to see a lot of people already there and works resumes by 8am. I started wondering, if all of them slept in the hospital because when I took my card number, I was no. 67 in the queue waiting to see doctor. I was even lucky to even see a sit because a serious fight broke out between two patients because of the inadequate number of sits. ![61D6695D-813A-4095-AF48-86BBCD27E3E3.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZBJ4W6iFzoUJ2UJcvzvz63Vffu26J6nMV6cGj7U3SKZy/61D6695D-813A-4095-AF48-86BBCD27E3E3.jpeg)

I finally met the doctor and she did her diagnosis by asking me several questions. Asking me the kind of exercise, food I eat, water I drink, medicine that I’ve taken before now and lots more.

For the exercise, I told her I’m into body building and my exercise is mostly weight lifting, squats with weight on my shoulders and doing push up, hand curling exercise. So, she advised that I change my routine of exercise that I must have carried weight far heavier than my body and must have lead to muscle tear around my ribs region. It might not be cold but she can’t be certain at this point until I go for an X-ray. I should leave weight lifting at the moment and do things like jogging and walking more often.

For my diet, I explained to her that I eat more of starchy foods to build my muscles and apart from that, those starchy food takes more longer time in the body before you get hungry again. The doctor advised me to take more of fruits every day and protein to build any worn out muscle.

For medicine, I was asked the type of medicine that I have taken before now, I explained it was panadol or paracetamol. She gave me her own prescription for me to take for the main time till I’ve gotten my X-ray result. ![F1316294-4EB7-4214-9AFD-9BCE0FB37A36.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXMYyJBP151d6mqBHyi2g8ysueCZphPQVU3b2JVkj5sv2/F1316294-4EB7-4214-9AFD-9BCE0FB37A36.jpeg)

For water, I drink a lot of water especially when I’m done eating and she encouraged me to keep doing that but her main concern was the source of water. That I should stop taking that sachet water because it’s unsafe and not well treated. The water the doctor insisted I buy is bottled water and it’s quite expensive especially in periods like this.

Then she said I should have a lot of rest and I should avoid sitting down for too long. That it is one thing that can also cause pains around my waist region. I should stand up once in a while and stretch out my body or move around to free my body a bit.

Conclusion

| |- In conclusion, whenever you notice any discomfort in your body, go to the hospital and sort yourself out with the doctor because the money you feel you are saving to treat yourself, you might turn out spending double the amount when it becomes serious. Remember, health is wealth.