what is the common saying now ? 50 is the new 30 ?
i remember during high school, most parents (at that era) do take time to pick up their kids. i also remember thinking to myself , wow … i never wanna get old. My high school yearbook still has my quote saying , “i want to be 18 forever” … boy was i so wrong.
18 was not a great year , one has so much doubt , no self confidence , baby fat and (at least in my case and all my friends then ) never enough money . Looking back , i had a head full of heavily afro-permed hair , had to skip meals to save BHT 500 to get into Diana’s … for those who dont know what Diana is … pls ask your parents . Climbing the fence to sneak into school dances in my pajama’s . See ? fashion did make a full circle by now .
Nowadays , i meet women in the early 50’s and boy … they can pass for 35 . Thanks to all the modern technology available . Lasers for everything imaginable , 10 years ago the tell tale sign were knees and hands . Now they have a solution for it .
i guess the only tell-tale sign now is dementia or alzheimers .. that i still have not come across any new medication to stop that . Only early prevention is key . Take your time to have the genetic testing done . it may save your life as it did mine.
A few years ago , my beloved Uncle , who is the only living uncle i have now, was diagnosed with Alzheimers . I was devastated , for me, its the worst disease one can get. i wont want to live if i cant remember my memories, cant remember who my kids are or who my enemies are … can you imagine ? walking into a restaurant and hugging a person whom you have had a beef with for 40 odd years ???? hilarious …
so after the initial shock, i started to remember , it’s also genetically passed on . Lucky for me , apparently it strikes very intelligent persons. so 50 – 50 chance for me (i mean im thick , so the intelligent part doesnt affect me)
i went to my anti-aging doctor and had the genetic test done , its the same on Angelina Jolie did and found out that her breast cancer markers were very high .
At first i told Doc , just do the neuro tests … im not scared of cancer (says ignorant Rika). Doc said “rika , its the same price , so why not just do all the tests ?” well, Doc said the magic words , no extra costs !!”
every story has it’s good news and bad news …. mine was , no markers up for neuro , i guess my forgetfulness just stems from me not concentrating on the “now” . Bad news is that my colon cancer marker was high . when Doc gave me the news , i looked very confused , not scared at all , but Doc , no one in my family has colon cancer ? She just said , go get a colonoscopy in the near future .
of course i sort to brushed it aside thinking … its not accurate , the tests . but 3 months later , i had a lull of a week with no important schedule , so i thought … why not ? lets get the colonoscopy a try .
My middle name is definitely Lucky … bit the bullet . during the colonoscopy , i woke up from the sleeping injections and of couse was screaming and trashing around , the gastroenterologist had to look away from his screen to pin me down … apparently 3 nurses werent enough … after a week when i went back for the results , i got a scolding from Dr . … he told me he almost missed the polyp , and its C1 .
Long story short … Prevention is key . all other cosmetic procedures will keep you looking young , but your insides arent young anymore !
if anyone is interested to ask for the names and numbers of my personal Dr’s feel free to email me at : kismetrika@sweetrika.com
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