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| "La Mort de Marat" (1793) Jacques-Louis David Marat was working in his bathtub, soaking for a skin disease, when he was assassinated by Charlotte Corday |
In the previous posts I have shared some outtakes of my medical history where I have been told by representatives of the medical profession that I should "listen to my body".
What I wanted to show you with the examples in my posts was that "listen to your body" is a crock of shit which no decent healthcare worker should ever utter.
Your body sends you many signals over time, most of them are nonsense. Your body doesn't always tell you when something is wrong and if it does, it isn't always clear about it. Only once in a while does it have something important to say.
Instead of trying to listen to the gibberish coming from the body, observe it carefully. Notice the changes that occur on your body, size, color, density, texture, new lumps, tenderness, whatever. If it is unexpected, get a check-up.
If you feel pains or see blood, get a check up. And always, always, have a regular check-up every year or two.
