The irony in this picture is coming, don’t worry. So for those of you thinking I’m a hypocrite for eating Krispy Kreme but posting all about health…well hang on!
I’ve been eying a Function Health membership for well over a year now. You all know I do most of my health care privately, meaning I pay for it out of my pocket, and do not utilize insurance. Well this is another one of those things and I’d really put it off due to the cost. But I purposely increased my HSA contributions this year to allow more of MY hard earned money to be set aside BEFORE taxes to pay for these types of things. And after getting my woman’s wellness thermography in April…well it went without saying that this needed to be a priority.
Test not guess, that’s the motto. So today I went for my first of two initial lab visits as part of my membership. I know a bit about what is going to come from those results but not all, and I’m hoping I’ll be surprised a bit in a good way but I’m prepared no matter what. What’s funny is that the tech (she was super sweet and did a great job) said it was good I didn’t visit the doctor often because that meant I was healthy. HA! I know better.
Do I look healthy? Sure. Am I overweight? Not really. Do I have any diagnoses or prescriptions? No. Am I “healthy”? Not likely. So why then don’t I go to the doctor or use my health insurance? Because I want to be healthy that’s why. I don’t want what US conventional medicine says is standard/routine/preventative care, to be given a bunch of diagnoses, referrals to multiple specialists or pills.
I want to actually BE healthy. That means lab work, beyond what a PCP would run. That means analysis by functional medicine clinicians who are interested in how ALL of the results correlate to each other and finding the root cause of them. That means changing how I eat, how I exercise, how I supplement…to HEAL. Because healing means being healthy.
You can keep your mammogram, pap smear, colonoscopy, annual check up, routine lab work. I want none of it. I want to get to the bottom of why I feel the way I do and I want to feel better. I want to thrive not survive.
So, if you hung on this long, here’s the irony. I love donuts. And I love Krispy Kreme. Whenever we pass one we get excited if the light is on. But we don’t stop. Why? Well because obviously I know there are hundred things wrong with eating one of the donuts. Today when I was pulling out of the lab parking lot, across from a Krispy Kreme…you guess it…the light was on. I had been fasting for 13 hours at that point and I also know that within a few weeks I’m going to have to really focus more on how I live…so I thought you know what let’s do it….I jumped in that drive through and grabbed the 2 donut w/coffee deal and I enjoyed every bite/sip. I followed up when I got home with my standard high protein/healthy fat breakfast though to balance it out.
I am so incredibly passionate about this topic. I continue to think I want to redirect my career somehow to help more people learn how to change their lives for the better. But for now I’m just going to be content with my own healing and the healing of those closest to me. If all I can do is post some Instagram stories and hope that folks pick up a little bit of what I’m putting down…well that’s something!
~carla
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