Yesterday morning, I met George.  It doesn’t matter where, but we spent about 2 hours, just talking about ourselves.  George is a great guy, good family man with 3 grown children.  Has worked hard his whole life and is retired.  His wife, Betty, has been going through some difficult problems, the last few years.  Cancer in her eye and Glaucoma in both eyes.  She will be, soon, completely blind.  We can only hope and pray, that through some new technology, her sight can be saved.

Now George, on the other hand, is a real mess.  He is 5’ 6” and weighs about 285.  These were his remarks to me.  He had just retired as a sheet metal worker and had a wonderful wife and 3 children.  Of course, our conversation turned to health.  I had mentioned, that I had just lost 28 lbs. and was trying to lose another 35.  Over the course of an hour, he listed all his medical problems to me.

George is or has:

Obese

Diabetic

Had quad heart bypass

COPD

Sleep Apnea

Is on Oxygen therapy

Allergic to some foods

He mentioned that some 15 years ago, when the doctor told him, he had COPD, that he quit cigarettes, cold turkey.  I thought, that was amazing.

I asked George, to go to his doctors and asked them, if it was ok, for him to go on a plant based eating plan.  As it turns out, Betty has been a Vegetarian for some time, so the switch over would be easy.  George’s answer was, “Nick, I have always been a meat and potatoes kind of guy”.  He said, he would think about that and that his doctor had advised him to see a registered dietitian.

I asked George, to try it for 90 days and then go back and have another blood test.  I told him,  that after 90 days, there would be a great improvement in his life,  He said, he would think about it.  Like most of us, he will procrastinate.  I hope, he does not, because George is on the brink of catastrophe.

Let us all take a lessen from George.  Let’s stop procrastinating.  Let us start today to take charge our our health issues.  Good health is 60 or 90 days away.  Bless us all.  Kevin Angileri