A Sense of Well Being

A Sense of Well Being I have found throughout my life that this is something worth working on if you want to stay alive and healthy in all ways.

Last fall while I was in Maui, Hawaii on vacation with my wife and two daughters and one of my daughter's friends everything was great. But then, the day we were all to fly home one of my daughter's planes wasn't there because all the computers on her airline had shut down and all planes on that airline had been grounded. I was sort of upset about this and then we tried to get my daughter a flight on our airplane. And then I had to return our rental car to the rental car place and I didn't get time to say goodbye to my daughter who lives in Portland then because even though all her airlines planes had been grounded when all the computers went down with the satellite that got temporarily fried by the Solar Flare on the 8th of October, her plane had been in the middle of the ocean between the mainland and Hawaii so it couldn't be grounded. So, it had landed at Kahului, Maui and was ready for the return flight to the mainland. So, I was kind of upset because I didn't get to say goodbye to my daughter that I didn't get to see again until Christmas. Also, I didn't know at the time all of us were getting radiation from the sun from this Solar Flare. I didn't feel right while flying and when I returned to the mainland to my home in NOrthern California I didn't feel right and knew something was wrong with me. It took me about a month and a heart sonogram to find out that my heart had low compression at about 40%. So, my doctor put me on lisinopril which creates new heart pathways and dilates blood veins and arteries for better blood flow. However, I was allergic to Coreg and got muscle wasting from Lipitor, so I couldn't use those two medications. But, with lisinopril my brain at least worked okay.

Then a month or so ago my son who had been around here where I live for about 2 years since his divorce and graduation from College with a Bachelor of Science degree got a job teaching out of state. So, once again I found myself having lost my sense of well being. I noticed I was working very hard to get it back and not being that successful at it.

Then I was diagnosed through extensive blood tests with a serious gluten allergy, which means in real terms that at this point in my life (I'm 65) I was sort of slowly killing myself every time I ate something with wheat, Barley or oats in it. As soon as I gave up all wheat, barley and oats products of all kinds I noticed my sense of well being returned and even my heart stopped being a problem.

So, I guess what I am discovering is that if you lose your sense of well being and it is not coming back any time soon, often it is your body telling you that something is wrong. So, sometimes when you lose your sense of well being it is health related. This is not to say that there might be other factors you are dealing with as well. But don't forget to try to analyze your health as well for any problems that are coming up in addition to whatever else is going on in your life.

By the way, as soon as I gave up all wheat, barley and oats products my full sense of well being returned. I had found the culprit for my continuing sense of unease and foreboding. Now, everything is in order and I feel in most ways like I am about 10 or 20 years younger than I did a few days ago.