Don't take your body for granted as it's pretty amazing!

By Megan Smiley, Feb 18 2019 07:03PM

One month post op photo
One month post op photo

The body works so hard to keep us functioning at an optimum level and it gets thrown so much at it that it has to deal with and fix. Be it what we put into it: inadequate nutrition in terms of too much or too little, or a lack of good food sources or too much of the bad stuff. Then there's alcohol, painkillers and numerous chemicals and toxins.

The body also has to deal with what we put it through: not enough sleep, too much stress, not enough movement/exercise and so much more, plus any injuries and health issues it needs to combat and try to heal. It may not always be able to overcome these things so we should all try and give it a helping hand rather than fighting against it!

It’s just over a month ago I had surgery on my foot. It wasn’t major surgery like the two operations I’d had previously on it. It was to remove all the metal that had been put in before. However, it did involve making a couple of sizeable incisions on my foot to get the metal out, a general anaesthetic and an overnight stay in hospital.

So over the last month I’ve been trying to give my body a helping hand by looking after it as much as possible: eating a wide variety of food that is full of nutrition needed for healing (lots of fruit, veg, dairy, nuts, fish and meat) and the right amount, the body needs enough fuel to heal, taking vitamin D supplements what with it being winter and living in the west of Scotland(!), keeping active but not over doing it, and finding time to relax and getting enough sleep. My Mum has been telling me to be more slobby!

My foot is feeling pretty good considering that it's been bashed about for the umpteenth time, and no one's actually sure what's going on with it, hence having the metal out so I can have an MRI and see what's actually going on in there. So l apologise to anyone how doesn't like photos of a slightly gruesome nature or of feet, but I wanted to include the above photo (this is one month post op) to demonstrate how amazing the body is at healing and helping you. So please show it some love in return!

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