So many people are having dreadful issues with their health today. Have you ever had a family member or friend go in the hospital, having some kind of issue, then the next thing you know their dead? Too many people are dying too young and they do not even know why. People don't realize how valuable their health is until they lose it. Too many people are dying needlessly mostly because they don't take control of their own health.
The list below could save your life or the life of someone you love. I have worked in the hospital environment and can tell you I composed this list from experience! A little effort on your part may save you more than you can imagine.
1. Look up every drug and medication you are given, before you take it.
Know what the side effects are and many drugs put extreme stress on some organs. Never take more than five drugs at one time. Doctors in the know, will tell you, you are more apt to die from the drug interactions then whatever you were trying to treat. People do not understand how powerful the drugs and medications that are coming out today. I would want to know what it comes from and where it comes from, a little research right here may save your life. BTW, did you know that a child's liver is not fully developed until they are 12 years old, their body has no way to detox all those poisons. Use extreme caution when giving children any medication. Always read the labels and do your own research. Nobody cares about you more than you.
When your body is trying to heal, it needs all the energy it has for healing. All medication is toxic, it can put more stress on the body and can make the body work harder. The body naturally goes into a detox mode to detox those poisons. The body will always detox before it can begin the healing process. It's the way it is made. Detox is first because it has to protect you from all the toxins and poisons in our environment or you would certainly die from the toxic load.
We do not realize how many toxins we are consuming every day in the water we drink, the food we are eating, and even in the air we are breathing. You are breathing about a hundred and fifty toxic chemicals every time you pump your gas. Always stick the hose in the tank and walk away from it until it is done filling up. When you buy a new car it is full of toxic chemicals from all the materials they use when they build them, especially from all the adhesives. When you build a new house, you are breathing all kinds of toxic chemicals, construction sites typically have a lot of machines that are producing toxic waste as well. Carpet is just one of the many products used that is loaded with toxins. 

 2. Begin a journal, the day your journey starts
When you start having physical problems begin documenting. the main reason for this is to see if you can help yourself and /or your doctor figure out a few things by watching the patterns of what you are doing on a regular basis.
I had a client once, she had horrible allergies and migraine headaches occasionally. She couldn't figure out what was triggering the headaches. I told her to start keeping a journal. We discovered every time she went to the grocery store and went down the aisle were all the cleaners and chemicals were she would get these migraine headaches the next day. She obviously was allergic or had some chemical sensitivity to the chemicals in those aisles in the grocery store. Sometimes we don't draw the conclusions because we just don't have enough information.
If you have a family member in the hospital and they are unable to keep the journal, the family members or whoever is responsible and is speaking with the doctors and nurses should be writing everything down. If you have a very large family this is also a great way for everybody to keep up with everything that is going on. Don't be afraid to ask questions, especially about medications or procedures. Get on the internet do some research before you just accept what you are being told. Look up the risk and the complications of every procedure. As we age our body heals so much slower. I would think very seriously before going into any surgery after the age of 50. If you know you need something serious done, the younger the better. I love the medical community and I am thankful that they are there when you have an emergency situation, broken bones or are bleeding. When it comes to procedures, you need to do your homework so that you know what the risk are. Hospitals are very busy places and people today are tired, overworked, stressed, living extremely complex lives and who knows what else. Everybody makes mistakes when they are tired and under these conditions, you don't want to be the one the mistakes get made on. These mistakes sometimes can be fatal.

Get your body ready for the shock and the recovery process. Do a detox first, then load up on vitamins and minerals, but not just any. When it comes to my body I want to make sure I am putting the very best I can possibly get in it like organic vitamins and minerals. There are some things you definitely need to look for before you spend your hard earned cash on supplements. I have a list of questions to ask about supplements before you begin taking them. I also have some test that you can do at home to check them and make sure it is something you want to put in your body. Many hard capsules do not break down in the body, you're just wasting your money.

3. Rest is vitally important when the body is trying to heal, before and after, at all costs avoid stress.
 If you feel uncomfortable about anything, I would avoid any thing major until you are comfortable or the stress has subsided. People do not know how to deal with stress in this crazy world we live in. It is something you must control and not let control you. Stress depletes the minerals in your body and will compromise the immune system very quickly. Whenever you compromise the immune system, you put yourself at risk. The immune system is vital to being healthy and critical to recovery.
 A vacation is an excellent idea before anything major as vacations are typically very relaxing and normally a stress free zone. Studies prove that people who take regular vacations on a yearly basis have much better health than those who don't. It is amazing how just decompressing one week a year can affect your overall health. I am a huge believer in vacations and take as many as I can get. We are letting the world wrap us all way to tight. We are going at a much faster pace mentally than our body was ever designed to go. Yet a much slower pace physically then our body was designed. you have to find the balance.

4. They do call it a practice.
You do not want to be the first person this doctor has ever operated on. Make sure he has had lots of practice. Another thing to check out is where did they go to school, you might want to do a little background check on your doctor check with the AMA see if any complaints have been filed against them. If you're going to let somebody take a knife to your body, why wouldn't you want to know how experienced and what kind of expertise this man or woman actually has. It always amazes me how naive people are when it comes to the medical practice. You never know if they graduated at the bottom of their class or the top, simply because you don't ask or check. When it comes to the medical field, the lack of wisdom on your part can be costly to you. You need all the knowledge you can get, it's out there you just have to know where to look to find it. As I always say Mr. Google knows everything, just ask him.

Always get at least three opinions from three different doctors for anything major. Don't be rushed into anything until you are comfortable, do your homework. Ignorance is not bliss, ignorance is just exactly that. There's no reason for anyone to be ignorant in this day and age. There is more information out there then you can't even imagine on any subject. Sometimes it's quite scary to me how much information is readily available to the whole wide world. But don't get me started on that one, let's stick to the topic.

5. Always take some things from home for your hospital stay.
Take  your own pillow or a favorite blanket, some pictures, something to listen to some very relaxing music to or your favorite book, whatever comforts you. Pack your headset. Hospitals are so noisy it is hard to get any rest. When I worked in the hospital, I hated to wake anyone up, as I know how important that sleep is to their body. Take a small fan to make some noise in the room so that you can sleep better and not hear every little noise going on. If possible and you're not in critical condition you may want to get a room far away from the nurses station, is it will be much quieter. Take your own pajamas, even if you have to remodel them a little bit to make it work for examinations. Make this your space while you're there and you're paying the rent.

6. Resting and Relaxing
When it comes to relaxing, for some it's music, some reading anything that is calming to you. People do not realize even sounds and electronics affect the human body. When your body is under stress you have to combat stress any way you can. There are many ways to relax, you just have to find the right one for you. I know if I have any problems sleeping at night I take a nice warm bath with Epsom salt in it, it relaxes the whole body. Add some lavender or any or your favorites that help you relax. Epsom salt is magnesium, like Grandma used. Magnesium is your healing mineral. Without magnesium your body will never heal. This is a good practice if you know you are going to have surgery or any kind of trauma to your system in the near future. I do it regularly, it has been wonderful for my body and my skin.
I believe one of the best things you can do for yourself is to try to get lots of fresh clean air, moderate exercise, eat as healthy as you can, and avoid as many toxic chemicals as possible. We do not realize how many toxins we put on our body before we leave our homes in the morning for work. Men use approximately 200 different chemicals and women are using approximately 400 different chemicals everyday. All of the cosmetics, toothpaste, perfumes, deodorant, hair products, laundry soaps, cleaning products. etc... in our homes are loaded with chemicals. It is quite easy to reduce these numbers but it's not possible to get rid of them all. Let's face it girls, I'm not leaving my house without my makeup. But I do try to make a better choice when I am purchasing my makeup or any products that I'm going to use on my body. The bottom line is all those chemicals to do add up, and many stay inside your body and your vital organs for a lifetime. Toxins are always stored in the fat the body. The body wraps
up the toxins in fat to protect you, kind of like a cocoon, if you will. I try to be very practical in my teaching so that people can get it and I do like to use pictures when I talk. People will remember a picture or a story much longer than just words on a page or hearing a speaker speak.


7. List of "must have"  before I go in any hospital
Get your body prepared for what is about to happen to it. I would make sure I eat an extremely high fat (healthy), low carb diet for a couple weeks, cut out as much sugar and complex meat as you can. Digestion takes a lot of body energy, digesting meat takes hours where digesting vegetables and fruits may take only minutes. Again our purpose is to eliminate as much stress and save as much energy as we can for healing. The healing process takes a lot of energy and your body must also have the right mineral makeup to promote the healing process. The body does not make minerals or store them, it uses them everyday. You need to make sure you get them everyday, either out of our food or supplementation. As I mentioned earlier magnesium is your healing mineral. The essential minerals are called that because they are essential every day. You have got to have them. Your body cannot absorb vitamins without the minerals. We have underestimated the power of minerals for our bodies and have only looked at vitamins. I think that's a big mistake, without minerals your hormones will fail, when your hormones fail your glands will fail, once your glands fail your vital organs will fail. That is how the system is designed to work. That is why on the death certificate it normally says cause of death: multiple organ failure. I usually tell people it's kind of like a car there are some systems in the car that don't have to work, like the radio or maybe even a power window, in order to get down the road. When it comes to the motor and the transmission and the vital functions around those, there's not an option, they have to work or you're not going anywhere. Some systems in the body can fail and the body can still survive but it cannot survive without the vital systems functioning. 
I hope this will help your hospital stay be more comfortable and a positive experience. Share this article and help others to be aware on what to know before they go to the hospital.