33. Healthcare. Diabetes. Don't forget your insulin injections

 Healthcare. Diabetes. Don't forget your insulin injections

 ADVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow), veterinarian 

8 JAN 2024. 

A donated piano in the public area of the Food Court of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Suddenly, a slim white-haired man sat on the stool and played for the public. There was no crowd. He played good music but my iPhone 10 could not record well. He did forget some parts at one stage and apologised. 

 

I was visiting a 73-year-old friend who was warded and treated for gangrenous toes at this Hospital. He was thin and bald after suffering from two treatments and operations to amputate his 2 gangrenous toes. He had not been injecting insulin daily as instructed. 

 

Here are two Seniors with sound minds and memory. No dementia. What a world of difference in their lives. I am also an elderly man at 73 years of age and am in good health so far. 

 

The morale of my story is that one has to take care of one's health especially during one's senior years. How to do it is to research and read widely on healthcare for the Seniors. Good health monitoring starts from the young adulthood but Seniors can do much prevention of health deterioration like diabetes and hypertension with good medical advices and compliance to medication and a healthy diet. 

 

Enjoy the piano music. Take care of your health.