Author: AnnaLarsson

Healthcare is congested

Mr. Crohn’s Disease is still on a visit and that leads to more contact with the local hospital.

In Sweden we have had loads of immigrants coming into our country and many of them need healthcare. The problem is that our hospitals don’t have more doctors and nurses taking care of all the people and on top of that we have had Covid visiting as the rest of the world has to.

When needing healthcare for the moment you will meet stressed out doctors and nurses. They have done amazing work for a long time but now you can see that many of them have reached the limit of what they can handle. This means that you as a patient are exposed to risks that otherwise do not exist. The whole society is strained both financially and in healthcare and the government is paralyzed, they have no idea how to solve the problems.

Election in September 2022

In September 2022 there is an election coming up. Hopefully there will be a government that has a plan for resolving all the problems we have here in Sweden. There is so much work to do before the society will be back on track. They have to be tough enough to dare to make decisive decisions and act accordingly but first they need to acknowledge the problems that exists and then create a plan for how to correct them. A big task and hopefully the next government will manage it.

Have to deal with health issues

A part of my story

This week the sick leave is ending, and it needed to be extended. When reaching out to the doctor the answer was that he had to examine me and get answers on some tests first. That has never happened before. The tests were booked and taken but the examine will take place next week. The problem is that the sick leave will end before that and that won’t do so I confronted the doctor and eventually the sick leave was extended a few more weeks.

The doctor has, for about a year, extended the sick leave without examine me and without asking questions. It’s good that he has time for what is needed to be done for me to get better but preferably not ruin my health on the way. That is not what he needs to do if he wants to help me getting better.

I don’t think this would have happened if the doctor had the time, he needed for everyone of his patients and hopefully it won’t happen again.

Planning ahead

The test results are waiting for the doctor to check them out and today I will receive treatment for my iron deficiency. The examine is planned to 20^th of September and after that we have to figure out what the next step are. I would like to work a few more hours every day but that will be a discussion we have to have, me and my doctor.

There have been some improvements in my health, and I can se a better future for me where I can work as I normally do and enjoying life fully. I am not there yet but baby steps will take me there eventually. Until then I will live life every moment in the best way I can and keep smiling in my heart.

Inspired?

If you feel inspired of this journey, then hopefully you will start the walk on your own trail forward to find your way to the daily inner smiles. If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask them, there may not be an answer but together we might find some way forward. You can use the email address in this link welcome@annastrail.com to make contact.

See you all until next time and remember to find your smile!

Is there a tomorrow?

On a webinar they talked about how to make the best of your life. One thing they said was “Tomorrow is not a promise, today is”. Think about that for a while.

Its easy to just put things on for tomorrow and often these things never happen. You may think there is always tomorrow, but is it? Are you really sure about that? You can never know what tomorrow will bring or if it even exists. You can never change yesterday, and you don’t have any idea what tomorrow will be like. The only thing you can be sure of is what today and this very moment is to you.

Bring things in perspective

It brings things in perspective. What you do every second in your life matters, right here and right now you can choose to do what is best for you. For example, smile and be calm when things go wrong or not as planned instead of getting angry and act out, blaming everyone around you.

If you choose the second option, is that really the way to feel better and being content with your life? When taking responsibility of how you react to things that doesn’t go as you thought or people who don’t do what you expected them to do, you have a possibility to grow as a person. You will feel much better if you choose with a smile on your face and forgiveness in your heart.

Remember, you never know when or if tomorrow ever comes.

The right thing

A close story to tell.

When going out with the dog, for years I saw trash laying on the roads I walked on. It got me irritated every morning, swearing about people not taking responsibility for their garbage so the environment suffered for it, and I did not do anything to change it. Being irritated was no help at all, not for anyone.

Being in this journey as I am, I started to think after a webinar about taking responsibility and the coin fell into place. From that moment I started to pick up the garbage I passed on my way. I always have plastic bags for picking up my dog’s poop, so I brought a few more for the garbage.

This little change made me feel better, I am helping my community to keep the city a tiny bit cleaner. The next thing that popped up in my head was- how can I inspire more people to do the same or even not throwing their garbage in the street in the first place. If everyone takes responsibility one way or the other, it will make a big change.

A way to inspire others

How do you make people to notice? That is the million-dollar question so to say. Somehow the message has to be communicated to others. You can do that in many ways, for me its big texts on visible clothing so I contacted a company that does printing on clothes and in this moment, we are in some discussions about how and what clothes will be the best now when the winter soon is on the way.

Taking responsibility became fun and the feeling of excitement for how far I might take this. How much can I get this to grow, can I spread this to other cities or even bigger… Time will tell, but at the moment I feel really great and even some tingling in my stomach when taking one step forward in this very second. Greatness comes in small steps and tiny things that happen every day.

Helping the community and having fun when doing it must be the best feeling ever. Perhaps my doing will make someone else smile when they get inspired of what they see. You don’t have to do much, but when you do tiny things every day they will be noticed and they will matter.

Hopefully you are smiling right now, as I do, planning your own future with an exciting heart, not letting Crohn’s Disease stop your way forward. I know I don’t.

Inspired?

If you feel inspired of this journey, then hopefully you will start the walk on your own trail forward to find your way to the daily inner smiles. If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask them, there may not be an answer but together we might find some way forward. You can use the email address in this link welcome@annastrail.com to make contact.

See you all until next time and remember to find your smile!