Self-Care and Professional Support

I try as much as I can to look after my health by myself. The only time I would need a health care professional's help is if, for example, the medication I'm taking isn't working properly and then try and analyse what I can do to, you know, make it better and if I don't have the answers then I would go to my health care professional and ask the question. But generally, with my emotional and mental health, I learned a long time ago that really, it's something that I'm going to do from within. Even in a negative situation, you can always find a positive, and that's what I try my best. But bless the health care professionals. I know we all know how busy our surgeries are these days. and understaffed. And so I try not to bother them as much as I can. And sometimes it's inevitable. So I, you know, when I need their help, I would ask them, for example, when I'm going for my, you know, HBs1c check for a blood glucose test. I can't do that at home. I have to go to surgery, so I have to make an appointment and I have to have a chat with them after the blood tests and and so on. So that is probably the only time I think I would be using a health care professional's help. But apart from that, I try to do what I can to stay busy, to stay active mentally as well as physically and take care of my overall health, including my diet and physical activity. And that works most of the time. you