Illness has made me realize how much we take our breathing system for granted

Good to know that you are back breathing normally. Yes kala not just breathing but we take for granted so many things. As you know my accident made me realise this and now I am forever in the mood to celebrate as there are so many little things around me which I took for granted all along.

Hi Kala! Hope you are better know after your illness. I would like to say that each of body organ, internal as well as external are very important. Each organ has its specific role in our body. We just can not live our life properly, even if one of the organs does not function properly. Our carelessness towards our body and its parts, could be very dangerous. We must always take care of God's gift i.e. our body.

I think that there is an important lesson to learn from illness, and that is how to look after ourselves better. If we take care of mind and body, then illness can be reduced siginifantly. I practice meditation daily and are aware of the types of foods that I eat and through this discipline, I tend to feel more relaxed, and can avoid many illnesses that get triggered by stress. I am not completely free from illness, but I feel that I am learning a lot from being disciplined to manage my negative stressful situations better. _Derek

You are right, we take our body for granted until something isn't working properly. I am disabled and have no balance at all. I can't do half the things that I used to be able to do. I never thought about it until I couldn't do it any longer. Every once in awhile I get back aches, and am always surprised how any movement at all involves your back. Just twisting a little bit or getting up from an unarmed chair was out of the question and I take it for granted when my back doesn't hurt.

This is very true. In fact, this is also the wisdom behind any smoker. One tends to overlook the importance of taking care of our respiratory system.

really difficult, I know. I once had high ESR and could not breathe properly.

Dear friend, Hope you are fine now. I feel these kinds of unhealthy things would make our health and mind a mess and after getting out of it would be a great releif. Moreover the value of the health is much known when one gets unhealthy. Get well soon.....

Hi kala, hope all ok now, do take care , when we are unwell, everything seems to suddenly become more important, even the everyday things that we take for granted...I had a fracture on my right wrist and hand sometime back ( 4 years ago) before mylot...my hand was in plaster for about 8 weeks and it was agony not being able to anything with my hands.I used to dream about suddenly being able to comb my hair and cut vegetables etc;....I agree with you that we take most things in our lives for granted !

I hope you are feeling better! And I agree with you completely! It is such an automatic thing and many of us do take it for granted.

Dear Kalav Reading that I am reminded of my mom who had got into this lung infection quite recently and I can understand the pain and agony that you and you family might have suffered. I hope you are better today than before and improving by the day. The doctors and even we as humans rarely think out about the ill consequences until they happen to us or anyone known and worst of all... we have the worst of memories and we start to forget all this once it gets over and we are back to at last normal health. I wish you a speedier recovery and good health. Take care.

Each breath we take is a gift. If we just think about it as you said, if we stop breathing we will die. It is simple yet few people appreciate it. God gave us the gift of life, and it is not right that we take such things for granted.

I hope you will be so okay soon. so, how come you had a chest infection? can you share it with us so we could avoid getting one too?

We need to take of our health and need to be more cautious with our food, body and mental health.. this is very important to live our life good..

hello kalav,i hope you are doing fine now. yes we never give a thought to our respiratory system as its a passive process.we only get to know the importance of oxygen,when we are choking.i wish you a great health and get your check ups done regularly,so that you don't face this problem again.

as someone who has a good bit of pain, and for years had migraines as part of my day to day existence, I do not take any part of not hurting or any other times of feeling good for granted. I do agree, however, many people do, especially young people... well, they too will (hopefully) get old someday...

Although sometimes I forget, usually I do think about my breathing and also do some breathing exercises every day. The Latin word for breath meant life and truly good breathing helps one to have a happier and more productive life. Glad you are well again!

Sorry to hear this kalaji You know i and kalyani get ill so frequently, i know it is part of aging process,,, but the enviornment, the food, the air; various kinds of stress acclerate the process, my daughter she is 46 now, had breathing problem too, we know it was allegry, she was admitted in hospital, they cleaned her lungs with a kind of aspirator.. i agrre with you, we realize value of breathing on such occassions only.. Thanks for sharing Best of luck. Professor

Hope you are feeling better now. Yeah we take it for granted and we only realize its importance once we already have difficulty breathing. Don't forget to take your medicines. I hope you'll have good health in the future. Take care.

That's true breathing,is such an important part of our body process but yet we took it for granted. Deep breathing to be particular is so underrated, many of us don't now how beneficial proper deep breathing is for our body, here's a link for those interested http://www.onepowerfulword.com/2010/10/18-benefits-of-deep-breathing-and-how.html , after I read this article I always take some deep breath when i'm not doing something.

That is true, we never know the value of the organs that we have until when we get sick. It is good to take care of all the systems in our body as much as we can, once one of them is affected, surely you will not be the same. It is such uncomfortable situation. Thanks that you seek medical advice on time. Quick recovery.