15/04/2024
                                            You're One Emergency Away! 
After following the harrowing events that led to the Junior Pope’s demise this last week, 
I have not been able to shake thoughts around this: 
You're One Emergency Away ….
This will make the most sense to you IF you live in a developing country like Nigeria…
Because, whether you've thought about it or not,
The naked reality is that
If you ever get caught needing an emergency medical intervention in a place where you can't get it,
Then you'd realize that all the millions saved up in your bank account won't jump out and save your life.
2021 was the first time this lesson  came to life for me. 
A friend needed an ambulance well equipped with Oxygen in Lagos 
And even though the family provided the one million naira instant deposit required, he still couldn't be saved! 
One emergency away
Another lady narrated how her mother was rushed to the church for prayers first, after a stroke, Instead of being taken to the hospital.
Multiple levels of the same problem…
one emergency away
Because if the people around you during the emergency do not also have sufficient presence of mind, literacy and the means to provide what's needed, then what happens next? 
Of course, none of us knows what's going to tip the scale for us in our last moments
Yet, i have always maintained that MANY ‘untimely’ DEATHS are hardly due to the ‘total surrender to the will of God’ but more of ‘man-made inefficiencies, carelessness and deficiencies ‘
Barely two months ago, 
I had an experience that left me hanging at the mercy of receiving an effective ‘emergency response’.
Till this moment I still shudder when I relive the speed of the response, comparable only to what i have seen in action /medical movies, except this time, I was a lead actor in the movie!
The whole experience made me appreciate life on a totally different level.
Hopefully I get to share more personal lessons later.
Still, This Is Why We Preach What We Preach
When it comes to High Blood Pressure Control, 
Choose CONTROL, REVERSAL, use of LIFESTYLE MEDICINE over 
Negligence, denial, poor maintenance and ‘leaving it to trial and error’
Especially if you live in a third world country where all the millions in your bank account cannot save you in an emergency situation. 
Therefore you must play OFFENSE not DEFENSE
Prevent the Hypertensive emergency and not wait for it to happen first, and hoping money can save you.
This is why you're here
Uncontrolled high BP remains the Number One Cause of stroke, heart attack,slumping and all
But as long as you have readings less than 140/90mmHg, 
You have NO BUSINESS WITH HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCY 
Daily we Choose STABILITY over FLUCTUATION
We Choose STRENGTH over HELPLESSNESS
We choose REVERSAL over ‘MANAGEMENT’
Question - what action are you taking today in order to keep maintaining your PERFECT NUMBERS?