Who is the Commander?

Who is the Commander? 

Hello everyone!  Welcome to my website! My name is Mark Denning.  Due to the past changes in my life, I feel motivated to share things with you.  One thing that I discovered is that the human body is awesome.  Its recuperative, healing powers are incredible.  This was emphasized by a hospitalization I had and the three weeks following it.  I had much time to reflect rest and become more informed as to the changes in my body with new health situations.  I have been a nurse for over twenty years.  And in that time, I have learned a little bit about many things.  Diagnosed as a diabetic and with a genetic blood clotting disorder, I had to learn much more than I ever knew to cope with my illness. 

 

Perhaps it could be as my colleague; Cherie Pepping described it as an “Epiphany” that had changed my life for the better.  Before being hospitalized, I had begun the road to enhanced wellness.  But deep inside, my body was gearing up for the scariest event that I would ever experience.  It took a skin infection in my leg to set the “ball rolling”.  It cascaded from there, and I even ended up in intensive care.  Being a nurse, we are sometimes characterized as not being an “optimal” patient.  So I had to assume the patient role.  I felt so ill that it was not difficult to be an “optimal” patient. 

 

Thankful to the members of the critical care transport team where I work, they assisted the physicians as to the fact that a “sleep apnea test” was desperately needed. I cannot be thankful enough to the team for ensuring the “commander” would one day be back on an ambulance.  I really thought a career change would have to be made.  But it was not needed.

 

During the time I was away from my job, my company had restructured, closed two stations, and people were concerned with their job status. In today’s economy, there is great anxiety, animosity, and general unrest.  It has been proven that stress can have a mild to severe effect on our bodies.  We are constantly thinking how to relieve this stress.  Some people may smoke, drink alcohol, and eat comfort foods that are high fat and high calorie.  These things may provide temporary, short term good feelings.  But in essence, the more we use these things to cope with stress we are really putting a burden on our bodies to be in “balance”.

 

One of the easiest things to do is to adjust the way we eat.  The food pyramid has been modified to inform people on the proper nutrition to fuel our bodies and our minds and now being gluten-free.  Fortunately with the nutrition changes that I had made before going in the hospital, my consult by a registered dietician was the easiest of all.  In fact she said “Mark keep going what you are doing”.  I was relieved to know that I was doing something right.  Further, after I met Dr. Peter Glidden ND and Dr Joel Wallach my health has reached a level that the MD's never could help me in a way through the use of NO medications!  I wanted to fire my MD, but he would'nt seee me anymore.  No worries!  I have total control of my health that was devastated 4 years ago. 

 

So in the spirit of preserving the human body and spirit, I will offer to my brothers and sisters blogs on wellness.  We will discuss things such as what to eat, how to rest effectively and detoxify our bodies to name a few. People that have achieved successes with adding wellness to their lives will also be featured.  Also putting tools in the “tool box of life” on coping effectively with stressors. No matter where you are in life we need to be aware of these things.  I would invite you to submit questions and ideas as to topics important to you.

 

Have an awesome and blessed day!

In The bible in Romans 12:1-2 Paul wrote:  And so my brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.  Let them be a living and holy sacrifice-the kind he would find acceptable.  This is truly the way to worship him. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.  Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. 

All of you are in my prayers-let us become more knowledgeable towards taking personal control of our  health and wellness!