An experience that still triggers fear.

It is a beautiful Tuesday and resting was the only thing on my plan after suffering from a series of muscle pull in my left thigh yesterday night, it hurts so badly that I almost cried. It made me remember the time when I was grounded, my left leg gets hooked after taking 5-6 steps and I have to wait for mins before I can get to move around.

It made my life terrible and I wouldn't want to experience such again, it got me worried this morning because it started with a consecutive muscle pull then but I didn't know it was over-stressing myself. I do get exhausted from the supervising job I was doing but my need for survival always kept me moving, I had siblings looking up to me them and I promised myself never to let them down.

Despite everything, I didn't quit my job instead I spent more money on transportation. I would be stopped immediately if HR knows and someone would automatically get my spot immediately, little did I know that I was killing myself. At a point, the pain became unbearable and I never told my mom because it would break her down. Only my fiancee and one of my siblings knew about it, at first I was following the pharmacist treatment but I stopped because I wasn't seeing any improvement, it only got worse.

I went to the company hospital in Ikeja and I was told that my HMO doesn't cover the treatment of big conditions so all the doctor could do was get me a thigh brace and it helped me that day. I was able to move around with the pain reduced but at night, it hurts so badly and I have to wear the belt to sleep.

On a particular weekend, I went to see my mom since she insisted that I came over. We went out together and she noticed that I was stopping every minute to relax so she became worried, I had to explain everything to her. She was in tears and that's what I have been avoiding, the belt wasn't patching me up again.

I told her I would be fine but that wasn't enough to make her happy or take my mind off, she started collecting herbs for me that could help me heal illnesses that have to do with muscles.

The following week, I took some days off but I was denied it and that made me angry. I left the office and assigned my duties to one of the sales representatives which he took because he knew what's up with me, I had enough time to go to the hospital for a proper check, and medication.

It was made clear that I might have damaged a muscle in my thigh and it is causing me pain plus the inability to move properly, I got worried. The doctor also said that medication won't work if I don't relax the leg which means no work for that period, I got very disturbed but had no choice.

My sales representatives did well in covering up while I started the treatment, I was grounded for over two weeks during the healing process. I spent even my saving and that made me understand clearly the saying that "Health is wealth" because having the whole world without good health is pointless.

I started feeling better, I was offered crutches to avoid putting pressure on the leg which I rejected and stayed instead except for compulsory outings like the meeting days at the offices. I was able to walk properly again after four months, you wouldn't know how happy I felt again being able to move around freely. I felt great and reduced the stress, I don't overuse myself at work because the company would move on if I pass away and things have been normal since then but last night's experience brought those memories back and I was like, this mustn't happen again.

I can't mention everything I experienced with the muscle tissue and that doesn't matter now, the important thing is paying attention to your body, the change and sign it is giving you.

Our body system doesn't just break down, there must have been signs we aren't paying attention to, and they eventually go from bad to worse. No amount of money can buy us good health, when we lose that- nothing matters anymore so we must pay attention to our health so that we can enjoy our wealth properly as well.

I decided to share some of the pictures I have from then in the article, you can click on the thigh brace image for the source.

Thanks for reading.