Ok so I have had some unexpected but not so shocking news. I recently, while applying for a mortgage, found myself taking a medical with full blood screening. The results came from a testing lab in the USA and went straight to my insurance agent. Now this is where i got pissed off.
I Miss my Red Stripe
Many people may know that here in Cayman due to duty and customs laws when you get a parcel and sometimes even bulky letters they ask you to pick them up. Upon receipt even if it says gift on the customs label and you say it’s your birthday you have to stand there and watch them open your gift, and then pay them $2 for the privilege of having a gift ruined !
Well my results were at my Insurance agent and in a similar manner to the post office the guy decides to ruin my news by saying he has some bad news about my insurance, I have been turned down. I need life insurance to get my mortgage plain and simple. He then proceeds however to tell me it is because of my medical labs that I have been rejected. He promises to send an email copy of the results.
I am now sat there waiting for my results to come through. All i know is I applied for life insurance and my blood says i can’t have it! My mind jumps to the conclusion I am dying and I had now idea but i just found out accidentally. The next 10 minutes of waiting were not nice, I was IM’ing my dad and just starting to get a little bit upset.
Well end result, turn out I am just an idiot. For two reasons. The tests showed my liver was spewing out high levels of enzymes and proteins that happen when it is swollen. Livers swell like that due to reacting to Hepatitis C or over usage thanks to toxins like alcohol. The icing on the cake though was that I had been out the night before the medical test. I forget the reason why. But my alcohol level in my blood was 26 (on their scale which has acceptable levels of 0-10) I was way over.
Well Dad and my doctor whom I visited later in a rush to get an HIV test for another life insurance agent who is trying to sort me out quickly. Anyway, end result .. I have to quit drinking for 3 months. And not just heavy drinking, but all alcohol. I am thoroughly bummed out. Life will be pretty boring. it’s not a tough thing to do (3 days so far) it’s just a pain when the main form of socialising here is at a bar with a beer !
5th day coming up .. when i wake up in about 8 hour i will be on day 5. I figure if I can get through SUnday without wanting a beer too much then a week will be easy as I am back to work on Monday.
I will try and work as hard as I can on my side projects on Sunday, then Monday is kinda a day off so I will try and join a gym or more likely get a personal trainer to start getting back into good shape. This means shopping for some work out clothes .. well shorts and socks.
Could just be starting to get interesting !