The Wake-Up Call: I Couldn’t Keep Living Like This

I was always tired—not just sleepy, but deeply drained. I didn’t feel like myself anymore. The weight gain, the shortness of breath, the constant fatigue—it felt like I was trapped in someone else’s body. No matter how much I slept, I still woke up exhausted. I was running on empty, pretending I wasn’t. The exhaustion was constant, and so was the pain—leg pain, back pain, migraines.

I was in and out of urgent care, once for high blood pressure, another time for a splitting headache. I’ll never forget ending up in urgent care on Father’s Day. That moment hit me hard. My body was crying for help, and I kept silencing it. That day, I made a choice. Enough was enough. It was time to fight for me. It was time to choose ME.