Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Funny But Serious Commercial

I was driving the other day and I heard this commercial on the radio. Now since I was driving and referring a bickering match in the back seat, I missed bits of the commercial. From what I caught ( don't quote me word for word), I think a woman was in a check out line at a store and the checker says "ma'am you have a python wrapped around your leg" and the woman responds " oh yea, I have been meaning to get that looked at" and the checker replies, "but that is a rather huge snake, you should see somebody", and the woman keeps brushing off the checker's advice.

The gist of the commercial is how people put of seeing a doctor even when they are faced with signs that something is wrong. I think at the end the sound you hear is suppose to be the snake getting the woman lol, but I am not sure. They were talking specifically about the signs of stroke, but the same could be said of heart attack symptoms, sugar problems, anything.

I don't think it is a mistake that they used a woman for an example either, because so often we put ourselves last on the TO DO LIST. I guess this really hit home with me because it has happened to many times to people I love where if they hadn't have gotten help for something they might not be here. Some stuff you can not realize when it is happening, but try and pay closer attention to yourself and to loved ones. Go to the doctor, even if you have to make payments, that bill is less important than your life!

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