1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,240 Hey y'all, whether it's morning, evening, or afternoon, 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,440 I'm just glad that you guys have decided to buy me. 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,440 Yes, the one and only me. 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,080 What's up, what's up y'all? 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,560 I miss y'all so freaking much. 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:16,800 Like y'all do not understand, 7 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:21,800 like being away from y'all from a week is really crazy. 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:23,640 It's crazy. 9 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,440 I have so much energy now. 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,120 I feel better. 11 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,040 I'm getting better by the day. 12 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:34,040 So today, this Bible day is gonna be really, really special, 13 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,480 let alone important that I hope you all learn from, 14 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:43,240 especially I'm learning as I go through this journey. 15 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:44,640 So without further ado, 16 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,360 I want you all to sit back, relax, and enjoy hearing my voice. 17 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,720 Whether you're new here, welcome, welcome, welcome. 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,800 I hope you're having an amazing day so far. 19 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,640 And if you're not new to this picture, 20 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,800 just say y'all what's happening 21 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,040 and I hope today is going well for y'all. 22 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:02,960 Let's go. 23 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,600 So without further ado, let's get into it. 24 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,080 So today's Bible day is health. 25 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:17,360 Yes, it's kind of crazy that today's Bible day is health 26 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,000 because honestly, I've been wanting to talk about health 27 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,240 for a minute, but I just been like straddling the fence 28 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,200 when it came to this topic because I'm just like, 29 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,600 you know, I was trying to think of the right time 30 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,160 but when to talk about it, you know, 31 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:32,360 because like I've been talking about other things 32 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:33,200 that's going on. 33 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,480 And then also in honor of Black History Month 34 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,160 and Lovers Month, you know, 35 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:43,800 cannot forget is Black History Month and Talbers, 36 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,800 you've got Valentine's Day or whatever. 37 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:46,640 I really want to like, 38 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,960 when February comes I always want to focus on, 39 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,080 I tell myself like, you know, 40 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:55,120 since I'm in it now, you know, the podcast is almost two a year, 41 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,400 I want to talk about, you know, I want to dig deeper, 42 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,920 especially within like the entrepreneurs 43 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:01,880 within African American history, 44 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,040 like I wanted to take like every other day, 45 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,440 just to think about somebody in, you know, 46 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,840 in our community, a historical person 47 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,280 that we may not know of and just, you know, talk about it. 48 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:18,280 But today with, this is the first Wednesday, 49 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,920 oh no, yeah, the first Wednesday of February, 50 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:23,000 we're going to talk about health 51 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,000 because also within the Black community, 52 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,200 we need to be very mindful within this topic. 53 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,120 So, let me answer it. 54 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,760 The reason why the vibe is health, 55 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:41,760 because one, I dealt with my own health problem last week 56 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,160 and two, like I mentioned, we are in Black History Month 57 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,640 and why not give a little background, 58 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:50,040 you know, a little knowledge of what I know 59 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:54,080 from going to school and, you know, doing what I do 60 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,920 and then going up in African American household culture. 61 00:02:57,920 --> 00:02:59,320 So, let's look it down. 62 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,400 First, I want to talk about me. 63 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,440 Y'all, y'all know I'm really big on y'all 64 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:05,280 when it comes to y'all health, 65 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,320 I tell y'all all the time, please get checked out, 66 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,360 please, you know, if you feel sick, 67 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,280 go right away, get everything out the, 68 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,040 get that shit out the mud, get them checked up shots, 69 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,200 whatever out the mud, because baby, I'm telling you, 70 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:23,200 I've been through one of the most craziest weeks of my life. 71 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,640 I've been through one of the most craziest week of my life. 72 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:29,120 Like, I never thought it would happen to me, 73 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:33,120 but you gotta pay really close attention to your body. 74 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:34,480 Like, if your body is telling you, 75 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,800 like, you need to slow down, you need to chill out, 76 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,680 I think you need to do that because that's what my body did. 77 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,360 It scared the hell out of me because, like I said, 78 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,840 when you just have a person, like I mentioned on the phone, 79 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,560 you can tell a person that's always on the go, 80 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:49,720 always on the move, you know, 81 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,640 always doing something you don't rest. 82 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,200 Baby, I'm gonna tell you this, 83 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,200 you need to find some days to rest, you need to take, 84 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,720 Steve takes things off in their job, I don't care, 85 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,720 how good of a freaking employee you are. 86 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,760 If you know you need time, you need to mental break, 87 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,400 take that shit. 88 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,640 Physical, I don't care, take a break, 89 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,600 because when it comes to your health, health as well. 90 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,800 And baby, you have one life and you wanna live it too, 91 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,080 you see the brightest days because, like they say, 92 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:21,720 you know, tomorrow's not promised, 93 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:22,720 and when it comes to your health, 94 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,920 you have to make sure that your, 95 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,440 that your shit is 10 toes down 96 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,080 because baby, I'm telling you, 97 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,760 I've been through hell, like fucking hell, 98 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,520 and I'm still like kinda dealing with it, 99 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,240 but I'm learning as I go. 100 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,080 And I wanted to dig deep on it because, like I said, 101 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,160 y'all, my broadcast is like, 102 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,000 I tell y'all nothing but the truth, 103 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,400 and it's all about self empowerment 104 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,800 and it's self improvement. 105 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,840 So with this being said, and you know, 106 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:54,720 it's all about self as well. 107 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,400 So let me get into it. 108 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:02,120 On Saturday morning, last Saturday, 109 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,800 I'm sorry, yeah, what was that? 110 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:09,320 Uh, January 27th, 111 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,880 because my best friend, her birthday, 112 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,040 is, was January 29th. 113 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,960 Please, whatever. 114 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,600 So on that Saturday, 115 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,000 I was getting ready to go to my, 116 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,680 really, I was getting ready for work. 117 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:22,520 You know, like, y'all, 118 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,320 if y'all have a routine, get out of the bed, 119 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:25,800 you know, some people get out of the bed, 120 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,080 they straight make their bed up. 121 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,360 Nah, I got out of the bed, 122 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:31,560 I go straight in the bathroom, 123 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,520 you know, get the washcloth, wipe my face, 124 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,840 you know, about to brush my teeth, doodadah. 125 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:41,200 This particular morning, 126 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:42,280 or like sometimes too, 127 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:44,000 like I take a shower in the morning 128 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,320 and it's like, I sweat. 129 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,440 Like sometimes I sweat so bad, like, 130 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:49,400 I don't know, y'all, I don't know. 131 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:50,600 Sometimes like when I'm sleeping, 132 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,680 I be sweating, sometimes it's real bad, like, I don't know. 133 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,880 But that day, I did, I was sweating, 134 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,480 I was a little hot, so I was about to get in the shower. 135 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,040 Y'all, right before I got in the shower, 136 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:07,280 I noticed my feet were like, swollen. 137 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:11,160 Mind you, I work, you know, one of my jobs, 138 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,720 I work at a shoe store. 139 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,080 It's all on my feet all day. 140 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,800 And that Friday night in the city, 141 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,600 in my city in Baltimore, it was like, what, 142 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,520 60, almost down there fucking 70 degrees that day. 143 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:24,880 My ass was indoors. 144 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,320 I was in the mall the whole time, 145 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:28,120 like I didn't leave till probably like 146 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,200 when the sun went down and before the mall, 147 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,280 like an hour or two before the mall had closed. 148 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:34,480 And I was out with my friend. 149 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,040 I was out with Naya, if y'all didn't listen to the video, 150 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:38,560 Naya and Deon go check it out. 151 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:43,560 So me and her was out because we were just shopping 152 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,880 and talking, catching up or whatever. 153 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,480 So, you know, after me and her had, you know, 154 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,760 had our little day or whatever, I was fine. 155 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,360 I came home and fine and everything. 156 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,480 But some odd reason my feet were hurting 157 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,360 and I'm thinking because if you have a sneaker head like me, 158 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,640 you know, certain shoes, you just cannot wear 159 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,240 for a certain amount of time, 160 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,400 especially if you have narrow ass feet. 161 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,960 I had a pair of leavens on y'all, the highs and that. 162 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:18,440 The shit was making my feet hurt so black. 163 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,200 And that was, well, maybe I'll wait home 164 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,680 and start to hurt, you know, like, I don't know why. 165 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,720 Like sometimes my body does, I'm like, 166 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,480 damn, well, I'm like, what the hell? 167 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,360 So I got home, my straights with my, 168 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,800 straights with the motherfuckers off, got myself together. 169 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,480 I didn't know, shut up. 170 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,320 That morning, going back to them when they know, 171 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:38,360 I was about to get in the shower. 172 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,560 I noticed my feet were swollen. 173 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,960 I'm thinking because of the leavens, 174 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,120 because I'm like, okay, my feet was hurting. 175 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,560 But like usually when my feet be swollen, it goes down. 176 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,400 Like I just like put some icy hot or something on there 177 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,840 or cold or hot compress or whatever and I'm cool. 178 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,080 And, but then I was like, hold up. 179 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:58,200 Something ain't right. 180 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,800 My feet were swollen, to my leg, to my thigh, 181 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:07,800 to my stomach, to my chest, to my neck, to my arms. 182 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,280 I was red and I was breaking out in high jaw. 183 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,920 When I tell y'all, I don't, the first thing 184 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,800 that went through my mind was what just happened? 185 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,240 Like what more am I, what's going on? 186 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,040 Like, oh, I'm like, I have a low reaction. 187 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,520 Well, we don't have a low reaction too. 188 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,160 If you know, if you know, if you know, you know. 189 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:38,280 Like, if you're a person like me that will eat anything 190 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,960 without having a problem and then feels though like, 191 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:45,120 you know, you can eat stuff and you don't have to worry about, 192 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,000 you're not allergic to anything. 193 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 So that's the moment I have like only thing, 194 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,520 like when it comes to allergies or seasonal allergies. 195 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,920 So it's like things like that wasn't food allergy, 196 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:57,600 it never occurred to me. 197 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,520 Until within the process of me dealing with the allergic 198 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,400 reaction that I had, I learned that when you get older, 199 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,960 you can have food allergies and, you know, 200 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:10,480 usually they're like, it happened when you were younger? 201 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,440 No, I'm telling y'all now, you can have it at 20, 30, 202 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,560 40, 50, 60, 70 years old, which was crazy to me 203 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:18,200 because it was like, whoa. 204 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,960 And the way that I eat, I try to monitor everything I eat, 205 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:24,920 especially when it comes to sweets. 206 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,880 Like at times I'm doubting me having sweets to you 207 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:29,920 to the point where like, yeah, I need to have something sweet, 208 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,120 especially if I'm in my job. 209 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,720 And I feel like sweets the only thing that's gonna keep me 210 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,360 up for the moment, cause if I eat a full meal or a real meal, 211 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,680 or I'm ready to go to sleep, you know? 212 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,000 So when it happened y'all, like right when I got in the shower, 213 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,160 I had to turn the shower off. 214 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,240 I said, okay, let me get into some hot water 215 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:52,240 to see what's going on. 216 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,480 I got an oatmeal bath, I'm like, okay. 217 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:59,000 Mind y'all, this was an hour before I was getting ready for work. 218 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:04,000 But then when I seen it on my face, I was like, nah, son. 219 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,080 I was like, I can't go in there with my face 220 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,600 like breaking out. 221 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:14,600 And then by me being like skinned too, 222 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:19,720 it's like, I get red within, I feel like anything 223 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,120 just makes me red. 224 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,240 Like you could tell me a joke. 225 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,000 I could be dialed if anything, I'm give very easily. 226 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,520 And it takes a while for the redness to go down. 227 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,760 Like it just, it takes a while. 228 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,640 So then when it comes to like, you know, halves, 229 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,320 I was like, oh yeah, I can't. 230 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,080 And I said, I'm not gonna do that. 231 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,560 And I said, I'm not for the skinned body. 232 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:44,560 And I'm not gonna put myself, you know, on the line 233 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:47,440 for something that might, it might not be contagious. 234 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,240 Thank God it's not contagious. 235 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:50,880 But my instant thought was right there. 236 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,680 I was like, oh my gosh, I was like, bro, 237 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:57,040 I'm so polite, like, yeah, sometimes I might come to work 238 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,600 late, but I'm mature and the man's like, hey, 239 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,920 that's what it says, you know, I'm on my way. 240 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,040 I'll let you know by like 15, 30 minutes to the head. 241 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:05,560 And I should have been like, okay, 242 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:06,800 we can talk together and just say, you know, 243 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,000 I'm gonna be late, blah, blah, blah. 244 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,680 Responsible employee, okay? 245 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:14,080 Yeah, this is my first time ever calling out 246 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,600 from any of my jobs for like reasons being 247 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,840 like legit ass reasons. 248 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:24,440 And it had me like, oh my gosh, bro. 249 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,720 I just, all I ever think about was money at the time, 250 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,600 you know, we get young, that's what you think about. 251 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:29,720 We think about money. 252 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:31,800 And the back of my mind also is like, 253 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,160 it was a scale, basically going back and forth 254 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,480 on a scale like, bro, you missing out on money for a day, 255 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,960 damn, then it's like, bro, look at your body. 256 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:42,960 But we don't need to be worried about 257 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:43,920 no fucking money right now. 258 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,160 That's what you have another source of income for. 259 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,360 And that's what you have savings and chill like that for. 260 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,760 This right here is important. 261 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,000 Okay, y'all, boom, got an oatmeal bath, so good. 262 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:59,600 I got out, somewhat looked like it was getting 263 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,040 a little bit bigger. 264 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:06,040 Took the Benadryl, woke up y'all, hey, God, where's? 265 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,480 So by my mom shots, my mom's a being in the health field. 266 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:16,360 Cause if it wasn't for her and my assistant manager 267 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,520 and my dad, I think I would be fucked. 268 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,400 Cause I just was like, I didn't know what to do. 269 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,120 And then my mom had to work. 270 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:25,520 So I was okay. 271 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,080 I gotta do the best of my ability. 272 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:31,160 Even though I'm grown, you still at times 273 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:32,800 have to depend on your parents, especially when it comes 274 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,000 to health reasons because they know more than we do. 275 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,560 Certain stuff can help. 276 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,360 So you won't have to, you know, go to a screen. 277 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,320 So I told my mom, and one thing about me, 278 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,120 I document everything. 279 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,680 I don't care how big or small the issue is, 280 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:49,800 I have to document everything to show proof. 281 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,640 And within the process of me breaking out, 282 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,160 I had documented from like when it was so little 283 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:57,360 to how it got bigger. 284 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:01,800 So like when I had gotten a shot before I got in the tub, 285 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,520 I took pictures, I was like, okay, let me see 286 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,680 if it's gonna go down, hopefully, you know, 287 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:07,800 just to take, you know, keep documentation. 288 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,600 When I woke up y'all from the net, my legs got worse. 289 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:11,920 And it scared the hell out of me. 290 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,360 Cause I'm like, bro, I'm all, like I said, I'm like skin. 291 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,640 And my thighs are big. 292 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:16,880 That shit scared the hell out of me. 293 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,320 It's like bumps all around me. 294 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,440 And like, hi, I was scared as hell. 295 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,320 Call my mother, she was like, make it eat. 296 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,320 Call an e-visit. 297 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,040 An e-visit is like, instead of you going to, you know, 298 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,360 usually you go straight to either urgent care 299 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,560 or the emergency room, you can have a virtual session 300 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:38,080 with the doctors that are like having to go in. 301 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:39,840 And it's quicker. 302 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,920 However, within that time for me, 303 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:47,240 it was okay for me to do that because the break out 304 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:52,240 didn't get burst up until that Sunday. 305 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:57,680 So y'all, the whole thing is I had two e-visits 306 00:13:57,680 --> 00:13:59,960 in the same day, but I was apart. 307 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:03,320 So I had an e-visit with a doctor, a nice doctor. 308 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,800 She told me, like, you know, she wanted to make sure, 309 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,920 cause you know, when you have allergic action at times, 310 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:09,960 your tongue gets swelled up. 311 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:14,760 Your throat, your lips, but they really pay attention 312 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,280 to that tongue and your throat because you know, 313 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:19,960 you don't want to close within your vocal cords 314 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,640 and you don't want that to swell up. 315 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,000 And then, let me tell y'all that too, that happened to me. 316 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,640 But I'm gonna try not to make it so long, 317 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,200 but it's like, I need y'all to listen to this 318 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:29,440 because y'all is scared me. 319 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,520 And in the process of me, like dealing with this, 320 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,200 I'm learning as I go. 321 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,800 So I had the first, when I had the first e-visit with her, 322 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,240 like I'm telling her, explaining to her, 323 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,640 cause I also broke down what I ate that day. 324 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,040 And it was crazy cause I was like, 325 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,320 that Friday I remember, I really didn't have breakfast 326 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:49,000 cause usually if I work Fridays at my job, 327 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,800 I probably get Starbucks or I probably 328 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,080 will get something from my house. 329 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,600 And usually it would be Starbucks, 330 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,480 but that day I just didn't get it. 331 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,920 So I had Slim Jim, Wild Brass Skittles, 332 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,280 Strawberry Kiwi ever first. 333 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,160 Then I had Chick-fil-A, an eight count, 334 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,200 nine and one eight cheese with big and big, after that, 335 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:14,200 I had a Popherz Strawberry Lemonade Frosty. 336 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:20,560 Came home, my mom had fried rice and, 337 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,320 I think I had some chocolate. 338 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,240 And I had some Champagne y'all. 339 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,720 So out of all that stuff, I'm thinking, 340 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,400 okay, something got me fucked up. 341 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,800 And then I'm thinking I have some water, 342 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,880 but I didn't have enough cause usually like, 343 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,360 you know, you're supposed to drink, 344 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,000 you all know that now, I'm not ready to tell y'all. 345 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,480 And I'm slipping. 346 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,760 So like, I like probably could be two. 347 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,560 So I told her that and she was like, okay, 348 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:46,680 show her the marks everything. 349 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,920 And she told me to put, I think it's hydrocodone, 350 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:50,840 you might be saying it wrong. 351 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,680 Cream on, okay, boom, call my mom, let her know. 352 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:59,520 Mom came home, we doing the cream, getting together. 353 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,400 I laid back down, tried to go to sleep cause like, you know, 354 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,400 when you're going through things y'all, 355 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,400 all you wanted to was sleep it off. 356 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,480 You wanted to go away. 357 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,120 I tried my hardest to sleep the pain away. 358 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,800 And you know, just then, 359 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,960 you want to wake up from this nightmare. 360 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,000 You know, I was like, this should really happen 361 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,000 and it's happening. 362 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,080 So, laid back down, got myself together, 363 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,080 y'all it got worse. 364 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,320 So then, I had to call the doctor again, let her know, 365 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:33,160 if she had to put me on these pills, 366 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:38,160 and the pills y'all are called partner zone. 367 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,560 So, let me tell y'all this, partner zone is like, 368 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,920 10 milligrams pills. 369 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:49,240 And they are to help fight allergic reactions. 370 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,120 And any infection that is going on 371 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,480 when packed in here, like immune system. 372 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,520 So, I was on the pills, she prescribed me the pills 373 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,680 and I started the pills what that Sunday, 374 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:05,680 that Sunday was the 28th and I did it up until the 31st, 375 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,840 I think, if I'm not mistaken. 376 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,640 No, no, it was three days. 377 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,040 I don't know. 378 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,600 So, I was on the pills. 379 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:23,520 I've seen a little bit of progress. 380 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,280 However, that Monday when I went out 381 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,520 to my best friend for her surprise dinner, 382 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,640 I was out of it. 383 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,200 Like usually when I go outside, 384 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:34,520 when I go out with my friends, they know, 385 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:35,800 like I'm turn, you know, 386 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,000 had to have a good time, 387 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,920 no, we're gonna joke, ha ha. 388 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,480 I was there mentally, but physically I wasn't. 389 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:43,480 Like I was so drained. 390 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,000 And then within my appearance too, 391 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,680 it was just like, I had a cool fit on, 392 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,640 but I just felt like I was left out. 393 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,680 Because, you know, it's my best remember day. 394 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,080 I wanted to just rest up, 395 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,320 but the way my body was, 396 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,720 because you know, the rashes was still like going, 397 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,000 the rashes and the highs was still like, 398 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,520 on me, I was like, I didn't want nobody to see. 399 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,280 And it was so hard to even let like my real close friends know, 400 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:12,320 because like, bro, hey, they, if anything, 401 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,640 they know I am the last to say anything that's moving. 402 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,280 I want to know everything that's moving within, 403 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:18,280 before they know anything, 404 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,960 you know, with me when it comes to personal reasons, 405 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:25,360 because I'm the type that is willing to take care of somebody 406 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:27,960 before somebody is willing to take care of me. 407 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,040 And I know it's crazy, but it's like, 408 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:31,480 we have the nurturing people, 409 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:32,400 and I'm just gonna, 410 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,320 so when I told them they was all up for me, like, 411 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,400 well, please take your medicine, you know, 412 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:38,880 wait till you get it, you know, 413 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,360 you got to call out, let it know, like, you're school, 414 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:42,920 you know, you got to let them know what's going on, 415 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,280 you know, cause like, you come first, bro, 416 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,000 like this is some serious shit. 417 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,560 Y'all that Monday, that night, 418 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,520 that Monday night at the dinner with my best friend, 419 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,960 it was so nice, he looks so pretty, 420 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,000 came home, got myself together, I was so weak, 421 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,840 I was so weak. 422 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,160 Woke up, next day, I had to go to work, 423 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,120 had to work, I was only there for two hours, 424 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:09,280 two or three hours, my sister-in-law was like, 425 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,680 oh, you got to go, she was like, 426 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,760 you say you okay, I'm fine, I'm good, I'm okay, 427 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,000 you know, like, mentally, like I said, 428 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,440 I'm here, but physically, I was trying, 429 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,320 she was like, you need to go home, 430 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:22,600 your face is swollen, 431 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,680 I can tell you about your top lip is swollen, 432 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,520 that's nothing to y'all, my lips started to swell, 433 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,040 and I was like, bro, I said, 434 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,360 I do feel like I got some lip filters, 435 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:35,560 I'm like, bro, my top lip was so swollen, 436 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,040 you know, like when you can play with your lip, 437 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,960 you don't like the little noises you make with the babies, 438 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,520 and they do things, I tried to do that y'all, 439 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,320 I couldn't even do it, cause my lip was so swollen, 440 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:50,320 and bad enough that my lips are like, a little bit pudged, 441 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,520 so I was like, bro, this is some shit. 442 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:58,440 So that Tuesday, so I went home, 443 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,800 got my stuff together, my mother was like, 444 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,040 yeah, you not looking a little good, 445 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:04,240 so I need you to chill out, 446 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,840 mind you, the pills that the doctor put me on, 447 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,520 the first time she only hit me on for three days, 448 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,320 so it was something Monday, Tuesday, 449 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,560 so after that Tuesday, it was no more, 450 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,640 that Tuesday night, I went to class y'all, 451 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,240 everybody can tell me, don't go nowhere, don't do it, 452 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:21,960 I said, bro, I gotta go to class, 453 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:23,960 I'm the term, I was like, well, I'm the term, 454 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,320 I gotta get everything done, got the class, 455 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,800 came home, my sister was like, something not right, 456 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,080 you don't look right, bro, 457 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,160 mother gave me this stuff to like, 458 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,000 cause it was still like, I was eating scratch, 459 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,000 like crazy, that's the thing too, 460 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,040 you have allergic reaction y'all, 461 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,160 please try not to scratch, because it will hurt, 462 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,880 and then once you scratch, you will not stop. 463 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,120 So the mother gave me the cream and stuff, 464 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:52,680 this weird shit get real, and it scared the hell out of me. 465 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,640 Wednesday, four o'clock in the morning, I wake up, 466 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,800 I can't see, my eyes are like shut, 467 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,440 like they are so like squinted, 468 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:07,440 underneath my eyeballs puff, top part of my eyes puff, 469 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,760 my whole face is swollen, to the teeth, 470 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:15,240 to lips, both lips are swollen, eyeballs swollen, 471 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,960 cheeks are swollen, everything, 472 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,320 arms swollen, back swollen, 473 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:21,960 my whole body was swollen to the point where 474 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,440 I couldn't even really scream, 475 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,600 I couldn't talk, cause that's how bad it got. 476 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,760 When I told the mother, like, I took pictures, 477 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,160 mind you, everything that was going on, 478 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,480 I took pictures, my mom was very upset with me, 479 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:36,240 when I didn't wake her up at four o'clock in the morning, 480 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,160 but I'm like, mom, why would I wake you up 481 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,520 at four o'clock in the morning? 482 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,440 My mother was like, I don't care, 483 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:42,960 and my parents was like, you know, my dad was like, 484 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,160 who kid, you know, yes, look at your face, 485 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:46,440 you know, like, it was so scary, 486 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:47,600 y'all, to the point where I didn't even, 487 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,080 I couldn't even look at my siblings in the eyes, 488 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:51,160 especially my nurses, because it's like, 489 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:52,760 I look like a monster, 490 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,440 cause it's getting the shit out of me, 491 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,240 I'm taking, ooh, excuse me, 492 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,680 taking pictures of myself, like bro, what the fuck? 493 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,760 So, my mother was like, you have to go to emergency room, 494 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:04,960 and my mother kept telling me like, 495 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,080 I need to go to emergency room, 496 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:07,560 but I just kept playing off, like, 497 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,520 I'm good, you know, I'm good, like, you know, 498 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,480 us black people, we will make sure, 499 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:16,080 we will not sit in an emergency room, we will not, 500 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,840 like, I was the time, I said, I'm not going to emergency room, 501 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,080 if I gotta take these pills, 502 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,640 if I gotta walk around with patents or like, 503 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:23,480 I'm gonna do it, 504 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:24,920 cause I don't want to in emergency room, 505 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,280 because I feel like within our community too, 506 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,320 when things happen, when one thing's happened, 507 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:31,800 you find out something else, 508 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,200 and that was my issue, 509 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,760 like, when they happen, right in there, 510 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,880 I'm like, bro, I don't wanna go in there, 511 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,760 and then, like, you know, the reaction, 512 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,840 and it tells me, you know, from the reaction, 513 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:45,440 if something else involves, so like, 514 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:46,960 okay, you got this reaction because of this, 515 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,520 or it's something that's causing it, 516 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,600 and it also, y'all, another thing too, 517 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,240 I want y'all to really, really think about, 518 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,840 and probably change your self-care, 519 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,000 because I am, when it comes to shaving, 520 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,280 underarms, anywhere, with the razors, 521 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:07,280 I feel like, bro, get sensitive products, period, 522 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,440 especially if you don't have sensitive skin, 523 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,000 cause some people are like, I don't have sensitive skin, 524 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,600 and then, please get it, 525 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,080 cause I think that's another reason why 526 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:17,720 I also got a breakout, so, 527 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,960 semi a little bit, but then not. 528 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,840 My underarm was breaking out really bad, 529 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,720 because of one of the, shave, 530 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,280 the razors, or shaving cream I was using, 531 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,080 it broke out so bad that it was to the point 532 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,360 where I couldn't even put my right arm down, 533 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:36,640 so I was like, I had enough going on, 534 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,840 but my, my underarm was going, 535 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:42,800 was getting healed from the pills, 536 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:47,080 then my, the rashes, and the, the hires and stuff, 537 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,360 so I was just all, well, all fucked up, 538 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,760 and like I said, when it comes to y'all body of, 539 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,600 you know your body, your body is a temple, 540 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,760 point blank barrier, house is about point blank barrier, 541 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,720 as a black person, especially as African American woman, 542 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,120 when it comes to our body, 543 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:07,480 we need to be 10 toes down on everything, 544 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:12,480 because the number one cause for us is heart attacks, 545 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:18,120 diabetes, men, you got the prostate cancer, 546 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,760 things like that, those are very serious, 547 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,440 because, you know, it's, some of this, 548 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:26,720 some of that stuff is passed down 549 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,920 from generation to generation to generation, 550 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,000 so when it comes to your health at times, you know, 551 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,720 if it's a little bit of pain, 552 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,760 but if you feel it over and over and over again, 553 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,440 get it checked out, get it done, 554 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,200 I don't care if you gotta be out for a week, 555 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,040 a month or two, you gotta make sure you're good, 556 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,080 because I'm telling y'all, bro, 557 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:52,080 dealing with the process of me having this allergic reaction, 558 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,760 it fucked me up so bad, because, you know, like I said, 559 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,200 I just pushed off not going to the emergency room, 560 00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,680 because you know, you don't wanna wait and stuff, 561 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,160 but it's like, hey, you gotta do what I do, 562 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,560 and I thank God also for the people that were, 563 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,840 the doctors and nurses that was in that emergency room, 564 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,920 because when they see me, they instantly was like, 565 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,360 I gotta put you, I gotta, 566 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:12,600 we have to put you back here, because one, 567 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,880 your face is swollen, two, your throat is getting swelled up, 568 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,000 that's bad, you know, and we have allergic reactions, 569 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,040 you know, you, like I said, they don't want you 570 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,360 to get the throat swollen up, 571 00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:25,680 because once you do, you can't talk, 572 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:27,800 like when I was trying to explain to my parents 573 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,480 what's going on, how I'm feeling, I was getting spiked, 574 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,080 my voice was just like swelling up so bad. 575 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,320 So the mom story show with an emergency room, 576 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,120 you all know, they had to like, 577 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,760 a lot of IVs, a lot of tests, he was going on, 578 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,320 I was on the observation that see what's going on, 579 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,200 everything came back clear, but it was like, 580 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:46,920 there was like, there's something that you need 581 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,680 to go to a specialist like the allergy specialist 582 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,880 to see what's going on, because this shit is crazy, 583 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,640 it's crazy, you know, it's really, really important, 584 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,680 and by being young, you know, allergies happen, 585 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,280 like you could start building an allergy 586 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,440 within your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and up, 587 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,320 you usually see people like, 588 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:05,560 oh, you're pulling with an allergy, 589 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,640 sometimes you are, and sometimes you're not, 590 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,840 because you don't know, and so you get older, like, 591 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,320 starting to shit your body can't maintain no more, 592 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,880 and it might be something my body can't maintain no more 593 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,320 that I love, and it's just like, 594 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,160 it was a sacrifice that we had to put down, 595 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,040 for example, like when it comes to high blood pressure, 596 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,080 like I said, but then the black community, 597 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,560 or then our community, that's one of the really high costs 598 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,920 of that high blood pressure, heart attacks, 599 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:33,920 things like that, anything involving with the heart, 600 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:38,800 that's number one, very, very common, 601 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,600 and it's things like, you know, greasy food, 602 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,720 stress, depression, anxiety, things like that, 603 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,600 we need to work on our health, 604 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,880 and we need to make sure that we are living 605 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:52,880 in a very healthy, uncomfortable life, 606 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,760 having a good, having an uncomfortable, healthy life, 607 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:02,760 as well as putting the right products into our bodies, 608 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,720 and making sure that we are not putting 609 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,720 so much stress on us, that's why also, you know, 610 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,080 at times when people are like, 611 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,320 you too young to be stressing shit, 612 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,080 I've seen, I grew up with some people, 613 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:18,040 that's my age that had reasons to be stressing, 614 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:22,520 and like I say, you know, we're human in a day, 615 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,160 shit happens, and people need to understand that, 616 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,520 I don't care if you freaking 15 years old, 617 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,600 you don't know what's going on with these people, 618 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:30,760 you don't know what's going on, 619 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,080 so I, he's so like, we gotta stop that narrative 620 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:34,600 of you too young to be stressed, 621 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,160 because this is some, within this generation now, 622 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,680 within today's world, you'd be surprised 623 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,360 that we people are going through, you just never know, 624 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:44,560 and by me being a social work major and learning, 625 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,200 and digging especially within my community, 626 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,600 the urban community, you'd be surprised at things 627 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,280 that children are dealing with at a young age, 628 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,520 as well as they get older because it's stressing them out, 629 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,040 and it's affecting their health, 630 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,000 or it's dealing with their health that they didn't even know 631 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,320 anything about. 632 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,840 So with the experience that I've been through, 633 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,360 within this breakout, it took me a valuable lesson. 634 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:10,160 No matter how bad you think this is, 635 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,760 how real the situation is, it can get bad, 636 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,920 and when you feel the need, like you don't feel right, 637 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,560 and your body is telling you, and your body is not 638 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,280 cooperating like how we usually do on a daily basis, 639 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,400 go see somebody, go to that doctor, 640 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,000 go to the emergency room, go to the doctor, 641 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,000 go to the hospital, it's sad because, 642 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,960 like you know, when people have heart attacks, 643 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,400 they could be just going by their day, 644 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,520 and then something just happened, heart attacks, 645 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,040 seizures, things like that, like we really have to 646 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,720 pay attention to our body because, 647 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,040 like I say, the body is a simple health as well, 648 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,200 and you only get one life, you wanna live it up 649 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,960 to the fullest, and you wanna make sure you're healthy. 650 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:00,200 So I say this to say, within me dealing with this, 651 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,200 and if anybody has ever dealt with an alert reaction, 652 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,800 or a health illness that like, you know, 653 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,040 similar to what I've gone through or what I'm saying, 654 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,040 or knows my or whatever the case may be, 655 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,440 we need to take a lot of accountability within our health. 656 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:20,440 We really need to, we really, really, really need to 657 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,560 put ourself first, and if you know me, you know, 658 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,520 like I said, I'm all about the self because, 659 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,240 there's only one you, there's only one you, 660 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,960 there's only one you, you need to make sure that 661 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:38,440 you are able to deal with everything that comes your way, 662 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:43,440 especially at times when it's not the best timing, 663 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,200 you know, for me, like when the alert reaction, 664 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,440 I'm like, this shit cannot be happening. 665 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,640 Well, God was telling me like, 666 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,440 you need to sit your ass down. 667 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:53,840 Oh God, forgive me. 668 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,520 You need to sit down. 669 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,680 Well, you need to sit down because this is important, 670 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,120 it's so crazy y'all because, like I say, 671 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,800 the time is the part for the motherfucking thing. 672 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,920 At my job, I was talking to one of my coworkers, 673 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,960 I was like, you know, I'm not the type to call out, 674 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,600 like, even times I came to work y'all, 675 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,800 I had a freaking science infection, 676 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,120 let alone the stomach virus, 677 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,880 and I was still holding 10 toes down. 678 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,000 I said, like, it's been situations where 679 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,280 I should not have been here, but I've been here. 680 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:32,640 And I don't know how, but somehow I always like, 681 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:36,000 like since now, like I have the energy to, 682 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,880 like I'm feeling a little bit like better, 683 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,760 feeling a little bit fully energetic. 684 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,480 I was like, bro, was that a sign right there for me? 685 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:46,360 Because I was just like, I just have not been sick. 686 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,400 I'm like, I'm sick of nothing, and nothing like that. 687 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,560 And then me, as a female, you know, 688 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,320 you're supposed to get checkups frequently anyway. 689 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,040 And I've been like, and I'm telling my mom, 690 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:57,200 like, all right, I gotta make my appointment 691 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,760 for a checkup, a dentist, and all that stuff. 692 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,360 When that happened, I was like, yeah y'all, 693 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,960 I gotta be really, really serious on these appointments 694 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:09,560 because like I said, you, if you're young, 695 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:14,560 if you're your 20s, baby, please get this in your head. 696 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,280 Get checked out every chance you get. 697 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,760 See y'all doctor every chance you get. 698 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,320 From head to toe, because like I said, 699 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:22,920 you never know what's going on. 700 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:24,480 Like your body can tell you something 701 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:25,960 and you don't even know what it is. 702 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,080 But I'm guaranteeing them people that went to medical school 703 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,880 and all that can tell you when the heartbeat was going on 704 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,400 before you get. 705 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:32,880 And that's the thing about us, 706 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,960 but if we are so determined, like I said, 707 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,680 I was determined not to put my ass in that head medicine room. 708 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,160 But once, I seen it for myself, like once my face swelled up 709 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:47,160 and my throat almost swelled all the way the fuck up. 710 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,240 It was like, oh yeah, you thought, 711 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:53,720 huh, take that ass, like girl, come here, 712 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,320 get the trick what you do, you shit. 713 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:59,320 Like in that right there y'all, it was like, okay. 714 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:05,400 When it comes to me being a young African-American woman, 715 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:09,000 that's part of the African-American community, 716 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:14,000 I need some safe consideration of making sure 717 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:15,960 I'm good from here to talk. 718 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,840 Cause like I said, you could feel good mentally, 719 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,000 but physically things can change. 720 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,160 And it's always refers to like physically you're good, 721 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,240 but mentally you may not be. 722 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,320 So y'all within this episode, 723 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,520 I talked a lot about myself, 724 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,920 but that experience like is just, 725 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,680 it was one of an eye opener for me 726 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:37,880 because I haven't experienced anything like this. 727 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,560 And you know, like we go to doctors and they be like, 728 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:40,880 you know, have experience before anything. 729 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,040 I said, no. 730 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,320 And it was very, very trick, 731 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,040 it was very tricky for me and it was sad 732 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,320 because it was like, bro, like I said, 733 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:53,400 I'm always the one that is willing to take care of somebody. 734 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,120 And then one of the ones that didn't care of me. 735 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,360 Of course my parents, you know, yes. 736 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,880 My friends, I didn't want them blowing up my phone. 737 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,360 I didn't want them worried about me. 738 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,120 I'm like, I'm good, I'm good. 739 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,800 Whole time I'm over here like, bro, I'm good, 740 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:11,080 but cause when I talk about it, y'all, it just made me cringe. 741 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:12,680 But now I'm like, every day I'm getting through it. 742 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,080 Like I had the medication and stuff I have 743 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,240 and it's helping me day by day. 744 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:19,480 It's like I'm learning and I'm teaching while I'm learning 745 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,720 as well and I wanted to teach y'all because like I said, 746 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,040 somebody, somebody I may have been with the same thing 747 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,400 I went through and they found out what was going on with them 748 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,960 and they could probably help me, you know. 749 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:33,920 There's another thing too within this podcast is 750 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,840 let me help you and you help me. 751 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,280 If, like I say, if my podcast don't help, 752 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,520 a lot of people, long as it helps somebody, 753 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,240 long as they do something for somebody, 754 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,760 that's all they need, my job is done. 755 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,680 And the net girl show I'm doing something worth living for 756 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,880 and worth striving for, striving for because, hey, 757 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,160 like I said, everybody needs somebody to talk to. 758 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,800 Everybody needs to listen to somebody. 759 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,160 Everybody needs somebody, period. 760 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,400 Relationships are not, friendships are not. 761 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,600 Like somebody just needs somebody for something 762 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,880 within things that are meant for them, 763 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,680 especially within this, like I said, 764 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,480 within this episode within health, 765 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,920 it just was like I was dying to get to go, 766 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,480 first of all, to let y'all know what's going on 767 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:16,960 because, you know, if you follow the page, 768 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,320 I put it in there and I was like, what's going on? 769 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:21,080 So I was like, you know what, that's not, 770 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,320 let's see, why not talk about health? 771 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,320 And then also put out there too, like, 772 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,600 we need to make sure that we are standing 773 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,960 10 toes down, let alone we're doing everything 774 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,120 on power to make sure that we're good. 775 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,520 Like, you know, we say we good, 776 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,760 but sometimes like you could be feeling normal, 777 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:38,040 you could be looking normal as hell, 778 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,840 but people be like, like, are you sick or you okay? 779 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,880 People be like, nah, I'm cool, they're broke, 780 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,160 they be like, bro, who are you? 781 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:48,120 You know, because especially the people you be around 782 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,640 on a daily or every other day will know you, 783 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:53,160 like the back of their hand, 784 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:55,840 they can even know what something ain't right. 785 00:34:55,840 --> 00:35:00,440 So take the little hints and signs, things like that. 786 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,640 Take it with a grand assault and get checked out. 787 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,560 I know at times we don't wanna do it, we gotta do it. 788 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,080 And I say this because I'm gonna stretch this enough 789 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,760 because when it comes to us black people, 790 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:17,080 we fail to get the help that we need, 791 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:22,080 especially when it comes to our mental physical health. 792 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,120 When it comes to our mental and physical health, 793 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:30,120 we need to make sure that we are in the right stable bracket 794 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,360 because until we are every other day, 795 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,720 something is going on within our community 796 00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:40,400 and if it's not due to shooting or anything, 797 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,200 it's due to our health concerns. 798 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:47,240 Like, you know, we have to say you have to eat right, 799 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:48,960 you gotta do this, you gotta do that. 800 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,600 They ain't lying, they not lying. 801 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,720 Because you know, like I said, we try our hardest 802 00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:57,080 not to go to emergency rooms, 803 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,360 we have remedies, stuff like that. 804 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,800 Y'all, I was in this house listening to everything 805 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,640 my father telling me to do. 806 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,240 My mother, she was gonna be like, 807 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:08,120 I work in Hellfield, you gonna do this. 808 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:09,720 I'm listening to my dad. 809 00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:14,200 He's like, no, you gonna do these old remedies that I did. 810 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:15,880 So I'm doing all this stuff. 811 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,640 And it's just like, you know, 812 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,800 sometimes the old remedies are working, 813 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:24,200 and sometimes like, please take your SSEs away. 814 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,600 Like, I was just stuck between a heart, 815 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,400 but boys, there's a place in a heart right, 816 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,960 whatever the heck it is, y'all, no, shoot. 817 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,640 I was just like, my thing was, 818 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,840 I just needed to get better. 819 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:38,840 I just was worried about getting myself back together. 820 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,040 I was worried about going by my day 821 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:42,360 because y'all, well, I tell y'all, 822 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:44,600 like when you do get sick and stuff like that, 823 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,880 it does mess up your routine. 824 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,680 And like I said, I'm the type to build my feet on day. 825 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,760 When I was in that bed, I was like, bro, 826 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,000 all I wanted to do was sleep. 827 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,120 I didn't want to do nothing else. 828 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:55,920 Like, this was like, 829 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:57,800 cause like, you know, I couldn't really talk to y'all. 830 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,720 I couldn't really shit all my, 831 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:00,840 I couldn't even have my mic before 832 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,520 I had a mic in my hand. 833 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:03,360 I couldn't do it. 834 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,320 And that was just like, it made me cry. 835 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,200 Like y'all really cried about it because it was like, bro, 836 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,440 when you're dealing with situations like this, 837 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:11,640 it hurts so bad. 838 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,120 It makes you wanna cry. 839 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,240 Cause it's like, you know, 840 00:37:15,240 --> 00:37:17,440 you never would have thought it would happen to you. 841 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,880 Cause you know, things happen and you know, 842 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,040 you know what happens? 843 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:24,640 And then also it was just like, 844 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,840 for me, I was like, how long will this be? 845 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,520 Cause I was like, bro, I just started school. 846 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:31,040 I just started my spring semester. 847 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:32,880 Like, I started spring semester. 848 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:37,120 I'm working like, I'm grinding, hustling every day. 849 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:38,760 And I got the park has, 850 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,080 like I'm going harder and harder on the park has 851 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,040 each time I get in. 852 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,560 I was just like, bro, what am I gonna do? 853 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:45,480 But like I said, 854 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,400 at times you need to give yourself the mental breaks. 855 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,720 The mental breaks are key to everything. 856 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:57,160 I salute all y'all that are hardworking and dedication. 857 00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:58,560 People put them telling y'all, 858 00:37:58,560 --> 00:37:59,840 you need, like I say also, 859 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:01,800 we need to have the mirror conversations. 860 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:06,400 We need to have 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 an hour or so 861 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,960 to tear for ourself because, 862 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,360 man, we go through shit on a daily. 863 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,640 And sometimes that shit can affect you real bad. 864 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,560 When it comes to your mental and it will 865 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,640 juggle down to your health. 866 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,240 So I'm saying this to say, 867 00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:21,800 in honor of Black History Month, 868 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,760 as well as what I just thought through, 869 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,600 please get checked out. 870 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:26,880 Please get them checked out, 871 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:28,680 especially with your kids. 872 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,800 You need to, if you have kids, 873 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,120 think you have a lead, whatever, 874 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,640 if you have parent, guardian, whatever the case may be, 875 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,720 please get yourself checked out. 876 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:39,280 We also get them babies checked out. 877 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:43,320 So, and the older generation checked out too. 878 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:48,000 Because we need to make sure that we're able to see 879 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,840 and witness a lot of beautiful things, 880 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:50,960 even though we're going, 881 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,560 even though we are seeing some of the craziest shit going on, 882 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,760 we need to be able to see 883 00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,160 the beautiful things that's going on. 884 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,520 Like I always say, I wanna see it to 100. 885 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:02,120 You know? 886 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,200 Oh, hopefully to God, I'll be able to see 100. 887 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:07,040 You know? 888 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,440 You wanna be able to leave your mark on this world 889 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:10,280 to leave a purpose, 890 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:11,720 especially within the Black community. 891 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:14,120 We need to come together and, 892 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,520 we need to come together, stick together, 893 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:19,720 to do a lot of things when it comes to being able 894 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:22,400 to make sure we see each other when it also, 895 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:23,680 making sure that we let each other know 896 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:24,760 that we're here for each other. 897 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,880 Like, don't be afraid, you know? 898 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:30,880 That's why I always shout out to my HBC youth. 899 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:35,400 Shout out to all y'all that are in the field, 900 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,720 within the health field. 901 00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:39,760 Even if you're working with a mental or the physical, 902 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,840 if you're working with a mental-y, the mental side 903 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,640 or the physical side, shout out to y'all 904 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,280 because baby, it's not easy, 905 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,680 especially when it comes to us, like, 906 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,080 you know the HBC youth, 907 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:53,040 I love the HBC youth because you learn all about your community. 908 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,320 And by maybe a social work nature, 909 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:58,960 everything I learned about my community, 910 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,920 it put an effect on me to the point where I need, 911 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,840 I'm not gonna say, I'm not gonna say what, 912 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,760 I need to put my voice out there. 913 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,120 And that's why I use my platform to speak my mind 914 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:09,640 and to also drop you with me, y'all, 915 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:11,520 because this is important to me. 916 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:16,520 And why not be one of the voices to make a difference? 917 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,120 Why not put your best foot forward 918 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,040 for a positive cause and not for the bullshit? 919 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:22,960 Okay? 920 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:26,760 So with that being said, y'all, health is wealth. 921 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,000 Your body is a temple. 922 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:34,000 Take control of them, mental wellness, 923 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:35,360 whatever days they're called. 924 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,600 I don't care if it's during a work or school. 925 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:41,320 That's when people know like, bro, I worked too hard. 926 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,360 Today I just need to, whoo-sa, 927 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,440 I need this day or two to get myself together. 928 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,840 Cause if not, I'm gonna have a mental breakdown. 929 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,600 And mental breakdowns are very, very, very high risk 930 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,960 as well as heart attacks and things of that nature 931 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:58,840 that impacts within the African American culture, 932 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:03,840 especially when it comes to our women and men 933 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,520 that are like the peak of the age, I believe, 934 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,960 in the 40s and up of her. 935 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:14,960 So without further ado, I thank you all 936 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:18,240 for taking the time out your busy day 937 00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:21,880 to hear my so, so crazy story. 938 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,280 I hope you guys have learned from this 939 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:29,280 or also, you know, give me something from this, you know? 940 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,560 Uh-uh, something about that thing. 941 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:33,600 I should be a professor. 942 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,320 Oh no, I'm still thinking about it. 943 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:41,160 But like I say, if my broadcast don't help a few y'all, 944 00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:42,920 long as it helps somebody, 945 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:46,480 cause I'm all about self-self-improvement, 946 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,840 self-empowerment, self-care, 947 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,120 and all about nothing but the truth. 948 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:53,720 And I tell y'all nothing but the truth. 949 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:57,040 Like I ain't ashamed, I ain't ashamed of it 950 00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:58,920 because it's real. 951 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,720 Why not listen to somebody that's gonna skew that ball 952 00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:05,920 and uncut rather than that stuff that's just made up, 953 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:07,320 try to make it look good? 954 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:12,320 No, we like real, we love real, we need real. 955 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,520 Okay, so without further ado, 956 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,560 I wish you guys nothing but a happy Wednesday. 957 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:23,240 Have a happy, safe, and conductive weekend 958 00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:26,520 in honor of Black History Month, please. 959 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,280 Take a day, you know, take a little hour 960 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:34,400 to watch our busy day, just to dig deep into your history. 961 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:36,920 I'm running it every day, like I'm running something new, 962 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,680 doing little things, doing little research, 963 00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:42,960 and hopefully that I can do like every Wednesday 964 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,320 that we have to just talk about somebody 965 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,920 that people don't really talk about. 966 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,800 I'm looking to the media side because, you know, 967 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,520 why not talk about the pockets? 968 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,240 Find somebody that was really deep to the pockets, you know? 969 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,000 Mm, y'all got me, thank you, Bill. 970 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,920 But yes, without further ado, 971 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,200 I wish y'all nothing but peace and blessings. 972 00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,520 Please be safe out here, please get checked out, 973 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,160 please make sure you're bundling up 974 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:10,560 because it's still cold outside, still a little shaky, you know? 975 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:13,600 You know, it's still a little shaky, you know? 976 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,840 Sometimes it's like it's cold and it's warm, 977 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,520 just bop or ass, whether if you're from the city, 978 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:20,160 if you're in my city, you know how this is, 979 00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:21,960 and if you're not, brush your heart 980 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:23,640 if you're in the wrong parts of the world. 981 00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:27,320 But with that being said, y'all, please be safe out here, 982 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:28,720 and I wish y'all nothing but best. 983 00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:33,720 In other words, you guys will hear some nice battle with E 984 00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:36,000 next Wednesday. 985 00:43:36,000 --> 00:44:00,200 Thank you, Scottish