Ms. Namita Nayyar:
How would you define fitness for women at every age no matter what your physical challenges build up to?
Ms. Christina Hooper:
Fitness is the condition of being physically fit and healthy and involves attributes that include but are not limited to mental acuity, cardiovascular endurance muscular strength endurance body composition, and flexibility.
As we take on physical challenges at any age I would recommend that women keep fitness as an important part of their lifestyle and modify their levels of fitness accordingly. Making the necessary changes as we age will not only keep us positive but will also set our focus and commitments to the long-term quality of life.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
According to you ” I have dealt with a lot of health obstacles in my life. I have also been diagnosed with Endometriosis and suffer from an iron deficiency and receive iron infusion every couple of months.” Please elaborate.
Ms. Christina Hooper:
I have dealt with many health obstacles in my life. At an early age, I got the Epstein-Barr virus and then mononucleosis at 21 years of age. A month into having severe symptoms of tonsillitis extreme pain, fatigue, and an immune system that was extremely low; I was rushed to the ER with pancreatitis and spent over a week that changed the course of my life.
Facing many other health challenges I was given no other choice than to drop out of my second year of University.
In the coming months and years, I made many trips to the hospital with acute gallbladder attacks chronically on pain medications, suddenly rushed to the hospital and surgery for appendicitis, and later on a hernia surgery repair. Recently in the last 10 years in between all of my professional success, I’ve battled with postpartum depression and anxiety.
A sudden surgery with the diagnosis of endometriosis and a severe iron deficiency, resulted in iron infusions every couple of months for the rest of my life.
The most recent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis has been the most challenging battle yet.
With the growing list of challenges that I am facing with MS,
I reflect on this quote by Maya Angelou:
‘You may encounter many defeats but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, and how you can still come out of it.”
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