“KNOW YOUR FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY”

FoundationaleducationasanRNwithaBSNfrom South Dakota State University provided a broad understanding of how our bodies function. One of the lessons that was high lighted over the years was the need to pay attention to changes, e.g., my two sisters needed total knee replacement and so did I; my paternal grandfather had a massive stoke and died at the age of 61 years in 1948 from what? It wasneverdiagnosed.Myfatherthoughtthathisdad, who was a farmer, was too stubborn to get regular check-ups from a physician and probably had heart problems in addition to his high blood pressure.