What's going on?
In the past three months, I've seen three people die during my commutes to and from SF... This entry is a little disturbing, so I placed it under the cut. Please read it if you're interested, but it might be a little bit too much information for some...
A few months ago, I had the unfortunate experience of seeing someone jump in front of our express train. Bits of him splattered against the windows and the sound of his body being dragged underneath still gets to me. I've seen people shot, stabbed and even beaten when I was growing up in the city. There's just something about the idea of someone being pushed or brought so low to go to that extreme that's troubling.
Last week while driving home on Santa Clara Street from the station, I saw a man have a seizure. He stiffened and fell backwards onto the street where his head bounced twice on the asphalt. I looked away as a car came his way. I wanted to stop, but was heading in the opposite direction with several cars behind me, so I pulled over and went around, pulling out my cellphone to call 911. Thankfully since there are police cars constantly patrolling our area, they were already there handling the situation.
Tonight on my way to an appointment in Redwood City, a man sitting in the single top row seats across from my aisle had a seizure, passed out and slid from his seat. I ran to get a train conductor while another passenger headed over to his side to suspend the man's head. When I came back with the train attendant, the man's lips were turning blue as he gasped for air. He was completely out and didn't come to at all. We stopped in Millbrae five minutes later where EMTs waited. They climbed aboard and had to carry the man off the train to work on him. He had stopped breathing. I don't know what happened, but am praying that he is ok.
What is going on and why am I writing this? Well for the past few weeks, I've been wondering if I'm doing the right thing by studying nutrition and trying to do something that makes a difference in people's lives. You see, for the past six months I've been working a job and have fell back into a pattern of just going through the motions. I am aware that people dying and having massive attacks ultimately have nothing to do with my current state of mind, but I really wonder if there's some reason why I'm seeing all of this tragedy and trauma...
There are survivors of cancer, accidents and major health problems I've met since getting into health and glyconutrition. I will do what I can, plus more, to spread the word and help more people find relief from pain and illness, that includes sadness.
