Dead Man Walking
When I was 48 years old I was overweight and needed to have my wisdom teeth removed.
I don’t know if you’ve had your wisdom teeth removed but it’s one of those life experiences that I never wanted to experience and had avoided.
Luckily for me at that time I knew a parent from my son’s hockey team who just happened to be a Dental Surgeon. He offered to remove my wisdom teeth and I gladly accepted his offer.
On the day of my surgery, the nurse took x-rays and then escorted me into the surgery room and administered anesthetic.
The Dental Surgeon went to work but after a few minutes, I woke up and looked up at the doctor while he was pulling a tooth out of my mouth with a big pair of pliers.
The kind doctor looked down at me and said “Craig, you are a dead man walking and there’s a good chance you will die before before the age of 50 if you do not lose weight.”
He made me promise that I would have to make a serious effort to lose weight or he would not finish operating.
I reluctantly promised that I would change my life and lose weight and he finished removing my wisdom teeth.
That was a day that changed my life forever.