Ndubuisi 'Andy' EgwimMoney Coach for Medics|Ex-NHS GP|21+ Yrs Investor| Founder, MoneyWiseDoctor.com|Helping Medics Avoid Big Money Mistakes

Life Lessons After Illness: A New Perspective

21 Jun 2026 · 2 min

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In this personal reflection, the speaker recounts a recent bout with an acute intestinal obstruction and mesenteric infection, noting the legal and insurance complexities that followed. The experience prompted several key lessons: the critical importance of maintaining cash liquidity and treating personal assets as a form of self‑insurance; the responsibility to consider the financial well‑being of extended family members beyond the immediate nuclear family; and the need to balance generosity with prudent financial reserves. Overall, the episode reshaped the speaker’s outlook on life, emphasizing gratitude for loved ones, the value of financial preparedness, and a more measured approach to giving.

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I told myself something, that life sometimes teach you, will teach you lessons. Take the lessons out of it. Yes. Uh, I could go to court with my insurance because basis in which I was ill, I had acute intestinal obstruction. Wow. And, uh, some technicality was saying mesenteric infection, which were all there. So I thought, fine, at this point, let me heal. Mm. I would address that later, but more importantly, lesson for me was fine, ensure you are liquid on cash. Yeah. You have significant investment that will take care of you irrespective of whatever you have put in place. So I should be my own insurance to a great extent. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So the implication of that, that significant lesson of what happened at the time, and of course not just my nuclear family's dependent. On me. I have significant family members that I have also cut off, I cut off for. Yeah. So I wonder what will happen to my mom or my father or my siblings. Yeah. I do think about them as well, but importantly, it made me to see life in a better perspective. You have people that love you, you have people you want to reach out to, But again, you, if you are the important person earning that income, because at the end of the day, when you have made significant investment or making money, you want to be generous. But even at this point, you also want to have a portion for certain level of generosity.