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maleficent · 06-07-2006, 11:14 AM

It depends...

My maternal grandfather died at 65ish from throat and stomach cancer... caused by smoking cigars..

My maternal grandmother died at age 68 from alzheimers...

My father - has had bladder cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, two heart attacks, before he turned 65... Now at 73 - he's as healthy as a horse (knock on wood) He's still a practising attorney that can work circles around his associates half his age... and intends to be carried out of his office in a box.. He tried retirement and it wasn't for him.

My mother - should be bionic with all the replacement parts she's got in her... a year or so ago, she had her shoulder replaced.. again.. because of crippling arthritis... She's also had her hip replaced, her knee replaced, and cateract surgery so she could still see (whcih the bonus there was she was able to see without glasses fo rhte first time since she was 8) She's not healthy, she's very sedentary and basically is waiting to die... My father gets her out doing things -they take cruises twice a year... they go to vegas (legal conference there)... they have fun... but my mom complains about how old she feels.

I'm not unhealthy - I take no medication at all.. and won't.. but i'm not healthy either... I need to drop a lot of weight... My blood pressure is higher than it shoudl be... I am active... but i'm also lazy... I have no one to blame for my health but my lifestyle choices... too much coffee, too many years on the road (which is not an easy life) a lot of personal sacrafices made for my job...

health is directly related to attitude I think.. if you have a good attitude and thing you feel good then you will be ok... it's the people like my mother who are just waiting for the grim reaper that are the worst off..

But honestly, I think the health problems were there in the 60s and 70s - -they were just not talked about... my maternal grandmother had a double mastectomy when she was in her 50s- no one ever talked about it... my mother's cousin died of ovarian cancer... no one ever talked about it... another cousin had another form of cancer... wasn't talked about -female troubles weren't talked about - -cancer wasn't talked about...

I usually rant on and on about the pharmaceutical companies and their advertising on television.. but the good thing it's brought about is attention to some disease and it's brought disease out of the closet... and where it is able to be talked about.

06-07-2006, 11:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	It depends... My maternal grandfather died at 65ish from throat and stomach cancer... caused by smoking cigars.. My maternal grandmother died at age 68 from alzheimers... My father - has had bladder cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, two heart attacks, before he turned 65... Now at 73 - he's as healthy as a horse (knock on wood) He's still a practising attorney that can work circles around his associates half his age... and intends to be carried out of his office in a box.. He tried retirement and it wasn't for him. My mother - should be bionic with all the replacement parts she's got in her... a year or so ago, she had her shoulder replaced.. again.. because of crippling arthritis... She's also had her hip replaced, her knee replaced, and cateract surgery so she could still see (whcih the bonus there was she was able to see without glasses fo rhte first time since she was 8) She's not healthy, she's very sedentary and basically is waiting to die... My father gets her out doing things -they take cruises twice a year... they go to vegas (legal conference there)... they have fun... but my mom complains about how old she feels. I'm not unhealthy - I take no medication at all.. and won't.. but i'm not healthy either... I need to drop a lot of weight... My blood pressure is higher than it shoudl be... I am active... but i'm also lazy... I have no one to blame for my health but my lifestyle choices... too much coffee, too many years on the road (which is not an easy life) a lot of personal sacrafices made for my job... health is directly related to attitude I think.. if you have a good attitude and thing you feel good then you will be ok... it's the people like my mother who are just waiting for the grim reaper that are the worst off.. But honestly, I think the health problems were there in the 60s and 70s - -they were just not talked about... my maternal grandmother had a double mastectomy when she was in her 50s- no one ever talked about it... my mother's cousin died of ovarian cancer... no one ever talked about it... another cousin had another form of cancer... wasn't talked about -female troubles weren't talked about - -cancer wasn't talked about... I usually rant on and on about the pharmaceutical companies and their advertising on television.. but the good thing it's brought about is attention to some disease and it's brought disease out of the closet... and where it is able to be talked about. __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.