Life is longer not necessarily healthier!

[JLM]

Average Canadian will spend a decade suffering from serious illness | Health | Life | National Post

We are living longer but for many what's the point? Physical health is just one part of the equation, overall I'd say generally speaking we are declining when it comes to mental health.......... We are quickly approaching the end of our financial ability to look after every one.

 

[petros]

When I'm completly spent, which will only be another 10-15 years ( I was recently diagnosed with MS) I'm going to get drunk and pass out in a snowbank

 

[SLM]

Well that's chipper news for a Friday morning.

It's not surprising as we seem to have a tendency to reach for quantity before quality, just something inherent in the human animal I suppose. We can keep people alive, but should we? I wouldn't relish living to a grand age if living that life was about suffering.

When I'm completly spent, which will only be another 10-15 years ( I was recently diagnosed with MS) I'm going to get druink and pass out in a snowbank

I'm sorry to hear that, my mother has MS. It's not fun.

 

[Sal]

Average Canadian will spend a decade suffering from serious illness | Health | Life | National Post

We are living longer but for many what's the point? Physical health is just one part of the equation, overall I'd say generally speaking we are declining when it comes to mental health.......... We are quickly approaching the end of our financial ability to look after every one.

We aren't if the government would stop p i ss ing away our money on graft and other fraudulent wasteful activities.

The results underline that the health-care system must not just “mop up” acute disease, then abandon the patient to chronic illness, said Prof. Bondy. Instead of simply saving the life of someone who has a heart attack, for instance, the system should also provide rehabilitation and other care afterward to ensure the patient lives the rest of his life in better shape, she said.

But then there is this: Even after Canadians aged 50 and older are diagnosed with a chronic condition like heart disease or diabetes, they rarely make lifestyle changes that could improve quality of life or prolong their lives, a report suggests.

Thus we also have a huge part in this because of lifestyle choice which comes down to diet and exercise which we fail to comply with even after diagnosis.

 

[JLM]

Thus we also have a huge part in this because of lifestyle choice which comes down to diet and exercise which we fail to comply with even after diagnosis.

You certainly have that right.

 

[petros]

I'm sorry to hear that, my mother has MS. It's not fun.

For years the doc thought it was frostbite that made my foot numb and neuropathy issues until the other foot went numb. Walking is a real bitch these days.

 

[JLM]

For years the doc thought it was frostbite that made my foot numb and neuropathy issues until the other foot went numb. Walking is a real bitch these days.

Hang in there, there's many advances in modern medicine these days.

 

[Sal]

Aging in general sucks.

Just throwing it in here because it's a thread about our health. I bought a NutriBullet yesterday. They have been unavailable since Christmas. Hopefully it will make it much easier to get my 10 servings of veggies/fruit a day.

 

[petros]

Aging in general sucks.

Just throwing it in here because it's a thread about our health. I bought a NutriBullet yesterday. They have been unavailable since Christmas. Hopefully it will make it much easier to get my 10 servings of veggies/fruit a day.

10 servings? Are you part horse?

 

[Sal]

10 servings? Are you part horse?

I've never been called a horse before. A bitch maybe but I think they are mostly carnivores. Oh wait, I've been called a cow... I think their four stomachs hold a lot of veggie material.

 

[petros]

I've never been called a horse before. A bitch maybe but I think they are mostly carnivores. Oh wait, I've been called a cow... I think their four stomachs hold a lot of veggie material.

Eat lots of carrots and get a job as a seeing eye bitch.

 

[taxslave]

As long as we are willing to finance the lifestyles of an excessive number of doctors this will continue. SOmehow our society has come to feel that we must live forever no matter the cost or quality.

 

[petros]

Their lifestyles? Can you expand on that?

 

[SLM]

For years the doc thought it was frostbite that made my foot numb and neuropathy issues until the other foot went numb. Walking is a real bitch these days.

If you haven't done so yet, I would seriously, seriously recommend contacting the MS Society. There are a plethora of symptom mitigating treatments out there and the society is often more on top of them than the doctors and clinics are.

Just a suggestion.

 

[Nuggler]

When I'm completly spent, which will only be another 10-15 years ( I was recently diagnosed with MS) I'm going to get drunk and pass out in a snowbank

New drugs and therapies for MS. Saw a doc on it other night. Not the crippling disease it once was..............so they say.

One of my uncles had MS. Died of old age. 90. The disease did slow down his mental acuity, but only in the last 2-3 years.

See all the specialists you can, Petros. They CAN help. Things have changed for the better.

I have wet AMD, and if there was no treatment for that, I'd be joining you in the snowbank real soon like.

Nice genes they pass on to us, eh.

Whut ken ya do.

 

[petros]

If you haven't done so yet, I would seriously, seriously recommend contacting the MS Society. There are a plethora of symptom mitigating treatments out there and the society is often more on top of them than the doctors and clinics are.

Just a suggestion.

Thanks, good idear I will be looking into it.

 

[SLM]

Thanks, good idear I will be looking into it.

Cool. It's a very strange world to navigate, every individual's MS manifests in such different ways, it can be difficult to wrap your head around it sometimes. But I think the MS Society has a really well organized and vast network, I genuinely feel they are probably one of the better associations dedicated to a specific illness/disease out there. They're not just about raising money for research like a lot of them seem to be, they can be quite helpful in some very real and practical ways.

 

[petros]

New drugs and therapies for MS. Saw a doc on it other night. Not the crippling disease it once was..............so they say.

One of my uncles had MS. Died of old age. 90. The disease did slow down his mental acuity, but only in the last 2-3 years.

See all the specialists you can, Petros. They CAN help. Things have changed for the better.

I have wet AMD, and if there was no treatment for that, I'd be joining you in the snowbank real soon like.

Nice genes they pass on to us, eh.

Whut ken ya do.

There are two types of MS, one is Relapse Remitting, the other is full on. I have the full on type.

My cousin was hit with MS 20 years ago and keeps it in check with weed and yoga. He used to work for the actor Steven Seagal who recommended he try the yoga. It worked now he is yoga instructor to the stars and making huge bucks. He's in better health now than ever.

Check out his story.

Courage and Caution -Garth McLean's battle with MS - YouTube

I genuinely feel they are probably one of the better associations dedicated to a specific illness/disease out there. They're not just about raising money for research like a lot of them seem to be, they can be quite helpful in some very real and practical ways.

Arthritis Society is good like that too.

 

[JLM]

As long as we are willing to finance the lifestyles of an excessive number of doctors this will continue. SOmehow our society has come to feel that we must live forever no matter the cost or quality.

You'll change your attitude too, as you get close to looking eye to eye with the grim reaper! -

 

[karrie]

High blood pressure is one of the chronic illnesses they're discussing.

So do yourself a favour and don't stress about statistical health. You'll give yourself high blood pressure.