[AT] now Heart concerns

[Stephen Offiler]

Doctors exist to fix broken people.  Until you are broken, they sit back
and watch you break yourself with bad choices such as smoking, drinking,
bad diet, insufficient fresh air and sunlight and exercise.  Doctors get
close to zero nutrition training in school.  They are not oriented towards
coaching you to do the right things to preserve health while you've got it;
they fix problems once they arise.  Their actions are largely controlled by
the insurance companies.  Doctors live in mortal fear of malpractice suits
and everything they do is intended to make sure they appease the insurance
companies so they don't lose their malpractice coverage.  And the rest of
what they do is dictated by those other insurance companies, health
insurance.  Doctors do what they will be reimbursed for.

SO


On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:

> I think the best advice is to follow your doctor's advice--OR get a new
> doctor!
>         Dave
> I always liked the doctor I had years ago. His first question was ALWAYS
> "Are you still smoking 4 packs of Pall Malls a day?" I would answer "Yes",
> and he would mutter "a$$hole", amd then go on with the yearly exam. Best
> doctor I ever had, and he now, has retired.
>
> On Feb 21, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
>
> > This one is a bit of a downer. Sorry. Spring needs to get here so we can
> do
> > something tractor.
> > :-)
> > My heart is not my biggest worry. A pulmonologist recently told me that
> he
> > wanted to make all of his patients live to be 100... Now that is scary to
> > me. Much of my family has generally had fairly long life spans going way
> > back, discounting those that were killed by stuff like lightning or a
> > couple that drowned in the Ohio River at Evansville IN.
> > My main worry is that my somewhat recent family tree is a veritable
> > fountain of Alzheimer's and dementia.
> > Both of my parents suffered from Alzheimer's in their later years. My
> > father was the lucky one of the two. He died of congestive heart failure
> > after only a few bad years of it. My mother on the other hand had it so
> bad
> > and so long (10+ years) that I say that she rode the Alzheimer's train
> all
> > of the way to the end and then crashed through the stop bumpers and
> smashed
> > into the station... She remained in decent physical health until she
> could
> > no longer remember how to breath or pump blood. My father had 3 sisters
> and
> > all three died of long drawn out Alzheimer's (his only brother died a
> > little younger from a bad heart). My maternal grandfather had Alzheimer's
> > as well but like my father, died of heart problems after  a few years.
> His
> > grandmother spent her last days committed to a mental institution from
> > dementia.
> > I only have one sibling, a sister who is 3 years older than I am. She has
> > just reached the point that they can not leave her alone in the house...
> > So far I have dodged that bullet (other than long term CRS and a tendency
> > to ramble). I'm not sure why.  I just keep checking the grounds...  :-)
> >
> > --
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > aka "farmer"
> > Central Indiana USA
> > robinson46176 at gmail.com
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