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Skriven 2011-11-08 15:43:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: liquids &c 159
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-04-11  16:06 <=-

 ML>> or above, severe heart failure is under 40, and when I
 ML>> was admitted to the hospital, mine was 16).
 NB>> Numbers obviously don't tell the whole story...  Gene Peters (from the
 NB>> Pond), has only 1/4 of his heart functioning, has been like that for
 NB>> 5-6 years already, maybe more...

 ML> That really is pretty severe and should be dealt with in
 ML> the best of circumstances.

The wonder actually is that he's still with us...  The docs couldn't do
anything more for him... that's why he's on hospice when they are down
in Florida... and used to be, when they were up at the Pond...

 NB>> I know docs want to quantify stuff, but I do wonder sometimes... ;)

 ML> At 1/7 I actually did feel kind of compromised. But it's not
 ML> the docs wanting to quantify stuff that I look askance at but
 ML> rather that they are forced to adhere to "evidence-based
 ML> medicine" in order to protect against being sued when something
 ML> goes wrong. The best they can do is nudge someone unofficially
 ML> in a different direction when the evidence doesn't seem to
 ML> apply, but on the record they have to go with the supposed
 ML> percentages. Perhaps evidence-based medicine has saved more
 ML> people from physician incompetence than it has killed by its
 ML> rigidity, but it certainly has killed many.
 
I'm with you on that.  It's kind of sad that it seems to be needed to
protect from physician incompetence... twould be so much better to just
have competent physicians...  

 ML> That's very sweet, but I can't see being 80 as being fun.
 ML> 79 is plenty; in fact, as far as I can see, 75 is plenty.
 ML> For me.
 
We get the measure we get... ;)  I remember, as a youngster, being sure
that I was going to die young... dunno that that is valid any more... ;0
But, now I'll settle for still feeling young whenever my time does come,
I guess...  ;)

 NB>> ... Jalapenos are only small pickles. Go ahead. Take a bite.

 ML> A friend of mine had that done to her by her brother-in-law.
 ML> Not funny.

Only funny to those in the know, really...  Or to those that do have a
good heat tolerance... :)

Of course, even there, sometimes one gets surprised...  A friend of mine
claimed to have a pretty good heat tolerance, but I still decided it
would be better to warn her that the kimchee was pretty hot.  She still
decided to take this really big forkful and put it in her mouth...  To
this day, it's a standing discussion of whether or not I had adequately
warned her...  <G>  Now she listens better, usually... ;0

ttyl        neb

... Electrician's epitaph: His death was a shock to everyone including him

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