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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Insurance
  • Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:33:28 -0800

Same here, Bev. DH's father had colon cancer. DH had some minor spotting and the docs all shrugged and said "hemorroids." He, of course, not wanting to have the invasive testing was just fine with going along with the, and I am not joking, one of them said "don't be a whimp, it is only a little hemorroid."

I threw a fit (like you guys would believe that of me <g>) and he had the tests and the answer was BAD! Extremely large tumor that had grown through the wall and into other tissues.

Found another doctor but upset him by not doing it his way. "Our" way shrunk the tumor down to the size of one joint of your pinky and stopped the invasion. "Our" way also didn't result in weight loss, hair loss or any of those other things that come along with the twice a week "pushes." Had it removed, no colostomy and it has now been 9 years.

If he hadn't known about his dad, he would have gone along with the "don't be a whimp, it is only hemorroids." Knowing your family history is important.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>

James, you are talking to an adoptee who found their genetic family. It
is UNREAL how much I am gentically alike my biological family. Genetics
plays a HUGE role in health. Now, just because one knows there is a
genetic predisposition to something doesn't mean they are going to give
up and blame chance or genetics. When I discovered my family medical
history of ovarian cancer, and I had for years been subject to what is
today known as polycystic ovary disease, I had a hysterectomy. At the
time of my surgery, the docs though my problems were all in my head, but
it was obvious after they cut me open that this was not the case. I
could have told myself, oh well, reproductive cancers run in my family
and there's not much I can do about it, but instead, I went to an
oncologist armed with the facts of my family history and subjected
myself to more study. While they could not seem to find anything with
ultrasounds and other tests, I persisted, and when they finally agreed
to an exploratory surgery, I was vindicated. I had both cysts and
tumors inside and outside of my ovaries. Some were benign and some were
"pre-cancerous" which explained why my CA-125 test came back
inconclusive. My pushing the matter saved my life, I believe, and even
better, finding this genetic link has possibly saved the life of my
daughter. I was 29 when I had the surgery, but I had suffered
reproductive problems since my teens. What did I do to cause tumors to
grow in my body? Not all POD cases are bad, but they are most certainly
painful and life disruptive. I suppose I could have just gone on and
let fate happen, but I was proactive.


On the news tonight, they reported a woman died while sitting at a
traffic light (in traffic) when a car that had been racing another
car slammed into her car, injuring her children and killing the
mother. How was that her fault?


And this would affect your choices in ... what way?

It doesn't affect my choices at all. The story was related to you to
say that sometimes, no matter what personal choices you make that bad
things happen...that shit happens irregardless of personal behavior.


But more to the point, as someone pointed out earlier, our choice
(generally, overall) in transportation has its consequences. As a
whole we think it is so neat to zip around in ton and a half vehicles
at fatal speeds that some of us ARE going to be killed. Just as
with diseases, all you can do is make the odds better in your favor,
you can't eliminate the risk entirely and I'm quite amused at the
absolutism that brings it up. A family that chooses to shuffle it's
children ot school, to scocer, scouts, ballet, tiddly wink lessons,
church six times a week, and then go out to eat every other meal is
greatly increasing their odds of a fatal auto wreck. Someone who is
content to stay at home (or homestead) and go into town once or twice
a month greatly reduces their odds of a fatal wreck. Ya pays your
money, ya takes your chances.

By the same token, you log with horses, you milk cows, you build your
own barn, you take your chances with injury. Accidents happen, and yes,
while we can live carefully and mitigate some accidents, we are not
talking about accidents here in general, we are talking about disease,
and specifically, genetic diseases and their causes and therapies.


The whole thing that started this thread was the mentioning of the
idea of odds in avoiding disease. Bringing up countless examples of
one remote thing that COULD happen or odd exceptions to the rule is
the sort of thing that people do when they don't want to face the
reality of their choices.

My take is this: If you spent your life's energy providing yourself
a physically vigorous lifestyle, good diet, peaceable envirnonment,
and avoided bitheringly stupid life choices like smoking .... you
would have better odds of avoiding disease than having access to
modern medicine has odds of curing those diseases. If anyone has
evidence to dispute that, I'd be interested.

You are making the statement, you prove it.

Other than Gene, I think the rest of us are more moderate in our
thinking and make allowances that other factors, like genetics and
luck/chance play a role in how our lives turn out. You guys seem to be
on the extreme end of the spectrum and not allow anything for genetics.

Bev


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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky
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