On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:06:15 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Leon wrote:
On 1/25/2014 10:02 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
Just found out that an acquaintance of mine suffered a dizzy spell
the other
night while in the shower and showed signs of loosing motor control
functions.

Over his objections, the wife called the paramedics who took him to
the E/R
where the ran either an MRI or a Cat Scan and discovered he had an
aneurysm
in his brain.

Wheeled him directly into surgery where they were able to ultimately
get the
bleeding stopped.

At this writing, haven't learned what the long term results will be,
but there WILL
be some.

He turns 72 later this week and was just beginning to settle into
retirement.

The message is pretty clear.

Nobody gets out alive.

If you don't stop and smell the poesies while you can, you don't have
anybody
to blame but yourself.

The chase to catch the almighty $ often demands and gets a very high
price.

Lew


I think the message is to take care of yourself.

I think Lew's message is better. Too many people have fallen prey to the
misguided belief that if they take care of themselves, that all will be
well. That's just not universally true. Too many people have succumbed to
too many things that they seemingly should not have, to justfiy that
thinking. Just had a friend of a friend, and also the son of a friend (two
different cases), die in their 40's after just going down for a nap.
Non-smokers. Fit, active individuals. Take care of yourself? Who can ever
tell?

Number three brother died in his sleep on vacation at his SIL's place
in England last year. He was the most fit of the four of us (spent an
hour or hour and a half in the gym every day) and if anyone guessed,
he would be the one to outlive us all.