"Mike Marlow" wrote in message ...

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?


It's about risk management. Smoking, weight issues, lack of exercise,
blood pressure, chlorestoral are all factors that likely elevate your risks
relative to one's longevity. I think the best you can do is to manage your
risk factors to give yourself the best odds possible. But, in the end [pun
intended], there are no guarantees.

Dave in South Texas