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Will you live to or past 80?
Topic Started: Apr 14 2013, 08:50 AM (2,145 Views)
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Will I live to see 80?

(Here's something to think about.)

I recently picked a new primary care doctor. After two visits and exhaustive Lab tests, she said I was doing fairly
well for my age. (I am well past sixty-five).

A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking her, 'Do you think I'll live to be 80?'

She asked, 'Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer, wine or hard liquor?'

'Oh no,' I replied. 'I'm not doing drugs, either!'

Then she asked, 'Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?'

'I said, 'Not much... My former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!'

'Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, boating, sailing, hiking, or bicycling?'

'No, I don't,' I said.

She asked, 'Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?'

'No,' I said...

She looked at me and said, 'Then, why do you even give a shit?'
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Darcie
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bounce and jump045 yeah199

Especially if you don't have beer, wine and barbecued ribs.
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angora
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My sentiments exactly. Your new dr is 'da bomb'.
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greenleaves
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My grandmother, mother and aunt all lived into their nineties; I am in my early eighties. I believe in all things in moderation.
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Darcie
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If I can have beer, wine, ribs and hugs I will consent to living to at least 100
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Trotsky
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Doctor told me that wine, women, and song will be the death of me. So I stopped singing.
Edited by Trotsky, Apr 17 2013, 01:34 AM.
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daffyd
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If I had known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself!
Is there an afterlife? That is a question we are all dying to find out!
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Alli
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I'll be lucky if I make it to 60 not from Cancer but hypertension.... oooh 02
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Darcie
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Looking at how long my ancestors lived I have a very good chance of doing so.
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Trotsky
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Alli...

I got a theory for you but doctors are behind the curve.

Hypertension may be a life-protecting action of the body.
Here's the scenario: Your heart circulation gets bad and the heart protects itself with want is called "collateral circulation"...new blood vessels forcing their way through and saving the heart. The only force that can push vessels through is high blood pressure.

There is evidence that those who survive a heart attack or AVOID it have hypertension.

Feel better?


Lets face it, evolution is not stupid. Hypertension did not evolve solely to make GP's rich.

(If somebody beats me to Lancet, I am going to be pissed.)
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Trotsky
Jun 21 2013, 10:32 AM
Alli...

I got a theory for you but doctors are behind the curve.

Hypertension may be a life-protecting action of the body.
Here's the scenario: Your heart circulation gets bad and the heart protects itself with want is called "collateral circulation"...new blood vessels forcing their way through and saving the heart. The only force that can push vessels through is high blood pressure.

There is evidence that those who survive a heart attack or AVOID it have hypertension.

Feel better?


Lets face it, evolution is not stupid. Hypertension did not evolve solely to make GP's rich.

(If somebody beats me to Lancet, I am going to be pissed.)
The idea Trotsky is to prevent a stroke.

Surviving some strokes is not a blessing but a curse.

It's a question of what is the worst of the two evils.

Isn't if strange however that if you put on weight you also increase your blood pressure?

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I agree the key is to prevent a stroke or heart attack. I have been dealing with hypertension for nearly 13 years. It's been under fairly decent control but this year and these past couple of months escalated.

I don't have excess weight after chemo I lost what I gained.. My auntie is quite thin and she has it as well. Weight does have some contribution but not entirely so......
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My sisters and I all determined to live at least to 86, the age at which our mother and maternal grandmother died. But we totally ignored the fact that our father and paternal grandmother died at 65. This was sort of a joke until our "baby sister"died of a brain tumor at 64. One sister then died at 81, I am 77, just diagnosed with pretty serous heart problems. Oldest sister now 86; has some heart issues, but doing well.

Who can say? We have all lived very different lives.

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campy
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There is too much salt in our diets now compared to our ancestors. Evolution hasn't caught up yet.
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Alli
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Agree the use of salt far exceeds what we need, The other day I stopped at McDonalds to have a cup of coffee after my Dr.s appointment i saw the attendant making fries then just poured on the salt. The mother picked up the fries gave it to her toddler in a stroller, I gasped then she will wonder why her baby is chunky and suffers from other ailments before she;s a teenager.....I use herbs and other things when I cook.
My mother died when she had just turned 64 14 years ago....
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