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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-28-07 02:02 PM
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12. Well it sounds a little fatalistic I know
and it's not as if I don't go to the doctor and do whatever it is they tell me to do. I just don't really see the point. The future seems really bleak to me right now. Not personally necessarily but overall. Global warming, peak oil (although the end of massive oil consumption might help with the global warming thing). And that if you eat right, exercise, don't smoke and get all your tests, you STILL DIE. I do not want to live long enough to have to live in a nursing home. Now, I know plenty of older people who are very active and spry but I know of others who are just a shell. They exist but they are not really there.
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  -Do you get regular cancer screenings RGBolen  Mar-28-07 10:54 AM   #0 
  - No health insurance for 20 years  Warpy   Mar-28-07 10:57 AM   #1 
  - Only recently health insurance. Preventive care goes first.  uppityperson   Mar-28-07 11:00 AM   #2 
     - One of those, sure  Warpy   Mar-28-07 11:16 AM   #4 
     - I rarely had insurance when working as a RN also.  uppityperson   Mar-28-07 02:33 PM   #14 
     - of course preventative is cheaper. But what about people who not only can't afford insurance,  ComerPerro   Mar-28-07 11:20 AM   #6 
     - That is a real problem and I agee  uppityperson   Mar-28-07 02:38 PM   #16 
        - my mother had an issue with the "will they pay or not" recently  ComerPerro   Mar-28-07 03:47 PM   #19 
     - See my post below...  Firespirit   Mar-28-07 11:58 AM   #9 
  - No.  InvisibleTouch   Mar-28-07 11:01 AM   #3 
  - No insurance and have never had one.  sfexpat2000   Mar-28-07 11:18 AM   #5 
  - When I get insurance at the end of next month, I'll start  Firespirit   Mar-28-07 11:44 AM   #7 
  - I am not a big believer in unnecessary tests  alarimer   Mar-28-07 11:57 AM   #8 
  - "I don't see the point in trying to live to be old."  NoMoreMyths   Mar-28-07 12:05 PM   #11 
     - Well it sounds a little fatalistic I know  alarimer   Mar-28-07 02:02 PM   #12 
  - What do you mean by "regular cancer screenings?"  MyPetRock   Mar-28-07 11:59 AM   #10 
  - A colonoscopy if you are over 50.  CTyankee   Mar-28-07 02:28 PM   #13 
  - Skin cancer, yes.  SmokingJacket   Mar-28-07 02:37 PM   #15 
  - I recently had my first mammogram (I'm 28) because I had found a lump  wicket   Mar-28-07 02:41 PM   #17 
  - kick  sfexpat2000   Mar-28-07 02:52 PM   #18 
  - 54-year-old male (next week)  MurrayDelph   Mar-28-07 04:13 PM   #20 
 

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