General Medical issues thread

[prozac]

It all gets back to quality of life versus longevity. At a certain age quality will win every time.

I'm getting everything fixed now, heart, cancer, skin cancer. Hoping I won't have to bother with maintenance later on.
I mentioned to my GP I really need another shoulder reconstruction. His response, "I wouldn't bother with that".

 

[Katie]

It all gets back to quality of life versus longevity. At a certain age quality will win every time.

Indeed. MIL has long-held resentment towards FIL for over indulging in wine. Bless her, she’s done an amazing job keeping herself and FIL healthy and they’ve lasted much longer than their parents.

I’m reminded of stories my Uncle GP’s wife (GP was my Uncle by marriage … it’s complicated) told of her FIL.
He was in hospital, terminally ill with heart disease and still being fed heart healthy meals, probably in the 80s.
Apparently he hated peas, and was in his bed, flicking peas off his meal tray. Definitely a time for a meat pie and vanilla slice. Or whatever floats his boat.

Hence my attitude. FIL definitely needs some happiness through food. He tucked in happily to oysters and prawns on his bday ….

 

[cove]

Going down to visit old folks in care homes we regularly see family members saying don’t eat this or that.
Eating can be one of the last pleasures in life so I think these people need to lighten up.

 

[VPS]

It all gets back to quality of life versus longevity. At a certain age quality will win every time.

I have reached that certain age and I’m not that old

 

[Solid]

When my father decided to stop chemo / radio the last months of his life were the “healthiest” he had experienced for a few years. Until about a week before he passed he was more active and engaged. Taught me a lesson about treatments for treatments sake.

 

[Pushka]

When my father decided to stop chemo / radio the last months of his life were the “healthiest” he had experienced for a few years. Until about a week before he passed he was more active and engaged. Taught me a lesson about treatments for treatments sake.

I think sometimes there's pressure from medical people to try something new, and sometimes that works. There's always that hope. Until there isn't and hopefully we can know when that's the case.

 

[prozac]

I was talking with a lady at DHM waiting room a couple of weeks ago. We were discussing the tennis that was playing on the wall TV. She expressed she had to leave her local women's tennis group 3 yrs ago which led to me asking why. She said she has lung cancer and is on a clinical trial and the tumours are shrinking. That really surprised me as I had the impression until now it was not something that you could do much about. Good news.

 

[MARTINE]

I was talking with a lady at DHM waiting room a couple of weeks ago. We were discussing the tennis that was playing on the wall TV. She expressed she had to leave her local women's tennis group 3 yrs ago which led to me asking why. She said she has lung cancer and is on a clinical trial and the tumours are shrinking. That really surprised me as I had the impression until now it was not something that you could do much about. Good news.

Immunotherapy has been the game changer.
The biology of the cancer genes inform therapies that turn your immune system into an infantry whose ‘weapons’ attack the cancer receptors ‘weapons’ (very very simply).
Incredible development in treatment of melanoma and lung cancer (a few examples).