Colonoscopy - Just Do It

Wild Turkey said:
Just so you know it's not normal for things to go up your ass at the dentist. I'm not telling you what to do but I might get another dentist and think about filing charges.
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Or extra appointments. His choice.



#no.judge.
 
dbldwn711 said:
Or extra appointments. His choice.



#no.judge.
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You have to admit the guy has a great smile and those monthly cleanings that seemed excessive at first are really paying off.
 
OJB81 said:
what, exactly, is your hang-up with it? you just freaked out about something being shoved up your ass? or is there something bigger going on? like, you don't want to give the idea of death the satisfaction of showing concern about your own mortality or something? you a nihilist, maybe?
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I have accepted death as unavoidable. It's not about showing anything. It's how I genuinely feel.
 
Peter Gozintite said:
I have accepted death as unavoidable. It's not about showing anything. It's how I genuinely feel.
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I feel the same way. In fact, I’ve felt that way my entire life. I’m sure a large part of that is having lost both my parents as a teenager. However, as I got older I started to realize how my death would impact/affect those people in my life. I realized that as a provider, mentor, friend, etc my death would cause not only sorrow but actual hardship for others that I care about. Therefore, I started caring more about my health. I agree that death is inevitable and that we don’t have any control over it but I also decided that I wasn’t going to do things that directly or indirectly invited it. Not so much for myself but for others
 
dbldwn711 said:
I feel the same way. In fact, I’ve felt that way my entire life. I’m sure a large part of that is having lost both my parents as a teenager. However, as I got older I started to realize how my death would impact/affect those people in my life. I realized that as a provider, mentor, friend, etc my death would cause not only sorrow but actual hardship for others that I care about. Therefore, I started caring more about my health. I agree that death is inevitable and that we don’t have any control over it but I also decided that I wasn’t going to do things that directly or indirectly invited it. Not so much for myself but for others
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It is about family for me.

I want to see my grandkids grow up.
 
dbldwn711 said:
I feel the same way. In fact, I’ve felt that way my entire life. I’m sure a large part of that is having lost both my parents as a teenager. However, as I got older I started to realize how my death would impact/affect those people in my life. I realized that as a provider, mentor, friend, etc my death would cause not only sorrow but actual hardship for others that I care about. Therefore, I started caring more about my health. I agree that death is inevitable and that we don’t have any control over it but I also decided that I wasn’t going to do things that directly or indirectly invited it. Not so much for myself but for others
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"We just want the bastard's estate" - Everyone you are living for.
 
dbldwn711 said:
I feel the same way. In fact, I’ve felt that way my entire life. I’m sure a large part of that is having lost both my parents as a teenager. However, as I got older I started to realize how my death would impact/affect those people in my life. I realized that as a provider, mentor, friend, etc my death would cause not only sorrow but actual hardship for others that I care about. Therefore, I started caring more about my health. I agree that death is inevitable and that we don’t have any control over it but I also decided that I wasn’t going to do things that directly or indirectly invited it. Not so much for myself but for others
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When my mom died, I was jealous that there might be a chance she would be greeted by my daughter. I WISH I could truly believe it, but I dont. If it's my time, it's my time. Control is an illusion. It's not like I don't try to be healthy, or am actively fucking my health up. I'm just not going out of my way, to trust that the medical field has any real interest my health, that doesn't involve me just being a number and an invoice.
 
Peter Gozintite said:
When my mom died, I was jealous that there might be a chance she would be greeted by my daughter. I WISH I could truly believe it, but I dont. If it's my time, it's my time. Control is an illusion. It's not like I don't try to be healthy, or am actively fucking my health up. I'm just not going out of my way, to trust that the medical field has any real interest my health, that doesn't involve me just being a number and an invoice.
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I agree with just about all of this. I agree that all control is an illusion. I also agree that the medical industry doesn’t give a shit about patients. Sure you may find a nurse, doctor, etc that has compassion/empathy but in the end you’re just a number.

That’s why everyone who deals with the medical industry needs an advocate. They need someone who will fight and “make them care”. Usually, that means being an advocate for oneself. That means being vocal about treatment, procedures, etc. It means insisting on making people care. When I was younger and I did some guardianship work where I was the court appointed guardian for people in psych wards. I can tell you that I was a real pain the ass to doctors. These were patients nobody cared about. I was the guardian because no family member wanted to do it. I went to every treatment plan meeting. I challenged them on every anti-psych drug they wanted to administer. If I didn’t lots of those doctors would have just doped those people up so that they weren’t a bother to staff.

The point is that while we don’t have control we can do things that effect certain outcomes. We can take steps to influence outcomes. We aren’t all just riding a wave that has a pre-determined outcome. While all control is an illusion it’s also true that we are all a byproduct of the decisions that we make. Make poor decisions you will get poor results. Let’s take this subject: I don’t have any stats to prove it but logic dictates that most people who die from colon cancer are those who don’t get colonoscopies. Certainly not all but I’d venture to say most. Often times this is a preventable disease. If you choose not to have screening then it’s a greater likelihood that you’ll suffer from it. It’s not totally random.

As far as an afterlife, I honestly believe that there is something. I don’t think it’s a grey haired man in the sky judging all things as good/bad. I do think that it’s another plane of existence. I also believe that we often encounter those who are in our lives now.
 
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