Posted on 02/23/2016 2:14:57 PM PST by originalbuckeye
I was told that until she turned 113 she could climb stairs and do a little sewing. She was an amazing woman.
Your great aunt would have made out quite well using “viager” as it is done in France.
You may remember this story.
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/29/world/a-120-year-lease-on-life-outlasts-apartment-heir.html
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Your colonoscopy cost too much. Mine was less than $6,000 and I also had a semi-Sigmoidoscopy.
This was in 2014. Had a couple of pre-cancerous polps removed (I’ve had them over the year so get a colonoscopy every 4-5 years, not ten, esp. if you are over 60).
Semi-signmoid found a bronchial lesion that had been bothering me for years. It was cauterized and I haven’t had a problem since.
Also, I was next to a young man (in his 40’s or at most, early 50’s) in our doctor’s in-house operating clinic. That day they found that he had a fully-grown cancerous polyp that was about to explode like a ripe mushroom head, which would have killed him. Talk about good timing.
Cancer killed both my parents (liver and leukemia) yet we had no general history of cancer in our family. Neither were smokers or drinkers. I had minor skin cancer and it was discovered only when something unusual started to grow on my arm. The other cancerous sites had been around for about 8-10 years but were not readily detectable.
A regular colon checkup every 4-5 years is one of the best insurance policies around. If you’re dead, you won’t have to worry about getting that 10 year exam.
Don’t be cheap! Be smart and stay alive!
I remember that French woman, she died a few months after my aunt! If my great aunt had lived a few more months she would have been the oldest person in the world. My aunt must have died in 1995 instead of ‘96.
There is a website where you can look them up. My great aunt was Margaret Seward Skeet.
I’ve had USAA since 1971. I love the company.
Wow! That’s quite an endorsement. Thank you, Duchess47.
My goodness,your aunt even has a Wikipedia article.Very cool.
I saw that her daughter reached 100.
Incredible.
My Mom made it to 91 but my father died young-—TB at 32.
You’ll be here for a long time-—I hope long enough to see this country come to it’s senses.
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“Long enough to see this country come to its senses” ............or watch it go down the drain.
I am 75 and in excellent health except for a few little aches, we never know what will happen in this life or when it will end.
What’s your point?
“Here I am-—83 years old.”
Yes but the government says you are probably dead so why should we listen to you?
“Yes but the government says you are probably dead so why should we listen to you?’
No one paid much attention to me when I was alive——but I’m persistent.
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Yea, that was nonsense. I’ve had three in the past 15 years and I think they were all in the $4000 range.
“Asymptomatic prostate cancer is very slow growing and usally the patient dies of something else before the cancer gets him. The PSA yields a very high percentage of false positives which can lead to needless, yes expensive, and sometimes very inconvenient treatments.”
All very true, but the PSA Test isn’t expensive (I’ve been told if I havd to pay for it myself it’s $200.). But I also have a relative who had his PSA go from 5 to 50 in a matter of a few months so all prostate cancers are not slow-growing. And for that matter, prostate biopsies are not conclusive. With his PSA at 50, he needed a 64 sample biopsy to find his malignancy.
Had one 15 yrs. ago ,
Doc is pushing for it,
I’m 61.
What to do ?
My doc pushed too but based on my family history I figured it would be a waste of time.
I also had absolutely no history of stroke or heart attack in either side of my family.
Three years ago I had a stroke.
The bottom line is listen to your doctor.
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Most people don’t have general anesthesia but rather light sedation.
I think you should think hard about it, Bobby. Prayers for your health.
I know what you eat, and I bet you DO have great gut bug populations!
I’ve heard they give good drugs for the procedure but no, not gonna do it...
Light sedation has risks and drawbacks, and full anesthesia is used about 30 per cent of the time.
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