And Gabe spelled backwords is "e-bag".
Just goes to show.
Posted on 03/03/2016 8:34:55 AM PST by Western Phil
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan appointed Antonin Scalia to the United States Supreme Court. He was the first Italian-American justice and spent the next 30 years as perhaps the most conservative member of the court.
On the morning of February 13, 2016, the 79-year-old justice was found dead in his bed. His doctor-prescribed breathing apparatus, called a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine was next to his bed but it was not plugged in and the breathing tube was not over his mouth and nose where it belonged. We will never know the definitive cause of his death because no autopsy was performed, but the most likely diagnosis is that he died of a heart attack. He had multiple risk factors for heart attacks: heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, degenerative joint disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was nearly 100 pounds overweight and a lifelong smoker. His lifestyle had set him up for a heart attack.
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Cause of Death Various conspiracy theories appeared in the news immediately following Scalia's death because it occurred in a remote location with no officials available to examine his body. However, there was no evidence of foul play and no reason to pursue these theories because there was just about every possible reason to predict that Scalia would have a heart attack. His medical history shows multiple risk factors for a heart attack, including:
Diabetes. -snip-
The Moral of This Story How could a man with the power to make decisions that affect every person in the United States have made such horrible decisions about his own health? Here was a brilliant man who died because he was not motivated enough to correct an unhealthy lifestyle that caused his diseases.
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For a man who chose such an unhealthy life style, he almost hit 80.
“heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, degenerative joint disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was nearly 100 pounds overweight and a lifelong smoker.”
Dude lived to 79?
Wow!
If he had only listened to the brilliant minds who went to med school, he would have lived forever. /s
We follow CPAPs closely. We have several relatives who use them and Mr. Mercat obtained the first patent on I think the mouthpiece. (sadly he was working for the company who produced them and had signed a waiver). It is very likely that if he was not using it, he would have simply stopped breathing. I’m guessing that against the advice of all his doctors he had a view drinks, forgot the CPAP and maybe his nighttime meds and went to bed. Sad. And yes, he had a responsibility to stay healthy. One thing we as Catholics are called to do is to take care of our physical health.
” Here was a brilliant man who died because he was not motivated enough to correct an unhealthy lifestyle that caused his diseases.”
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In other words he did things he wanted to do,things that gave him pleasure, and enjoyed his life.
He was almost 80,so he didn’t die young.
Good for him.
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ADDICTION IS A POWERFUL CONTROL.
WE MAKE OUR HABITS AND OUR HABIT’S MAKE us!!!
BEEN THERE THERE, DONE THAT. ... DON’T
Exactly. Life expectancy for white men is 79.12.
He reached it.
He exceeded it.
He made his choices. He obviously enjoyed his lifestyle. Who’s this guy to say anything when Scalia got to 79?! People have heart attacks at 30, 40. Never smoked. Worked out.
My mother in law smoked until she was 64, drinks 3 doubles a night and is 92. She went to the doctor and he suggested she cut back on the alcohol. “So that’ll get me to 93?!” She told him to go pound sand.
There was a CPAP machine by his bed? That’s news.
And Gabe spelled backwords is "e-bag".
Just goes to show.
impressive.
what is it she drink, exactly? Scotch? Bourbon?
As one who was diagnosed Type II diabetic nearly 3 years ago, he gives me hope, though I'm not following his lifestyle. I'm controlling my disease via diet and exercise, no drugs.
Perhaps his spiritual life was the most important thing to him.
He had 11 years more than my dad who enjoyed none of these things and still cancer came calling.
My grandfather died of lung cancer 32 years after he had quit smoking.
My great-uncle chewed tobacco for virtually all of his adult life. He lived to be 93. When he died New York State listed “tobacco use” as a contributing cause on his death certificate!
They don’t know everything.
I could not imagine going to bed without my CPAP. I freak out if I think I have forgotten it when we spend the night somewhere. I have gotten to the point where I cannot fall asleep without it.
Dr. Quack.
Making hay after the Justice is buried.
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