tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post6118008978405359753..comments2024-03-03T12:52:18.548-05:00Comments on Magpie Musing: Aging and IllnessMagpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-58723122973368575132007-10-24T02:28:00.000-04:002007-10-24T02:28:00.000-04:00What a great way to think about it. It makes deali...What a great way to think about it. It makes dealing with old age more interesting, in a way.<BR/><BR/>My FIL is crashing -- in terrible pain and the cure for it's pretty miserable in itself. I would like to help and that's one way I can: I'll start studying up on his illness. Hmm. Well, off I go...Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-8794121302975309652007-10-23T09:10:00.000-04:002007-10-23T09:10:00.000-04:00Yes. A new profession or, as Ozma put it, a hobby...Yes. A new profession or, as Ozma put it, a hobby. Generally an unpleasant hobby.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685766216611639434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-31975713581907300772007-10-22T23:34:00.000-04:002007-10-22T23:34:00.000-04:00Yes. His persepctive, and yours -- both ring true...Yes. His persepctive, and yours -- both ring true. Interesting.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-58450003608198644512007-10-22T22:23:00.000-04:002007-10-22T22:23:00.000-04:00Yes, and this is what I hate most about this curre...Yes, and this is what I hate most about this current bodily betrayal: The time it takes up. The mental space it occupies. <BR/><BR/>The worst sort of hobby to have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-38209829726058191012007-10-22T21:39:00.000-04:002007-10-22T21:39:00.000-04:00Yes, and please don't forget Heart disease, the nu...Yes, and please don't forget Heart disease, the number one killer.thricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09528308384855206125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-25634552432991056262007-10-22T19:14:00.000-04:002007-10-22T19:14:00.000-04:00I love your insights.I love your insights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-20029973700532504032007-10-22T17:23:00.000-04:002007-10-22T17:23:00.000-04:00a very interesting view on aging.And that man! wo...a very interesting view on aging.<BR/><BR/>And that man! wow!painted maypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-85407763719030525122007-10-22T17:21:00.000-04:002007-10-22T17:21:00.000-04:00I am taken by his idea that old age is similar to ...I am taken by his idea that old age is similar to learning a new profession. I imagine it must be quite like that--and your point about illness is well-made.Aliki2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/15763865834765963343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-5152753668212736612007-10-22T17:13:00.000-04:002007-10-22T17:13:00.000-04:00By the time we finally got pregnant, I felt that I...By the time we finally got pregnant, I felt that I knew more about how to do IVF (for me) than anyone else. When we first were told that we couldn't conceive naturally, though, I felt completely overwhelmed.Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08009988766976677275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-81998267103784526812007-10-22T16:09:00.000-04:002007-10-22T16:09:00.000-04:00I can attest to that. One time Evan was in the ho...I can attest to that. One time Evan was in the hospital there was a student nurse working with Evan's nurse. We discussed his heart defect and other pertinent facts with me clarifying things that the nurse coudl not recall from her reading of his medical records. Later the student nurse asked me if I had received any specialized medical training since I was so acknowledgeable about Evan's condition. I just laughed and told her that I had picked it up as I went along.Awesome Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com