Re: Life expectancy - Jim's View

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Thank you Jim for your usual words of wisdom!

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Ok....I'm not a Doctor, and certainly don't have the " longevity " of

experience that some of the others do but I AM a damn good Engineer, and

diagnostitian and I ask you all to look at it THIS way:

Being morbidly obese certainly shortens your life span....

If you are putting in enough vitamins and nutrients, exercising and such,

what could shorten your life expectancy? The body is quite simply a machine

and any machine, if properly maintained, will run until the parts just wear

out....

Lastly, who's to say that ANY life expectancy is shortened? Isn't that up

to GOD, ALLAH, The Creator, Supreme Being, Genetic Coding, (insert your

particular belief here)? What I DO know is this.....since the surgery, I've

felt so much more ALIVE! Before, I didn't care about the next day...NOW I

do...and I'm glad for every day that I wake up to and get to live in.

And you know what, its EASIER to enjoy these days now....for all the obvious

reasons....

Will having the surgery shorten my lifespan?....I doubt it....and like I

used to say to my Mother about riding motorcycles, so what....I could get

hit by a bus walking down the street this morning.....When its time...its

time. Live and enjoy what you have! Don't live in misery.....

Just my opinion here....and I could be wrong!

Jim Grimes

Salinas, CA.

Open RNY 11/27/01

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Life expectancy

I have felt good about my surgery next Wed. (in FOUR DAYS!) until

the " life expectancy " issue came up. Everything I have read says it

should prolong life and improve health, IF a person is careful to

take vitamins and keep protein up. If there is anything out there to

the contrary, please repeat it here. I have looked back over all the

posts and can't find where this originally came from. PLEASE discuss

this, you that are more knowledgeable - I just have a few days. The

usual jitters and nerves are bad enough without this....

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I would also like to see the original post on this question. But here is my

view of it...and it was actually a questions someone had asked me not too long

ago.

If, as a pre-op I was given 5 years to live. I was approved for the surgery,

but I would still have the same 5 years to live, would I have the surgery. My

answer was yes. I would rather spend that five years healthier, happier and

pain free than obese, inactive and unhappy. IF my life expectancy has been

shortened, I am willing to accept that and live out what time I have left as

active, vibrant & pain free as possible.

Just my opinion......PL

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>>>Will having the surgery shorten my lifespan?....I doubt it....and

like I used to say to my Mother about riding motorcycles, so

what....I could get hit by a bus walking down the street this

morning.....When its time...its time. Live and enjoy what you

have! Don't live in misery..... Just my opinion here....and I could

be wrong!<<<

Jim, I totally agree. While I don't believe that we should be taking

outrageous risks (like not taking our supplements, never having blood

work, playing chicken in front of semi trucks on the highways, etc.)

we do need to live and enjoy what we have.

My son was a wonderful, healthy 23 year old college student whose

life expectancy was probably another 60 or 70 years. He got a bad

case of the " flu " and " strep throat " that wouldn't go away with

treatment. Tests a few days later revealed leukemia. No one could

tell us why he got it - they don't know the cause. Eight months

later, my big, strapping, healthy ONLY child was dead. We never know

what tomorrow will bring. We can only be sure of now. I certainly

have learned a harsh lesson about living in the future. I want

my " nows " to be quality. I may not have quanity, no matter what.

Sheri

In Sunny Florida

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Thanks a Jim you said all that well , This is kinda like I told my family there

were all afraid I would die in surgery and I said I am scared too but if God

is ready I am a goner whether it be in my favorite chair or on that operating

table or driving down the road

TN

Life expectancy

I have felt good about my surgery next Wed. (in FOUR DAYS!) until

the " life expectancy " issue came up. Everything I have read says it

should prolong life and improve health, IF a person is careful to

take vitamins and keep protein up. If there is anything out there to

the contrary, please repeat it here. I have looked back over all the

posts and can't find where this originally came from. PLEASE discuss

this, you that are more knowledgeable - I just have a few days. The

usual jitters and nerves are bad enough without this....

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I agree, Jim. Thanks!

Jeanne in WI

Life expectancy

>

> I have felt good about my surgery next Wed. (in FOUR DAYS!) until

> the " life expectancy " issue came up. Everything I have read says it

> should prolong life and improve health, IF a person is careful to

> take vitamins and keep protein up. If there is anything out there to

> the contrary, please repeat it here. I have looked back over all the

> posts and can't find where this originally came from. PLEASE discuss

> this, you that are more knowledgeable - I just have a few days. The

> usual jitters and nerves are bad enough without this....

>

>

>

> To Subscribe to 's weekly FREE Newsletter send an email to

> GBCookbook-subscribe@...

>

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Gosh, Sheri, I didn't know that about you, that you had lost a son. And it

makes me even more surprised that you are always so positive about everything.

You must have a tremendous faith, to be able to go on in life with such a

positive attitude. Anyway, just wanted to say again that I admire and aspire to

your attitude in life.

Jeanne in WI

Re: Life expectancy - Jim's View

>>>Will having the surgery shorten my lifespan?....I doubt it....and

like I used to say to my Mother about riding motorcycles, so

what....I could get hit by a bus walking down the street this

morning.....When its time...its time. Live and enjoy what you

have! Don't live in misery..... Just my opinion here....and I could

be wrong!<<<

Jim, I totally agree. While I don't believe that we should be taking

outrageous risks (like not taking our supplements, never having blood

work, playing chicken in front of semi trucks on the highways, etc.)

we do need to live and enjoy what we have.

My son was a wonderful, healthy 23 year old college student whose

life expectancy was probably another 60 or 70 years. He got a bad

case of the " flu " and " strep throat " that wouldn't go away with

treatment. Tests a few days later revealed leukemia. No one could

tell us why he got it - they don't know the cause. Eight months

later, my big, strapping, healthy ONLY child was dead. We never know

what tomorrow will bring. We can only be sure of now. I certainly

have learned a harsh lesson about living in the future. I want

my " nows " to be quality. I may not have quanity, no matter what.

Sheri

In Sunny Florida

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Well said, Jim. Thanks.