Re: Jack's Message /Origins of RLS

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In a message dated 5/27/99 9:34:54 PM !!!First Boot!!!,

hickorywind_98@... writes:

<< If it were not for modern medicine, I would also be

dead - for the record. >>

If you will bear with me here, I would like to share one of my favorite

T-shirts:

A picture of a dog skeleton with the phrase: In dog years, I am dead.

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Hi Jack,

You made an excellent point. When the lifespan of man

(and woman) was 30 or 35 years, cancer would have been

a much rarer disease. Also since RLS gets worse (or

tends to as I understand it) with increasing age, it

is probably more prevalent now than it was.

If it were not for modern medicine, I would also be

dead - for the record. Also, I would not be able to

breath (I have asthma and no " homeopathic " remedy I

have tried has helped in the slightest). I would also

have a whole lot more trouble from reflux problems

(need surgery now to get rid of scar tissue that is

constricting my esophagus - most of the damage was

done before I was prescribed appropriate medication)

than I do - I have a very large congenital hiatal

hernia which is what was responsible for the reflux.

Enough, I am outta here for today.

Jane

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Jack wrote:

>

> aside from diseases that have been with humanity

> since the dawn of its time

> and the adverse effects of pollution and

> environmental factors let us not

> forget that many diseases develop because we now

> live much longer than our

> ancestors - bodies age and something kills us

> eventually.....modern

> medicine 'cures' something we've developed but the

> end result is the same

> . if it weren't for modern medicine i would

> have died about 10 times

> so far......

>

> JACK

> waiting for the invention of an immortality pill and

> the cure to rls -

> patiently

>

>

>

> At 01:40 PM 5/27/99 -0700, you wrote:

> >

> >

> >Hi Ann and Everyone,

> >

> >I am way behind in reading my mail _ I am in the

> >process of working my way backwards so I have not

> read

> >what said.

> >

> >So I am speculating, most diseases and disorders

> are

> >not modern - they have been around - but perhaps

> were

> >not reported on sufficiently or information about

> them

> >disseminated (after all today we have much better

> >communication, etc) or recognized and given a name.

> I

> >am sure that many people died from cancer, etc.

> before

> >a name was given to the disease process or their

> cause

> >of death was unknown or attributed to something

> else.

>

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