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Reading all these wonderful posts about amazing technologies, advanced Science and Medicine Discoveries, and leading edge breakthroughs...made me overcome with Gratitude about the things that have made my old age...tolerable.
In the picture you can see several things that before WW II were unheard of ...except for the glasses. But modern glasses are way better than 1900's versions.
I wanted to include a picture of my X rays for my two hip replacements. Bone on bone sucks...and when a flare hits bone on bone...it is excruciating pain. Yet anyone who lived to old age before 1968...had no options. By the time I got my hips done in 2019 and 2020...it was almost routine. In fact, they learned to go in from the front of the hip...instead of the back of the hip. Making the operation not only easier, but an Outpatient Procedure. And you walk out of the hospital!
Gratitude. Sheer gratitude.
But that's not all. In my picture beside the glasses, are my inhaler, and my hearing aides. Again, the hearing aides are Star Trek level, and can be connected to my phone, or my TV to watch YouTube, Netflix and Amazon Prime. And my volume doesn't affect anyone else watching over the actual TV.
Again, before WW II, you just became : "hard of hearing." And that made most folks withdraw from Social Situations.
The Inhaler...in my pocket. And can keep me breathing well enough to get help. Most folks with Asthma died before WWII if they had a severe attack and weren't near a hospital. And here I carry a life saving device in my pocket. It is called a "Rescue Inhaler" for a reason. My Mom, she had to get shots of epinephrin ...and hope.
Next up, due to the Arthritis I have (two kinds) My hands sometimes become useless, especially my thumbs. So first is the big square, that holds things down on my counter so I can turn the top of a bottle. The small patch allows me to grip said bottle or can. On worse days, I have to use the round bottle opener as my pinch and grip strength are almost gone. And for really bad days, the big wrench like things that I just clamp onto the bottle top and use leverage to open it.
Again before WW II, if your thumbs and fingers were damaged, I guess it was find a pliers, or wait for someone strong to visit. All these things in my photo are common place nowadays. And allow for many people (like me) to keep their independence and quality of life. I also have the little picker handle for grabbing things ...and that is a real help picking up things off the floor, or dragging something from a top shelf.
Oh, and I almost forgot, a walk in shower. Almost completely removing the threat of a trip hazard in the bathroom. I don't know how many people got hurt or killed after age 70 just trying to get into a tub!
So yeah, color me grateful. My grandmother would have cried to know that this stuff was going to come down the pipe. She would have gone right to church and lit a candle in thanks. And I would be right behind her.
In the picture you can see several things that before WW II were unheard of ...except for the glasses. But modern glasses are way better than 1900's versions.
I wanted to include a picture of my X rays for my two hip replacements. Bone on bone sucks...and when a flare hits bone on bone...it is excruciating pain. Yet anyone who lived to old age before 1968...had no options. By the time I got my hips done in 2019 and 2020...it was almost routine. In fact, they learned to go in from the front of the hip...instead of the back of the hip. Making the operation not only easier, but an Outpatient Procedure. And you walk out of the hospital!
Gratitude. Sheer gratitude.
But that's not all. In my picture beside the glasses, are my inhaler, and my hearing aides. Again, the hearing aides are Star Trek level, and can be connected to my phone, or my TV to watch YouTube, Netflix and Amazon Prime. And my volume doesn't affect anyone else watching over the actual TV.
Again, before WW II, you just became : "hard of hearing." And that made most folks withdraw from Social Situations.
The Inhaler...in my pocket. And can keep me breathing well enough to get help. Most folks with Asthma died before WWII if they had a severe attack and weren't near a hospital. And here I carry a life saving device in my pocket. It is called a "Rescue Inhaler" for a reason. My Mom, she had to get shots of epinephrin ...and hope.
Next up, due to the Arthritis I have (two kinds) My hands sometimes become useless, especially my thumbs. So first is the big square, that holds things down on my counter so I can turn the top of a bottle. The small patch allows me to grip said bottle or can. On worse days, I have to use the round bottle opener as my pinch and grip strength are almost gone. And for really bad days, the big wrench like things that I just clamp onto the bottle top and use leverage to open it.
Again before WW II, if your thumbs and fingers were damaged, I guess it was find a pliers, or wait for someone strong to visit. All these things in my photo are common place nowadays. And allow for many people (like me) to keep their independence and quality of life. I also have the little picker handle for grabbing things ...and that is a real help picking up things off the floor, or dragging something from a top shelf.
Oh, and I almost forgot, a walk in shower. Almost completely removing the threat of a trip hazard in the bathroom. I don't know how many people got hurt or killed after age 70 just trying to get into a tub!
So yeah, color me grateful. My grandmother would have cried to know that this stuff was going to come down the pipe. She would have gone right to church and lit a candle in thanks. And I would be right behind her.
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What a time to be alive. On top of everything else, we're about to get pill form GLP-1s, and a next generation one that doesn't cause you to lose muscle mass the way the first generation ones do can't be too far behind.
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Modern medicine is great! It has done great things for me.
Hearing aids has allowed me to continue to teach. Even with them I have issues hearing and understanding sometimes. Without them would almost be impossible.
Modern medicine removed the cancer from my body that fifty years ago would have gone undetected until it was too late.
Glasses so I can see things close up. I can still spot a student on their cell phone in the back of the room without glasses!
It can also be a curse. If I were to have an issue that would require me to be on a machine the rest of my life, to me, that is no quality of life and I'd rather just go. It might be painful for my family but they also wouldn't have the burden of having to take care of me either.
Hearing aids has allowed me to continue to teach. Even with them I have issues hearing and understanding sometimes. Without them would almost be impossible.
Modern medicine removed the cancer from my body that fifty years ago would have gone undetected until it was too late.
Glasses so I can see things close up. I can still spot a student on their cell phone in the back of the room without glasses!
It can also be a curse. If I were to have an issue that would require me to be on a machine the rest of my life, to me, that is no quality of life and I'd rather just go. It might be painful for my family but they also wouldn't have the burden of having to take care of me either.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
Amen to all of the above. I have DNR and NO HEROIC Efforts on my Legal Papers should I be hospitalized for some reason. I watched to many people live with no quality of life...and just added expense for keeping them "alive." My family is fully capable of pulling the plug. I know it will hurt them. But I also know that they would say to each other and my Kathy: "Dad would not want to live like this."
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