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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1646401" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[ATTACH=full]11299[/ATTACH]</p><p><em><strong>Good morning Old-Age folks.......Hope all is bright in your sphere of life.......</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><strong><em>I was sitting here watching the joy and fast paced action of this board regarding the Epps commit and questions concerning Kofi's decision coming up , when i get a text from my all time bestest friend since the 5th grade ....That's a friend for almost 60 years.......We have experie</em></strong>nced<strong><em> so much together , from the 60's free love drug culture and all that entails through the years of our kids growing up around each other , etc etc....</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em><strong>His text stated he was going to be admitted to the hospital in Mt. Vernon , Il.......He has a lot of health issues and had been telling me in our phone calls every couple of days apart that his asthma had been concerning him.....So, he goes to his doctor and gets examined and the doctor was getting ready to end the visit and reached out to shake my bud's hand and stated it felt warm....he checked further and found sweaty palms and ended up sending my bud to the hospital.......This is where it gets interesting....The hospital had no beds available ....they checked other hospitals nearby and all of the hospitals from mt. vernon to St. Louis were full.....Seems there has been an outbreak of the covid 19 " Delta variant " in this area......Did you know that ?????</strong></em></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Well anyway, back to my bud.....they put him in a bed in a HALLWAY with all kinds of wires , tubes etc and concluded his heart has been beating twice the normal amount for 3 weeks and his blood is now a 40W version of pennzoil and are worried about blood clots....he is the same age as me , 69-70 yrs old......</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>We texted back and forth , then he called me and we had a heart to heart for about 45 minutes........... If you follow this thread then you know my feelings about the medical profession ....there are many fine people that work in this profession , but at the age of development of civilization in the year 2021 we still are experiencing the TRIAL and ERROR mentality of centuries ago when Rose Hips was given for any malady known.....</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em><strong>The moral of my story today is to embrace your health....Good health , bad health...........Embrace it , shield it from whatever looks to strip your dignity, your positive outlook on life.....The older I get the younger I want to think......Mind over matter works , just doesn't last as long as it did when I was younger....</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Face it....We can't trade this model body in for a new one as we have done for our transportation mode's.......If this body model breaks down , we have to rely on the medical mechanic's to repair and get us back running again.......</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><strong><em>GOOD LUCK ........................................................................................</em></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11300[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Everyone have good thought's about my pru's bud ....He's a good guy like my man is ..........Later..................</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1646401, member: 3916"] [ATTACH type="full"]11299[/ATTACH] [I][B]Good morning Old-Age folks.......Hope all is bright in your sphere of life....... [/B][/I] [B][I]I was sitting here watching the joy and fast paced action of this board regarding the Epps commit and questions concerning Kofi's decision coming up , when i get a text from my all time bestest friend since the 5th grade ....That's a friend for almost 60 years.......We have experie[/I][/B]nced[B][I] so much together , from the 60's free love drug culture and all that entails through the years of our kids growing up around each other , etc etc....[/I][/B] [I][B]His text stated he was going to be admitted to the hospital in Mt. Vernon , Il.......He has a lot of health issues and had been telling me in our phone calls every couple of days apart that his asthma had been concerning him.....So, he goes to his doctor and gets examined and the doctor was getting ready to end the visit and reached out to shake my bud's hand and stated it felt warm....he checked further and found sweaty palms and ended up sending my bud to the hospital.......This is where it gets interesting....The hospital had no beds available ....they checked other hospitals nearby and all of the hospitals from mt. vernon to St. Louis were full.....Seems there has been an outbreak of the covid 19 " Delta variant " in this area......Did you know that ?????[/B][/I] [B][I]Well anyway, back to my bud.....they put him in a bed in a HALLWAY with all kinds of wires , tubes etc and concluded his heart has been beating twice the normal amount for 3 weeks and his blood is now a 40W version of pennzoil and are worried about blood clots....he is the same age as me , 69-70 yrs old...... We texted back and forth , then he called me and we had a heart to heart for about 45 minutes........... If you follow this thread then you know my feelings about the medical profession ....there are many fine people that work in this profession , but at the age of development of civilization in the year 2021 we still are experiencing the TRIAL and ERROR mentality of centuries ago when Rose Hips was given for any malady known.....[/I][/B] [I][B]The moral of my story today is to embrace your health....Good health , bad health...........Embrace it , shield it from whatever looks to strip your dignity, your positive outlook on life.....The older I get the younger I want to think......Mind over matter works , just doesn't last as long as it did when I was younger.... Face it....We can't trade this model body in for a new one as we have done for our transportation mode's.......If this body model breaks down , we have to rely on the medical mechanic's to repair and get us back running again....... [/B][/I] [B][I]GOOD LUCK ........................................................................................[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full"]11300[/ATTACH] [B][I]Everyone have good thought's about my pru's bud ....He's a good guy like my man is ..........Later..................[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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