<p>“Sorry; my post wasn’t an attempt (veiled or otherwise) to attack (or make feel guilty) those who don’t exercise.”</p>
<p>Got mine burning 800 calories an hour on the squash court. My cholesterol (I don’t care in the least about HIPAA) is 104; my LdLs 51; my Tri’s, 98. My favorite pig-out is sashimi and Greek salad. </p>
<p>Go figure.</p>
<p>And you had a recent medical scare. Yes, go figure.</p>
<p>A bit more than a scare, thank you! 
Hey, but I get to go get nuclear stressed on Monday! I’m helping keep those overall health costs down. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>If mini would cut down on his calorie intake, he not only would not have to run to get nowhere but also reduce the amount of greenhouse gas. </p>
<p>And now he going to add nuclear waste products into the environment. </p>
<p>eat more prunes.</p>
<p>"If mini would cut down on his calorie intake, he not only would not have to run to get nowhere but also reduce the amount of greenhouse gas. "</p>
<p>Ah, but if they hooked the treadmill up to the grid…(I could be one of them there hamsters, and…)</p>
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<p>What I meant was simply that I don’t for granted that I’m going to live past (or even necessarily to) 40–if I do, all the better… but I’ve seen too many things happen to people too young to take a long life for granted or think it is guranteed. Do I want one? Yes, of course… but we don’t always get what we want or expect I’ve been in unluckly >1% before (thankfully, nothing life threatening–I was just a 26 week premie), so I know stats don;t always, sadly, wind up in someone’s favor.</p>
<p>Best wishes to your family for health and well-being.</p>
<p>This is the big dark secret of rising health care costs. The drugs and therapies actually work - people live longer and need . . . more drugs and therapies. All the railing against the docs and pharma and insurance companies is not going to alter the simple fact that health care actually works, people want it, people are living longer and wanting more of it. $$$$</p>
<p>And why we as a society cannot afford 19-33% overhead to prevent docs and drug companies from competing against each other, and then put 40 million more people into an already broken system and expect quality to improve.</p>
<p>Profits will go up, though, and lobbyists will be fat and sassy.</p>
<p>Canadian Drs moving to US-9000, US doctors to Canada under 900. That’s 15% of all Canadian doctors fleeing to the US.</p>