tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post317427842249413278..comments2024-03-24T13:18:48.017-06:00Comments on Living to Tell the Story: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul GawandeSusannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02757963698816530787noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-80540790525236235962021-04-02T09:19:05.948-06:002021-04-02T09:19:05.948-06:00Faith: This book very much advocated having those...Faith: This book very much advocated having those conversations with doctors and family so that they know how to proceed if and when things happen when there is so much information overload and hard choices that the person is overwhelmed and confused as to how to proceed. He is very much on the side of knowing when enough is enough with medical interventions that might or might not work and actually end up reducing the quality of life that they are trying to make better. And I think I read somewhere that this doc is now on Biden's COVID team of advising doctors? Don't know how true that is though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827144163710491136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-37245927073754862032021-04-02T08:17:23.744-06:002021-04-02T08:17:23.744-06:00Sounds like an interesting book.Sounds like an interesting book.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103884780854638066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-50094955717615498832021-04-02T07:47:39.293-06:002021-04-02T07:47:39.293-06:00wow quite eye opening!!
I do know that I firmly ...wow quite eye opening!! <br /><br />I do know that I firmly believe the nursing facility we put my dad in druggedh him up too much for his supposed dementia. We didn't have money to pursue a lawyer and he's with Jesus now so doesn't matter but we kind of wish we had gone in with a detective type person or lawyer to really see what was going on. NOT good. This book just shows me that living a life with a plant based diet is going to be vital for staying healthy into old age. and traditional doctors do NOT like the use of essential oils and natural remedies like plants because guess what?? it takes away from big pharma. My doc was SHOCKED when i told her i was refusing a statin to bring down my LDL cholesterol. I chose to take plant phytosterols and guess who's cholesterol came down from 216 to 178?????? she was shocked and now admits this is a better alternative to spending money on a prescription every month. Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06608258814596465122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-65116675050865059982021-04-01T21:53:05.272-06:002021-04-01T21:53:05.272-06:00I read this a few years ago, too, and I heartily r...I read this a few years ago, too, and I heartily recommend it, as well. It reminded me that elderly people don't primarily want to be safe, they want to LIVE and have a life of meaning till the end. Great post! netablogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701837355683136230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-39892986708364403732021-04-01T11:17:13.312-06:002021-04-01T11:17:13.312-06:00I read this a few years ago and found it quite eye...I read this a few years ago and found it quite eye-opening, too. Barbara Harperhttps://barbaraleeharper.com/noreply@blogger.com