Posted by Dinah on June 12, 2005, at 7:03:26
In reply to Lou's response to Dinah's post- » Dinah, posted by Lou Pilder on June 12, 2005, at 6:39:53
Lou, I am asking in the name of compassion and charity that we do not dwell on the negatives in any illness we are not personally facing either personally or in a loved one, and are discussing it in that context. The people who are facing it have doctors, and ready access to the internet. In this case, as with diabetes which I have more comfort discussing as I actually have it, the statistics are overwhelmingly positive. But sometimes it's easy to overlook the statistics and dwell on the negatives, especially if it is directly in front of us in a place we probably weren't expecting it.
We could choose to think about worst case scenarios or we could choose to discuss the overwhelmingly positive numbers of people who live a full lifespan with this condition.
You may of course choose to do either.
I think dwelling on the worst case scenarios is a right earned by those who are actually experiencing something.
So that if I, for example, want to moan about the possibilities of diabetes many of which I know very well, it would be venting and sharing of my fears. But if you were to tell me that many people die of complications of diabetes, especially not in the context of trying to intervene in what you see is self destructive behavior... Well, would you wish to do that to me if I were trying to focus on the many people who do not?
Again, it is your choice.
However, I will not engage in further discussion about it with you on board in any but the most positive terms, because further discussion with you has already brought up another link to fatalities, and I do not wish to see that continue. You can continue it without me, of course. But if you want me to discuss this matter, you can email me.
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