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Micro: "I think exercise is a good thing IF one is physically capable of actually doing a good workout without hurting themselves due to physical deterioration.. In some cases it just is not possible."

In all respect. This becomes an escalator down to hell-on-earth if you don't get off it. Future possibilities become increasingly unavailable the more you use totays's problems to put off today's actions.

There is ALWAYS something you can do to make tomorrow probably better than it will probably be if you do nothing.

I've been dealing with a very deadly illness since age 14. Somewhere along the line I realized I could either keep making excuses, in which case I was likely dead by age 40, or I could use the best available information to try to improve my odds.

I understand you have been through a lot, Micro. But you are still alive. I think you should take that as a sign that you are still under Contract, God/the Universe is still expecting you to fight.
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Do not go gentle into that good night
Dylan Thomas - 1914-1953

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.


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Re: exercise dramatically lowers your flu and pneumonia risk, study shows
By: micro
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Thu, 18 May 23 1:31 AM
Msg. 42625 of 60008

I and many others that are even worse than me have a few words for exercise "experts"

When a person is younger it is a whole lot easier on them to stay in shape and burn calories.. When ya gets older, (over 60) you discover yer joints do not sometimes want to move or rotate at all because they have been eaten by arthritis. It is almost impossible for someone who has that condition in a major joint like KNEES, HIPS, SPINE, Low BAck, SHOULDERS, Feet/ankles, fingers and thumbs, to actually do pghysical exercise activities as we once did.

For example, I was a fairly good athlete in my youinger days. I played class A mens softball until I ws 43 competitively. Then I started hurting myself because my reflexes began to slow and I did not have the speed on demand I once did. I had a cannon for right arm and many runners on second bas trying to score on a line drive base hit to my outfield position in Centerfield, were thrown out at the plate unceremoniously.. One time The runner had rounded third when the ball I threw to the catcher arrived in his glove. He walked ten feet u the third base to wait for the runner to tag him..

Nobody on that team tried scoring from second on a hit to me again.. Once was enough..
Today, I can;t throw a ball with any force or distance at all. My arm has no strength, my shoulder doesn't rotate,, and I am a lot weaker than I have ever been.

So things change with age and time. Exercise is a good thing IF you are in good enough condition to do so. Many in older age groups are not.. Its easy for someone else to determine and guess at what I am capable of not knowing anything about me or anyone else..

My brother is worse off physically than I am.. But he also is grossly over weight and I am under my high school athletic weight. I have lost over 42 pounds since February 1.

I intend to keep it off. My appetite has greatly changed and a lot of stuff I once ate I now cannot stand the sight or smell of.. Its strange how a sickness can change your senses..

Anyway, I think exercise is a good thing IF one is physically capable of actually doing a good workout without hurting themselves due to physical deterioration.. In some cases it just is not possible..

Can ya tell I hate BLANKET STATEMENTS that simply are not accurate for lots of reasons...

I am off my soapbox now...


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