Happy Anniversary! I was probably shlepping Oscar home to go back out and party. That was such a fun night.
I think we all fear death at least a tiny little bit, but I think I fear regret about 1000 times more than actual death. Death is inevitable; regret can be avoided. The latter feels more pronounced to me.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to you and Iris! And look at little Coco!
Are longevity coaches a thing? And isn't everyone at least a little afraid of death? I will say that having little humans who depend on me for their survival definitely lowered my risk tolerance and heightened my fear a little.
My doctor brought up starting to get mammograms once I turned 40, but I thought it was almost bizzare how indifferent she was to my choice about getting them earlier or not. She made a point to say that now the recommendation is 45, and it's a personal choice.... I was thinking, why would I not? why isn't she making a hard sell for preventative screening? Early detection of breast (and female repro cancers) is proven to decrease mortality. I know it varies by cancer type, but I thought colon cancer was in that category too. Its just interesting to me that people are making the case against screening because of a possible false positive, especially as I'm working with orgs in Lat Am trying to expand access to screenings because of unnecessarily high cancer mortality rates. So, I'm all for the 100k checkup!
They say the same thing about prostate cancer. (Colon cancer screening seems more effective.) But again, that's on average. And I think almost all of the research has been done in the US and Europe. It would be interesting to see if the rates differ in Latin America where I assume there is less access to cancer treatment.
Happy Anniversary! I was probably shlepping Oscar home to go back out and party. That was such a fun night.
I think we all fear death at least a tiny little bit, but I think I fear regret about 1000 times more than actual death. Death is inevitable; regret can be avoided. The latter feels more pronounced to me.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to you and Iris! And look at little Coco!
Are longevity coaches a thing? And isn't everyone at least a little afraid of death? I will say that having little humans who depend on me for their survival definitely lowered my risk tolerance and heightened my fear a little.
My doctor brought up starting to get mammograms once I turned 40, but I thought it was almost bizzare how indifferent she was to my choice about getting them earlier or not. She made a point to say that now the recommendation is 45, and it's a personal choice.... I was thinking, why would I not? why isn't she making a hard sell for preventative screening? Early detection of breast (and female repro cancers) is proven to decrease mortality. I know it varies by cancer type, but I thought colon cancer was in that category too. Its just interesting to me that people are making the case against screening because of a possible false positive, especially as I'm working with orgs in Lat Am trying to expand access to screenings because of unnecessarily high cancer mortality rates. So, I'm all for the 100k checkup!
It's crazy, but apparently, there is no change in overall mortality rates between those who get mammograms and those who don't: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/how-mammograms-improve-survival-but-not-mortality/283779/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8371936/
They say the same thing about prostate cancer. (Colon cancer screening seems more effective.) But again, that's on average. And I think almost all of the research has been done in the US and Europe. It would be interesting to see if the rates differ in Latin America where I assume there is less access to cancer treatment.