tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post6236408571737060966..comments2024-03-15T22:00:36.095-07:00Comments on Dr. Kathy McCoy: Living Fully in Midlife and Beyond: Meditations on MortalityDr. Kathy McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-1966822669021293202019-03-22T12:02:12.317-07:002019-03-22T12:02:12.317-07:00This one is hitting home right now. Rick is in a p...This one is hitting home right now. Rick is in a pretty big funk after his fall on the ice (this from a guy who has had multiple skull fractures and closed head injuries and MRSA), worried about the blood clots (DVTs) and concerned about upcoming surgery for his leg. Are his cycling days over? Will he race or do mega-mile bike hikes again? What if his recovery is like his friend's who died following leg surgery? Apart from being as reassuring as possible without going over the line, there is little I can do but listen and remind him -- as someone once reminded me -- that our parent's or friend's prognosis or fate is not necessarily ours. But it does hit home -- none of us are any younger and anything can happen at any time. Makes me want to be certain to grab every good day I can!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-68971584032887065832019-03-09T10:04:08.343-07:002019-03-09T10:04:08.343-07:00Dear Kathy, your ability to weave a shawl of compa...Dear Kathy, your ability to weave a shawl of compassion and wisdom based on your own life and the lives of your long-time friends is always inspiring. Thank you for this posting, Kathy, The sentence of yours that epitomizes where I am with all this is "The overall goal of all these efforts is, quite often, not to pursue the illusion of living to be 120, but to live whatever years that are left to us in reasonably good health." That is my hope.<br /><br />What I've discovered is that 40 years of being a vegetarian (no red meat, pork, chicken, fish) and years first of riding a bicycle for 10 miles a day and then many more years of walking 3-4 miles a day and eating so nutritiously couldn't outweigh the effect of being a taskmaster to myself with regard to work. Being a workaholic led to all sorts of illness. Now I'm going down a new road of kindness to my body. Peace. Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-19210955656550537462019-03-05T12:33:29.626-07:002019-03-05T12:33:29.626-07:00Hi Dr Kathy, I have followed your blog a long tim...Hi Dr Kathy, I have followed your blog a long time without commenting. Always interesting posts. Thanks.Elainehttp://mynext20yearsofliving.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754684819908801536.post-42255389793460894402019-03-05T09:35:17.583-07:002019-03-05T09:35:17.583-07:00Such insight and wisdom as always. This was partic...Such insight and wisdom as always. This was particularly poignant as my aunt is dying at the age of 70 and it is such a shock.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03149503511371513159noreply@blogger.com