Among Friends

[Mindy D]

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@Icegoddess wrote:

My husband usually has lunch on Mondays with a friend of his.  They are both in their 70's.  He has mentioned a couple of times his concern over what appears to him to be declining cognitive abilities of his friend; however, I would say some of the things he mentions my husband has also done.  So, not sure where that leaves my husband. 

Anyways, on Monday (Memorial Day) he told me he had lunch with his friend and they might go to the shooting range afterwards.  But then, he returned fairly early so I asked were they not going to the range.  He says no, his friend had a fall and hit his head and wanted to go to the Doctor.  I asked "Did this fall happen while he was with you?", thinking maybe he should've taken his friend to the doctor rather than letting him drive off on his own with a possible head injury.  "No, he fell last night."  I respoinded "So, he thought it was smart to have lunch first before going to the doctor?"  Makes perfect sense, right?

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@Icegoddess @Plenty of people wait until they see more signs that make them think they need to see a doctor. Some people think that whatever is bothering them is not serious, when it is serious or think that something is serious, when it is not. Some people feel fine after a fall but wait to see a doctor to get checked anyway. 

[stevieb]

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@mom2four0418 wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

Men lack logic and common sense.....It astounds me that they usually are paid more...........

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some men, and some women

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@mom2four0418  I agree and thank you for pointing this out. With no offense intended, lumping the sexes together is no different than 'profiling' based on other characteristics, and foibles attributed to both men and to women as a function of their gender often are both insulting and inaccurate. Not normally something I'd jump on but this stopped being 'cute' a long time ago.

[hckynut]

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@mom2four0418 wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

Men lack logic and common sense.....It astounds me that they usually are paid more...........

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some men, and some women

thank you @mom2four0418 

john

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[hckynut]

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@Mindy D wrote:

@Icegoddess @Plenty of people wait until they see more signs that make them think they need to see a doctor. Some people think that whatever is bothering them is not serious, when it is serious or think that something is serious, when it is not. Some people feel fine after a fall but wait to see a doctor to get checked

anyway. 

@Mindy D,

I like to think men in their 70's have lived long enough to know a serious fall from one that is medically inconsequential. But them my reality brain cells remind me of some of the older men I know.

I know not all men live the type life where injuries are a regular part of their life. That said, it still amazes me how little understand about these things when it comes to their own bodies, like the story I told in my first post in this thread. The man declined going to the hospital with our Orthopod friend to be taken care of, only to end up with a Bone Doc he didn't know, hours later.

Fortunately I have paid close attention when my body is talking to me. My fall a few weeks ago(ice skating now) I had no problem telling my 2 friends there I knew I had broken a rib, it just wasn't an emergency, not yet anyways.

john

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