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Originally Posted by AutoBike
Responses in Bold How does one know?
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I can give you a few examples if you don't mind a long story:
My neighbor, a smoker, got a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. He was in intensive care for a long time, I think about 10 days. During that time he was unable to smoke but he said he didn't mind. He said he didn't crave it. When he came home from the hospital I had a chance to talk to him out in the yard. And guess what, he was smoking a cigarette! I asked, "if you didn't crave it while you were in the hospital, why are you smoking again?" He said, "oh, I just enjoy smoking."
I didn't say a word about it....just moved on to another subject. But I was thinking to myself it wouldn't be long before he would have a second heart attack. And, sure enough, within about 2 months he had a second heart attack and no one was around to help him. His wife found him dead on the floor when she came home.
Another neighbor, an obese man, had a stroke at age 50. His wife told me that he wanted the same food everyday for dinner. He wanted fried hamburgers, peppers, onions, and potatoes. All fried. This was every day. So he had his stroke and went to the hospital. From there he went to a nursing home to recover. He was in the nursing home for several months. Finally, he was well enough to come home and I had a chance to talk to him out in his yard. Being interested in health, I asked if his doctor advised him to be on a special diet. He said, "yes, but there's no way I'm going to eat that diet, I have to have my hamburgers". Actually, his exact words were, "heck no", he wouldn't eat a special diet.
Again, I thought it wouldn't be long before he would have another stroke. And within a few months he had another stroke. This one was worse and his wife told me she doubted that he would ever come home again.
Need more? I have lots of these stories.
These people who don't care are so predictable!