Oak, it's true that no matter how sophisticated the health treatment maybe, a person will still suffer. And this is what one dreads for an afflicted family member.
However, I think you know it doesn't serve alot of great purpose to buttonhole a person with a terminal disease to say that they will suffer alot when the patient is already /has been trying to live healthy all along.
Over 15 years ago, I bought a watercolour painting from an artist I admired for a long time. I was amazed when I went to 1 of the gallery showings for her work and spoke with her: she was single all her life, an artist and teacher of art in Toronto (where I lived) for 40 years of life, travelled worldwide and painted. Sat in the snow in the Arctic and painted fantastic glacier watercolours. She also did ice skating on her own pond up into her 70's...with maneouvres on 1 leg. She had an enthusiastic following locally.
at the time I spoke with her, she was 90. She wore an Indian tunic with gold high heels...totally atypical of her style..a gently devout Christian, etc. She led a pretty healthy lifestyle which included hiking since she did alot of landscapes and in her writings she talks about what she eats.
She passed away at 101 last year. For certain, she lived an incredibly full life and produced an amazing amount of art, including 2 autobiographies.
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06-03-2012, 05:27 AM #13
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