Would you now be dead?

[Le Chat]

Following on from answers to an earlier post..... If you had never had any modern medical treatment for illness during your life, would you still be alive today?
I would have died anywhere from the ages of 12 -21 (until I had my badly infected tonsils removed) I used to have temperatures of 105 degrees (old money) and a closed up throat that only antibiotics could help.
Failing that I would have gone on to have cervical cancer after 1994 (when I had cryotherapy to kill off weird cervical cells)
I would also not have been able to have my 2 children due to a gynaelogical which was successfully treated.

[naomi24]

Hello Le Chat, Excellent question. Yes, I would be dead - and I'd probably have died several times (if you see what I mean). Quite pleased I'm here actually! :o)

[radiogaga]

hello le chat,
yes id be long gone! with gynaelogical problems galore, probably would have died from blood loss.
ive two uterus which have been nothing but trouble!
c section brought my breech daughter into the world 7 weeks early. blood transfusion due to blood loss again.
thanks to modern medical treatment im still here woohoo!

[rojash]

My wife would probably have died 30 years ago when she had severe infectionsin the uterus caused by ectopic pregnancy. If that hadn't finished her, she would probably have did last year from salmonella poisoning. Me, I'm immortal, so no problems there...

[bensmum]

Good question Le Chat. I might have died from blood loss following an operation without a transfusion a few years ago but even if not I am on necessary medication without which life would be very different

[naomi24]

Apart from ailments requiring surgical procedures, or childbirth, think of all the things that people take regular medication for like blood pressure and diabetes.

[Le Chat]

Just as I thought. Where there is such fear about the introduction of new scientific advances and medical interventions, it is easy to forget that people used to die of flu and many, many more would be prematurely deceased from now easily cured ailments.
My father (aged 78) would be alive, as he has never been ill! However, he would be blind, as he has glaucoma! (Now the advancement of treatment in that area has been fantastic!)

[~max~]

Interesting question! I'd have died aged 8 when I had peritonitis (appendice exploded) if I hadn't had emergency surgery. Strange thing to hink about hey!

[Octavius]

I'm not sure I would have died, but I would most likely have a strange walk and certainly no Baby Octavius.

[keyplus90]

Of course because of the advancement of the science cure of diseases is far better than what it was few years ago. Although fortunately I personally haven't had any such experience but I am in favour of medical research as it is giving more and more people hope.

[mibn2cweus]

Just the kind of question you expect would put all of that 'God' nonsense into perspective once and for all . . .
fat chance!

I was stone deaf and presumed to be retarded until at two years of age my parents were goaded into sparing the rod long enough to take me to see a doctor for an examination where it was discovered my ear canals were completely plugged up, possibly from birth. Spoil the child my aching hiney.

I�m still humiliated to this day to confess to the world that my parents were that stupid. While I�ve never quite achieved the communication skills that normally begin development in the first few years of life at least I can hear; although �God� still refuses to talk to me and offer up �His� wisdom.

For millennia people suffered with virtual blindness for lack of corrective lenses. Why did �God� wait all these years to invent lasic surgery to correct a genetic defect? Ah hell, I�m so mad I can�t even think straight ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <o/�\o>

[andrea81]

If I hadn't had medicine that lowered my BP duing my last pregnancy, neither me or my son would be here!

Neither would my mother (cancer)
Sister (cancer)
Gran (cancer)
Hubby (skydiving went wrong - another story!)

I can go on........

My only wish is that Doctors and researchers can continue their good work and heal the sick, they are our saviours!

[Theland]

Mibs, I sympathise with with you having a partial hearing impairment. My son in law is profoundly deaf from birth, and it has restricted his job opportunities due to ignorance and discrimination on the part of employers, even though he is bright, and has many marketable skills.
Maybe God, throws each of us a challenge to see how we cope with it, and to see how others relate to us in our needs.
Acceptance rather than anger is the first step towards healing, and the greater healing is not necessarily what we presume it to be.

[mibn2cweus]

Theland, My hearing is fine now. Although I became quite deft with a bobby pin at a young age I haven't needed to make use of that skill since I was about eight years old and in fact depend a great deal on my good hearing ability (and dexterity) for my livelihood.

Although I still invest a lot of time in dealing with an underlying rage and intolerance for stupidity my greater distaste for violence and understanding of the causes of avoidable human behavior have developed in degrees that they probably would not have if I had not survived childhood abuses.

I have seen and realised that the world can be made to be a better place and that was and is all I ask/ed for.

[Robinia]

I'd have died too ...23 years ago I had Hodgkin's disease (cancer of lymph glands). At the end of the chemo I had septacaemia (sp?) which could have finished me off....and a few years ago an insect bite (of all things!) which turned very nasty & had to have heavy duty anti-biotics.
So yes, thanks to modern medicine I'm still here.

[Theland]

Mibs - A bobby pin? (Excuse my ignorance).

Dexterity? As an obviously clever man, who I had taped as an academic, then to combine this with dexterity, I would guess you are a surgeon. clever and dextrous.
And friendly.
Isn't it crazy? I find myself having so much in common with so many folk on here, our differences being the road we take, not our intended destination.