Hey Alanmancunian
Well this is a cheerful post :roll:
Yes, I have heard this before and just choose to ignore it cos we can't do anything about it.
And in terms of the insurance policies I don't know about you but I reckon I am pretty much uninsurable, what the with RA and the drugs etc!
Ho Hum! You gotta laugh haven't you, else you'd cry!



Tilly xxx
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I've heard that too...
ho hum... better make every day count then, hadn't we?
Iris xxx
I agree with you totally on quality of life and making every day count. Very wise!
Love Tilly x
Be happy and stay as positive as you all can, given what we all suffer with.
Oh cheerful eh
I have heard this and well you can't worry about it at all... kinda what will be will be thing.
I know people with ra who are a good age so its not more than a generalisation thing.
I honestly do think this one isn't worth worrying about. Cris x
I think doctors at the surgery would happily commit murder on whoever writes all these articles, they have some truth but not the whole truth.
8) Its a grin, honest!
So long as the ten years is off the a*se-end of your life - who cares?!
Likley to be too I think
Toni xxx
hand me in stitches !
Iris xxx
These articles really annoy me - most people by middle age are on permenant medication for something or other.
I also read somewhere that left-handers die earlier than right-handers - so at 44 with RA, I'm probably already on borrowed time!
Lois x
Fate has the power.
juliePF x
Love this saying:
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like no-one's watching.
Sing like no-one's listening.
Live like there's no tomorrow.
Fear like a stone.
And I loved your saying Bailey - and the one from Toni's brother!
Tilly xx
Oh Del
http://www.nras.org.uk/about_rheumatoid_arthritis/established_disease/possible_complications/why_is_life_span_shortened_by_rheumatoid_arthritis.aspx
but pah! why worry about something you can't do anything about?
“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” James Dean
Made me chuckle though that the article states that early death is an "undesirable" outcome. Nice to know that they think us RA'ers are worth keeping alive!
Tilly x
Hi All,
Thought I would as this --- my Gran bless her had terrible RA she lived till she was 94 BUT she also had Altzheimers for the last 8 yrs --- so who knows whats what ?????
But please remember that the Lovely Goverment will probably kill us all off anyway to save money by denying us our DLA and other benifits --- remember the NEW Rule --- No Can Work --No Benifits Go Starve to death !!!!! ha ha if only this couldn't happen
Joanna
(Tweedie)
xx
Your posts did make me chuckle! Good job we've all got a good sense of humour isn't it- we really do need it!
Tilly x
Think about it, even the 'average' person (what ever that is) can be killed in an accident. How many people these days actually die of natural causes and what exactly are they? Ok, we might have health condition that could impact our life expectancy but the longer a person lives the more likely they are to develop complications of some sort. Stats (and I worked at the Office for National Statistics) are down to interpretation and the media usually get it wrong.
Bottom line, life is like a penny. You can spend it any way you want, but you can only spend it once. Make it count. Enjoy life. :P
After all - "there are only two sure things in life- death and taxes!!"