Re: Toilet anxiety - heart attack and/or stroke
Originally Posted by
Carnation
I always enjoy reading your posts Nora, but I have to disagree with you on some of your points.
My auntie smoked 60-80 fags a day for near enough 60 years and latterly cut down to about 20.
She eats like a mouse, but downs whiskey, Gin and brandy every day. (Not altogether). She's so thin and fragile that if you blew your nose she'd more than likely fall over.
She is now an incredible 98 years old approaching 99 in the next couple of months.
She also rarely gets ill. Explain that one? Not literally, but in a manner of speaking.
You've misunderstood me Carnation...
Firstly, you're right in saying that some people can drink, smoke, eat to excess (or not at all) not get ill and live to an old age, but my aunty wasn't one of them. Her lifestyle weakened her lungs which weakened her heart because it had to work so much harder. She was very weak in the end and the exertion of straining on the loo finished her off. That was her story. I'm very happy to know that this hasn't been the case for your aunty.
The point I was making is that a person generally needs to be very ill and very weakened in order to die in this way, but also that I don't see this as a 'bad' way to go. How can it be when it's all over within seconds?
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