Comments on: Turning disadvantage around

By: Mona Johnson

Mona Johnson — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:08:12 +0000

I found the large metal knee brace and wheelchair I needed to navigate airports a couple of years ago put me at the front of the line for security and boarding…

What’s wrong with the older demographic anyway? Rather than fighting the tendency to discuss ailments and “procedures” as we age, we might as well just embrace it with humor.

By: andycanuck

andycanuck — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:42:33 +0000

Have you tried to use your problem to get a private bathroom reserved for your use at work? Or maybe even get a scooter out of it.

By: PSGInfinity

PSGInfinity — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:14:52 +0000

Ewwww…..

I’m so glad, at 38, my symptoms aren’t full-blown maladies yet. What a HORRID future.

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:39:00 +0000

Andrew,
So I shouldn’t put up a Flickr gallery of my yucky knee? And links to what I think of all my meds at RateMyMedicine.com? And a podcast of my heart rate? And a vlog interview with my doc?
Damn. Now what am I going to write about?

By: afsvfan

afsvfan — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 06:37:50 +0000

can’t you just buy a new heart ? isn’t that what ebay / craiglist is for..

if steve jobs made a site that sold bodyparts everyone would think its cool.

By: Zodonk

Zodonk — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:45:43 +0000

I think you want “advice” to link here:

http://drhelen.blogspot.com/2006/03/deja-vu.html

By: Andrew Tyndall

Andrew Tyndall — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:31:28 +0000

Oops…cut off in mid-sentence before I could mention that third brand that would have canned my comment as spam.

By: Andrew Tyndall

Andrew Tyndall — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:28:41 +0000

Guys–can we lighten up a bit here. This is beginning to resemble the proverbial icky Thanksgiving Dinner where aging rels describe ailments in a little too much detail. I suppose this is the fate that awaits all of us babyboomers as our bodily parts start to malfunction. Did I tell you, Jeff, about my prostate? If this trend keeps up the BuzzMachine will end up with a demographic that looks like the network nightly newscasts and the only ads we’ll see in that little column on the right will be for Depends and Vioxx and

By: Trudy W. Schuett

Trudy W. Schuett — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:24:53 +0000

Why of course, you’re brilliant and fascinating — just in a different field! ;>)

By: Francis

Francis — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:09:08 +0000

The walking-stick is a good idea for improving the service you receive. Or at least my mother who had a hip replacment last year reports that it is