Comments on: Houston, We Have a Problem http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/ This blog has moved on to ScienceBlogs - come and check it out! Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Hondaholic http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2179 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:21:36 +0100 http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2179 Reading this piece I'm reminded that heart disease, diabetes and cancer are caused or exacerbated by overeating, poor dietary choices, lack of exercise and smoking. Depression, schizophrenia, HIV and high blood pressure, controllable by medication, go out of control when the prescribed medication is not taken. Who is ultimately responsible for ship maintenance? Not Mission Control, the crew captain! Once the ship is launched, Mission Control loses control - becoming merely "mission assistance" - and its best efforts to assist are all for naught if the crew can't be bothered to follow (or even thoughtfully consider) its advice. How many of us readers could have better health now - and later - by taking better care of our bodies according to our physicians' advice? Reading this piece I’m reminded that heart disease, diabetes and cancer are caused or exacerbated by overeating, poor dietary choices, lack of exercise and smoking. Depression, schizophrenia, HIV and high blood pressure, controllable by medication, go out of control when the prescribed medication is not taken. Who is ultimately responsible for ship maintenance? Not Mission Control, the crew captain! Once the ship is launched, Mission Control loses control - becoming merely “mission assistance” - and its best efforts to assist are all for naught if the crew can’t be bothered to follow (or even thoughtfully consider) its advice.

How many of us readers could have better health now - and later - by taking better care of our bodies according to our physicians’ advice?

]]> by: m http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2176 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:11:15 +0100 http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2176 Interesting. It begs the question of who is the captain and who is the ship? Metaphorically the atmosphere is a 'space' where faith abides, the earth is where doubt lies. In the end we are all powerless, regardless of the decisions we make. There are some of us however (hint, hint) who have to take responsibility for the passengers on board...and the possibility of failing those who have entrusted our lives with the almighty Captain is a fearful one indeed. I have decided to just be the common leaf that floats down the stream. Interesting. It begs the question of who is the captain and who is the ship? Metaphorically the atmosphere is a ’space’ where faith abides, the earth is where doubt lies. In the end we are all powerless, regardless of the decisions we make. There are some of us however (hint, hint) who have to take responsibility for the passengers on board…and the possibility of failing those who have entrusted our lives with the almighty Captain is a fearful one indeed.

I have decided to just be the common leaf that floats down the stream.

]]> by: Feisty http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2175 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:37:14 +0100 http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2175 ps I always love your hyperlinks ps
I always love your hyperlinks

]]> by: Feisty http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2174 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:36:29 +0100 http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2174 doesn't seem too difficult to explain if only we knew how to interpret the actual symptoms that can occur before they seem like anything important.... and we could have (I could have) had a jumpstart on a diagnosis doesn’t seem too difficult to explain

if only we knew how to interpret the actual symptoms that can occur before they seem like anything important…. and we could have (I could have) had a jumpstart on a diagnosis

]]> by: The Cheerful Oncologist http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2173 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:30:03 +0100 http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2173 Yes, you certainly can, but this allegory isn't that difficult to explain, is it? Yes, you certainly can, but this allegory isn’t that difficult to explain, is it?

]]> by: Amka http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2172 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:01:26 +0100 http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2172 Ooh, ooh, can we submit our own interpretations? Ooh, ooh, can we submit our own interpretations?

]]> by: Ali http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2169 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:13:29 +0100 http://thecheerfuloncologist.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comment-2169 Very engaging! I look forward to the interpretation soon. Very engaging! I look forward to the interpretation soon.

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