What’s the stat? Three partners, even with “safe sex,” raises the cervical cancer risk of a woman by some incredible amount– I think it was over 1000%? (yes, that’s the right number of zeros)

*(even ignoring studies that show that the current definition of ‘overweight’ has the same life/health expectancy as ‘normal,’ while ‘underweight’ and ‘obese’ are tied on negative, and ‘morbid obesity’ is what most pols draw their fear-stories from)

he died at the age of 69 just 3 months after being diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung cancer (the same thing which kill anti-smoker opera singer Beverly Sills)

My mom was not a health-nut freak, did not exercise but spent time outdoors, smoked (my parents divorced when I was very young), was a little-over weight and she was diagnosed with brain cancer the same year as my dad yet she lived five years longer passing at the age of 76.

There is no rhyme or reason to any this and no amount of Universal-Government provided health care would have changed the outcome.

I do think however that genetics will primarily determine my state of health and I hope I can be as graceful in dealing with my death as were my parents.

I have chosen to deal my life and death by putting both in God’s hands; it is comforting to feel that whatever happens as scary as these things can be I know I am in loving, caring hands.

Faith, it’s amazing grace heals all ills.