I must say that due to all of my MIL's health conditions, that it is nice how far medical technology has come. Back when she was a young woman, wife and mother they were not aware of how dangerous some of their daily habits were for their health. I feel so bad that she has to suffer the way she is, but she is one tough lady.


Back in the day people smoked on a daily basis going through God knows how many packs of cigarettes a week(or day in some cases), vitamin supplements were heard of but not recommended, the food was cooked with real lard and real butter, and nobody knew about the damage that your kidney can receive due to excessive drinking. It is quite frightening to think about everything that we know now that they didn't.


I mean, after having five kids with no calcium her bones are completely decalcified, she has suffered numerous fractures and breaks, survived skin cancer and numerous heart attacks. I feel saddened that her generation didn't know what we do now.

It begs the question of what will they know by the time our generation is in our seventies that they don't know yet?