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This is a follow up to a great post by Matt In OK entitled "Casualty Rates". If you have not read that topic in the General Discussion Forum, read it and understand.
Casualties is something I have pondered over the years, but Matt, your post was spot on, and everyone needs to read that post and ponder the implications.
I have thought many times that the casualty rate will be very high if we have a true PAW. Disease, infections, diarrhea, cholera, gunshots, dehydration, stabbings, trauma, suicide and withdrawal just to name a few. Then you will have just those from chronic medical problems...diabetes, kidney disease, lung disease, known cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease, cancers, bowel obstructions due to change in diet and chronic pain. You will also see many that think they are healthy find out that's not the case. The thirty year old that is 50 pounds overweight that has to run from the gang only to keel over to a heart attack. The guy that starts having alcohol withdrawal after a week because he cannot have his six pack every night. The nicotine addicts will eventually go through withdrawals as well. We will see STD's blossom due to people having relations with whomever they meet or just because of the increased number rapes. We literally will see Zombies when the antidepressant meds, anti-anxiety meds and other psychotropic meds cease to exist.
I have been paying attention to my patients meds over the years. I practice in a speciality, so I see what the patients are taking before they get to me. Many are on what we call poly-pharmacy. That is multiple meds for the same condition just to maintain normal labs. For an example, just today I saw a man that was 38 years old, about 5'-6" tall and weighed no less than 250 pounds. He was on three different oral meds for diabetes, three different blood pressure meds, two psychotropic meds one for depression and one for anxiety, a sleeping pill and a pain pill for his bad back with a Big-Gulp drink in his hand (oh, but I'm sure it was diet soda). I thought to myself that in a PAW, he won't have a chance and neither will his family. This kind of patient is becoming more and more common. Oh, did I mention that he was on SSD due to his bad back? That's another story...
The reason I put this out is that there will be casualties, many, many casualties. Some from not having meds for these chronic conditions, some from addiction withdrawal, some from looters/gangs and others from fighting to save their homestead. How long will my patient above last, if he isn't shot or killed by looters? I don't know, but I'm thinking maybe 30-60 days after his meds run out at the most, and probably shorter then that when he needs to do something to put food on his table.
Your health WILL affect not just you, but your family and your group. They need you healthy and you need them healthy as well.
Get yourself and your family in shape. If you are on meds, get your doctor to ween you if you can, if not then get as many pills as you can for your chronic conditions. Learn if you can use alternative medicine instead of traditional medicine.
Prepare your mind for casualties. There will be death...are you prepared for that?
Matt, thanks for your post. It spurred me into putting into words what I have been thinking over the last few years. There are many other things to think about when you have death. Disease, flies, body bags, graves (manual labor to dig) and stench to name some. Things to think about....plus what Matt had said...are you prepared to have someone you love become a casualty? Try to prevent battles, try to prevent injuries, and try to prevent illness. Prepare yourself now!
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Casualties is something I have pondered over the years, but Matt, your post was spot on, and everyone needs to read that post and ponder the implications.
I have thought many times that the casualty rate will be very high if we have a true PAW. Disease, infections, diarrhea, cholera, gunshots, dehydration, stabbings, trauma, suicide and withdrawal just to name a few. Then you will have just those from chronic medical problems...diabetes, kidney disease, lung disease, known cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease, cancers, bowel obstructions due to change in diet and chronic pain. You will also see many that think they are healthy find out that's not the case. The thirty year old that is 50 pounds overweight that has to run from the gang only to keel over to a heart attack. The guy that starts having alcohol withdrawal after a week because he cannot have his six pack every night. The nicotine addicts will eventually go through withdrawals as well. We will see STD's blossom due to people having relations with whomever they meet or just because of the increased number rapes. We literally will see Zombies when the antidepressant meds, anti-anxiety meds and other psychotropic meds cease to exist.
I have been paying attention to my patients meds over the years. I practice in a speciality, so I see what the patients are taking before they get to me. Many are on what we call poly-pharmacy. That is multiple meds for the same condition just to maintain normal labs. For an example, just today I saw a man that was 38 years old, about 5'-6" tall and weighed no less than 250 pounds. He was on three different oral meds for diabetes, three different blood pressure meds, two psychotropic meds one for depression and one for anxiety, a sleeping pill and a pain pill for his bad back with a Big-Gulp drink in his hand (oh, but I'm sure it was diet soda). I thought to myself that in a PAW, he won't have a chance and neither will his family. This kind of patient is becoming more and more common. Oh, did I mention that he was on SSD due to his bad back? That's another story...
The reason I put this out is that there will be casualties, many, many casualties. Some from not having meds for these chronic conditions, some from addiction withdrawal, some from looters/gangs and others from fighting to save their homestead. How long will my patient above last, if he isn't shot or killed by looters? I don't know, but I'm thinking maybe 30-60 days after his meds run out at the most, and probably shorter then that when he needs to do something to put food on his table.
Your health WILL affect not just you, but your family and your group. They need you healthy and you need them healthy as well.
Get yourself and your family in shape. If you are on meds, get your doctor to ween you if you can, if not then get as many pills as you can for your chronic conditions. Learn if you can use alternative medicine instead of traditional medicine.
Prepare your mind for casualties. There will be death...are you prepared for that?
Matt, thanks for your post. It spurred me into putting into words what I have been thinking over the last few years. There are many other things to think about when you have death. Disease, flies, body bags, graves (manual labor to dig) and stench to name some. Things to think about....plus what Matt had said...are you prepared to have someone you love become a casualty? Try to prevent battles, try to prevent injuries, and try to prevent illness. Prepare yourself now!
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