My boss, H told me that on last Sunday, he twisted his back while coming out of his car. It was an awkward twist and that paralysed him with pain for the whole day and the next day, he could hardly move and he has to use a wheel chair to take him to Hong Kong for a meeting. When he touched down in Hong Kong, he went to see a Doctor straight away and he got better after taking some medication.
He asked the Doctor what happen to him and the Doctor replied simply : Old Age. This remark wake him up and he realized that Age have caught up with him. He told this news to me and my friend , K during a lunch today at the Zhao Chow Restaurant. Both K and H was active hikers and they have roam most of the hills in Penang, ranging from 39, 45 , 84 and whatever routes which criss cross the hills. K also relate to us that he has pain in both knees and he also have slowed down in his hiking activities.
All our vital parts will give way as we aged. If it is not the heart, it will be stomach or the knees or the liver or the kidney, etc. If it is not this , it will be that and all our teeths will start to drop off. It is part of life and we cannot control it. We can only try our best to maintain it or keep it healthy as long as we can but eventually, it will have to go. And it is supposed to go.
K, being an insurance agent , told us that the medical cost is extremely expensive. He has a client who did a scan on his heart and it cost RM40,000. Another client was detected heart blockage and he spend RM40,000 for an open heart surgery but it did not went well and he did another operation. After that , he had a stroke and was admitted to Hospital and he died after a few days. His total bill went up to RM70,000. It was shocking to have treatments in the Private Hospitals and in the Public Hospitals, it will only cost a fraction of the amount. But, the general perception is that the Private Hospitals are better and have higher quality. There could be a misconception on this notion.
Coming to aging, it is said that a year after our fifties birthday, it very much different and if ill iit is above sixties , it will be worst. The speed of aging doubles up as if racing to the end. It is true , time will move faster and our body will rot at amazing speed. For those young readers, they do not understand this feeling because they have so much life ahead of them. Only when we come to the river , then only we know how deep is it.
Age is one of the stage in life as describe by Buddha. The cycle of life is brith, age, sickness and death. After Age, it will be sickness ie our parts failing and falling apart. K told me of an old man who is now 82 . He used to hike up route 38 everyday but two years ago, he can only hike until 21. This is the realization of Age. It never lies and it will definitely come.
So, as an insight, do what we can do now and don't wait until you cannot do it and you will regret the rest of your life. Go now and do it.
Namaste.
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