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Thinking about death and dying.
This Kyle Busch story is so sad. Prayers for him and his family.
A few things to take away.
First, the way you think you'll die is rarely how it will happen. A good friend is a doctor. He once told me that the number of times a patient passes from a heart attack but it ends up they also had cancer is wild. It's crazy that a guy who spent a huge part of his life driving crowded ovals at 190 mph succumbed to what started as a head cold.
Second, infections are scary as hell and they're getting more dangerous (and more common) all the time. I've fought some crazy infections, most from trail run wipeouts, and it's wild how quickly they can set in. My worst was actually from a dog scratch. I was play-fighting with my lab and she scratched me. The tiniest scratch you can imagine. Literally a SPECK of blood on my arm. Knowing I get infections, I immediately cleaned it, doused it with alcohol, then Bacitracin. My SOP. No matter. Still got infected. I also watched my mom spiral with a hospital staph infection after surgery a couple years ago. Came within an inch of losing her and it set in FAST. Lots of reasons infections are becoming more common and more dangerous, including global antibiotic overuse. The lesson: take cuts and scratches seriously and pretty much expect you'll get an infection if you spend any time as an inpatient at a hospital. Infections are lethal and becoming more so.
Third and final point. You are the ONLY true advocate for your health. If you're fighting something, don't be the hero. Take the time to get healthy. It's easy to say, hard to do. We all try to push through and make the flight, lead the meeting, etc. despite being under the weather. I'm not saying you should unplug with every sniffle, of course, but recognize we can (and often do) make matters worse by fighting through. Something pretty innocuous turns into something worse and costs us more if we don't listen to our body, even more so as you hit 40, 50 and beyond.
Life is weird, man. You never know when your number is going to be called. Busch's story is an extreme example and a wake-up call for all of us.
So sorry for his family's loss.
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