snoring

[Shannon]

I think a lot of things are played up by the medical and commercial product system ... the fear factor. Omg something is wrong with you you really should get yourself checked out. Believing that something is wrong with your body is a great way to generate ill health. If nothing's wrong with you, you can easily make smething wrong by worrying about what could go wrong, potentially. If you're looking for disease you'll find it. A bunch of older friends of mine have had sudden bursts of pressure on them (active healthy dancers) to get their hearts checked as at their age "you can't be too careful" well listening to the stress they go through with the testing, the "just in case" medicines when nothing is wrong with them, the worrying and negative programs repeating how they are going to get it and if they don't have it now (heart issues) they are going to soon it's no wonder.

I agree. Great way to make money for the pharmaceutical and medical industries. Sad that health care has become a big business, because that effectively puts it in a position of direct conflict with what it's supposed to be doing.

By the way, just an interesting side note for you, Maggie. I realized a moment ago that all of the women in my life who have been chainsaw snorers have also been exceptionally good lovers, and the ones who did not snore loudly have been rather significantly less so... which suggests that snoring has something to do with a woman's openness to the world around her. Maybe she snores more loudly in part because she is less inhibited in certain ways?