23rd January 2014, 12:09 PM
A salutary warning Troll. Thanks for sharing.....
I heard earlier this week about the death of another long serving archaeological colleague, well before he had reached 'retirement' age. I have noticed over the past few years a worrying tendency for lifestyle, stress and work related conditions to be catching up on us old lags who once assumed perhaps, we might live for ever.....There are all kinds of hazards out there that we overlook, particular conditions that people contract whilst working overseas. I have known colleagues who have contracted a number of ailments during travels abroad including malaria, Weils disease, Lymes disease, TB and viral hepatitis (the last incident sadly proving fatal), which when you think about the normal ailments we all get is, really stress-loading our aging bodies. I don't know the answer, but it has to involve, as Troll suggests, taking more care of the systems put in place to protect our health.
I heard earlier this week about the death of another long serving archaeological colleague, well before he had reached 'retirement' age. I have noticed over the past few years a worrying tendency for lifestyle, stress and work related conditions to be catching up on us old lags who once assumed perhaps, we might live for ever.....There are all kinds of hazards out there that we overlook, particular conditions that people contract whilst working overseas. I have known colleagues who have contracted a number of ailments during travels abroad including malaria, Weils disease, Lymes disease, TB and viral hepatitis (the last incident sadly proving fatal), which when you think about the normal ailments we all get is, really stress-loading our aging bodies. I don't know the answer, but it has to involve, as Troll suggests, taking more care of the systems put in place to protect our health.
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...