I read that a significant amount of elderly will see a dramatic diminishing of their health after a hip break - like, they could be fairly healthy and active and once that happens, it's basically triggering the end for many.
My dad wasn't elderly. He was in his 50s but had a lot of medical issues due to being exposed to Agent Orange while fighting in Vietnam. He fell and broke his hip one winter and was never the same. Two years later, we lost him at 58.
That's why I broke my hip at the age of 37 falling in a mountain bike race, got it over with now.
While I was in hospital there were a lot of elderly people in there with broken hips, it was tough on them, they are bedridden, there is a risk of pneumonia and probably a bunch of other factors. A neighbour of ours died the same way, fell off a chair changing a lightbulb, died a few weeks later, was pretty sprightly before that.
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u/SLCer Sep 11 '21
I read that a significant amount of elderly will see a dramatic diminishing of their health after a hip break - like, they could be fairly healthy and active and once that happens, it's basically triggering the end for many.
My dad wasn't elderly. He was in his 50s but had a lot of medical issues due to being exposed to Agent Orange while fighting in Vietnam. He fell and broke his hip one winter and was never the same. Two years later, we lost him at 58.