HW 32 - Thoughts following illness & dying unit

This unit made me think a lot about a simple thing yet complicating subject, illness and dying. Doing this unit made me think a lot about pass deaths, and illnesses of people i know, which gave me a lot of thought about things in my life. One of my thoughts was not taking life for granted, because illness and death is very complex. For example when someone is ill and goes to the hospital, they still can die. Something that most people don't think about, because almost like the food unit when we we're reminded and taught that our food doesn't come from a farm that's like those in story books. This unit also made me think back about the food unit, like the commitments i made during that unit of taking care of myself by always eating right and being active. The reason i was reminded about the food unit was because just like we learned in the food unit about how corporations try to save as much money as possible, and make as much money as possible, everyone's well being is not in their best interest. So if we want to better our lives we have to make our own decisions, so in order to lower my chances of getting sick i take care of my body, by eating well and doing well for myself. This unit made me build off many of my peers thoughts about illness, and death like Matthew S. who spoke about alienation, and how it's something we somewhat naturally do because we think we know what's best for that person, when in reality we're just alienating them because they're almost non existent, and what i built off from that is that the many "regrets" and "feelings", which a lot of my class mates spoke about. Are due because of alienation. The only thing that i thought was the most nightmarish and dominant practices, was not how surgery's are done and all the complex things doctors do to help save one's life, was health care. Talking about health care made me really think about the culture we live in, where some believe that health care is a "privilege" and i think the amount of selfishness in that is really nightmarish. The American culture is built off of selfishness, "sick days", "medical bills", why do we limit peoples lives and make it harder just for someone to live, these things aren't privileges or rights or any of that it should be just plain sense of community as human beings, of having the goal to survive. And what i found most nightmarish is how other countries such as Canada, U.K. and France, don't limit peoples well being, but the united states, the "superior super power" and greatest nation in the world can blatantly in front of us limit our "rights" and do a good job fooling Americans into believing that this country is the best, even though we go through hardships. Other than that this unit has been by far one of the most interesting ones, and I like the pattern that we're following from food to illness, because they go deeper than one's health.