Lifestyle Choices impacting on the NHS -Boiling my piss!!!!

[Lardychops]

DH is currently on an NHS orthopaedics ward with around 7/8 other men.
He played 5 aside around 3 weeks ago , got bashed on the thigh and the bruise has spread and become hard and hot and painful, now infected and he needs it operated on due to risk of sepsis.

On the ward are 4 men 60 plus who have been involved in motorcycle accidents with legs in pins and have undergone several operations and been in hospital weeks ( 1 for months) as well as a young lad who was brought in yesterday following a cycling collision with another cyclist with his upper left side shattered. One other man was on a sponsored 3 peak running challenge (with a one man band scenario or such like ) and has shattered his ankle. Looking at an op tomo and a very long recuperation. yesterday a man left who had been in for three months after a skking accident with a broken hip that would not heal properly.

Am I unreasonable in thinking that with the NHS in the state it is at this current time that personal responsibility for lifestyle choices should be more of a consideration for all of us with the tax payer footing the bill for feckless and irresponsible behaviours.
It’s all avoidable surely , making better, healthier choices that do not willingly impact on limited resources.

Sports such as football, skiing, cycling, motorcross as well as mountaineering are risky to one’s health and people need to take personal responsibility.

Am I being unreasonable tax payers?

Everything you described sounds like an unfortunate accident and exactly why the NHS exists.

Is everyone meant to sit at home becoming obese? That is a whole other NHS crisis.

You're extremely judgemental. You don't know those people's circumstances and should be just visiting your husband and sitting there at his bedside judging the other men. You obviously didn't have a lot to talk about when you were visiting.

This is ridiculous OP
These men are, and have been, living their lives like we all should.
I'm currently having treatment on a knee injury that has been caused by wear and tear whilst hill walking. It's a very common injury for walkers. Like these men, I don't consider my lifestyle to be a drain on society.
Find another hill to die on.

The ones that gave me the rage are the smokers and drinkers. The percentage of people using up NHS resources due to smoking and excessive alcohol must be huge.

But your husband was playing 5 a side. That’s a lifestyle choice. He didn’t have a car crash or fall down the stairs. Am I missing something? I’m really confused!
I really thought the lifestyle choices you were referring to would be smoking, drinking, obesity etc. People having hobbies shouldn’t foot a bill for an accident

Your frustration would be better directed at the morbidly obese, heavy drinking smokers.

Is this for real. Your husband was hurt playing sport and the others are sports too. If we can’t do sport what should we do. I am currently recovering from an accident on my Vespa. Spent two days in hospital, first time ever except childbirth I’m 66. Am I a burden to the NHS or have I paid my dues in taxes.

Why was your husband's sports injury any less his fault than these other men's sporting injuries?

I'm so glad I was wrong

Wow bet your husband loves living with you with that attitude! I’m assuming you’re including him in the ‘lifestyle choices’ .. bet you’ve given him loads of sympathy 🙄 yeah let’s just all wrap ourselves in bubble wrap to protect the NHS.

Ok. Just realised you made a funny. Didn’t get it cause Autism.

NHS worker here loads of sports injuries in Fracture Clinic...see the same old fat phobic tropes are wheeled out here too. The research is that underweight is the most fragile health state. If we are going to avoid all illhealth what do we do about people born with illness? Discard them? Some really ugly opinions here. People get sick, they often then get fat. Then the attitudes displayed here make those people feel shut out of exercise and community life. Many many MH medications cause obesity...what would you have these people do? Ugly attitudes cause the very thing they hate. Don't get me started about illness linked to particulate air pollution...heart diseases, type 2 diabetes, obesity. . If it makes you feel better to condemn fat people, because you need a hierarchy of worthiness to have self regard, be prepared to see so many more. You are creating the conditions. Lazy unfounded prejudice

Beat me to it 🤭

You’re essentially saying that everyone should stay inside, not use any vehicle and not have any hobbies if they want to use the NHS…. Intrigued what things people would be allowed free treatment for in your world!

I own a horse....Riding....... Oh dear....! 😂

Obesity costs more than this
so does mental health intervention
both of which are prevented by sports

This has to be a joke, surely! The obesity epidemic, smoking and drinking and all the many health problems caused by these lifestyle choices is costing the NHS vast, vast amounts of money and forecast to increase and completely cripple the NHS in the coming decades!
And you're criticising those who are responsible enough to do exercise!!??

This has probably already been said but i can't be bothered with reading 13 pages of comments....
Just walking down the street can end with a hospital stay if the state of pavements, roads, potholes, etc, are anything to go by.
Is the op saying that if I "choose" to walk down the street, and end up injured, that's a lifestyle choice and treatment/care shouldn't be available from the NHS? What a load of old tosh!!!

No insurance costs wouldn’t rise. I know it’s not what the thread was supposed to be about but just want to point out that car insurance DOES pay for medical care caused in traffic accidents. The NHS claims the costs back from insurers.

Stupid comment. Get a life.

Are you trying to say treating your DHs leg is a waste because he shouldnt play 5 a side?

You are incredibly judgemental.

Completely pointless post, your husband is in the same boat, or don't you see the comparison or the irony of your post?!
People in glass houses and all that! Maybe have a bit of a think in future before tapping out useless posts? 🙄

He played 5 a side though. Are you including him in the "lifestyle choices?"
Going by your logic surely he should take more responsibility and not be a burden on the NHS.
YABU

Oh dear... this could open a right can of worms... okay so... what about smoking, drinking alcohol, drinking pop, eating chocolate, not exercising enough, having a desk job, eating ice cream, sweets, pastries.. swimming, going the gym, list could go on.. see how I've even contradicted myself in there too... its impossible to say what is allowed and what isn't. I understand "drunken" accidents could be avoided and that would free up a fair few places I'm a and e I bet... but you can't go taking exercise and pleasure activities away