I'm so glad you had time with them. Mine both lived to their 80s but Mom had a stroke that left her with severe dementia for the last five years and Daddy died after having a stroke brought on by cancer treatments. Daddy died four years before Mom's stroke and that was hard for her. They didn't quite make it to 60 years. My brother also died after Mom's stroke and we couldn't tell her. That was hard.
When you make it, hopefully a very long time from now, I think the party will be even bigger.
I pray I makebit home. I've had my share of, we'll call them experiences, in life. I pray daily for forgiveness. I don't see myself as a very nice person upon reflection of my youth. I'm actually surprised I'm alive and reasonably healthy. But again, I say, I have been blessed. And I truly do not know why. Sometimes I feel like I never deserved the blessings I've gotten. But, He gave them to me. And I cherish every moment I live now. Believe me, I've done nothing to make anyone happy to know me before my 36th birthday. But I've spent the last 21 years begging forgiveness for the first 36!
So sorry for your parents. It really makes me tear up when I hear of these stories. Dementia is horrible. And so debilitating for everyone. There is nothing good about that, at all. My prayers are with you
Luckily Mom always knew us. Although I got a huge kick out of her saying she didn't want this old Harkk, she wanted young Harkk back again. Yeah, me too. LOL But she had a lot of agitation and that was awful. Same for you with the prayers, Gato.
All of this distrust of doctors and hospitals everyone has now with covid? Mine goes back to what was done to my poor father and how little they cared about his suffering with the cancer treatments.
My distrust started many years ago when I figured out the dr wasn't listening to me. He literally told me, "I know more about your body than you do". But, it's my body! I know what I eat, what I've done to it, etc. I took his useless test with one stipulation. If I'm right, he's paying the bill. He was wrong and then took me to court to pay the bill. Judge said no way! His misdiagnosis could have ultimately killed me. Judge reported him to the AMA.
Good for you and the judge! Luckily I had a very good doctor for years who just retired and now have a very good one that, when I said I didn't want any covid vaccines, said, "A lot of people here agree with you." He also told us what to do if either of us is hospitalized with covid to get proper meds from him.
Daddy's treatment was awful. He was given an experimental drug that had him covered with oozing sores from head to toe and the doctor actually refused to see him to do anything to help. Then they gave him chemo that caused the stroke. It was like the doctor was Fauci looking at a beagle puppy.
I'm so glad you had time with them. Mine both lived to their 80s but Mom had a stroke that left her with severe dementia for the last five years and Daddy died after having a stroke brought on by cancer treatments. Daddy died four years before Mom's stroke and that was hard for her. They didn't quite make it to 60 years. My brother also died after Mom's stroke and we couldn't tell her. That was hard.
When you make it, hopefully a very long time from now, I think the party will be even bigger.
I pray I makebit home. I've had my share of, we'll call them experiences, in life. I pray daily for forgiveness. I don't see myself as a very nice person upon reflection of my youth. I'm actually surprised I'm alive and reasonably healthy. But again, I say, I have been blessed. And I truly do not know why. Sometimes I feel like I never deserved the blessings I've gotten. But, He gave them to me. And I cherish every moment I live now. Believe me, I've done nothing to make anyone happy to know me before my 36th birthday. But I've spent the last 21 years begging forgiveness for the first 36!
I think you only have to ask once and be sincere. :>)
So sorry for your parents. It really makes me tear up when I hear of these stories. Dementia is horrible. And so debilitating for everyone. There is nothing good about that, at all. My prayers are with you
Luckily Mom always knew us. Although I got a huge kick out of her saying she didn't want this old Harkk, she wanted young Harkk back again. Yeah, me too. LOL But she had a lot of agitation and that was awful. Same for you with the prayers, Gato.
All of this distrust of doctors and hospitals everyone has now with covid? Mine goes back to what was done to my poor father and how little they cared about his suffering with the cancer treatments.
My distrust started many years ago when I figured out the dr wasn't listening to me. He literally told me, "I know more about your body than you do". But, it's my body! I know what I eat, what I've done to it, etc. I took his useless test with one stipulation. If I'm right, he's paying the bill. He was wrong and then took me to court to pay the bill. Judge said no way! His misdiagnosis could have ultimately killed me. Judge reported him to the AMA.
Good for you and the judge! Luckily I had a very good doctor for years who just retired and now have a very good one that, when I said I didn't want any covid vaccines, said, "A lot of people here agree with you." He also told us what to do if either of us is hospitalized with covid to get proper meds from him.
Daddy's treatment was awful. He was given an experimental drug that had him covered with oozing sores from head to toe and the doctor actually refused to see him to do anything to help. Then they gave him chemo that caused the stroke. It was like the doctor was Fauci looking at a beagle puppy.