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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I don't know your or your mom's age, but I'm guessing you're somewhere around 40-45, and your mom somewhere around 65-70.
If I'm correct, it looks like someone who has taken no precautions with regard to becoming old. My father is the same. He's been living in this huge-ass house with a 57m x 10m garden.
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My late mother was like that. I called to find out how she was (she lived in a different city), and she said "Oh, I went out drinking and dancing with my friends, and I fell and broke my arm, and it's taking so long to heal!" I said "Mom, it's great that you don't look or feel your age, (she had to produce ID at the hospital to document how old she actually was) and can still go out drinking and dancing. But you are in your
80's! If you fall, you
break! Please be more careful!"
She also whined about things like problems with Osteoporosis, and complained that her doctor hadn't warned her. I said "Mom, your doctor is a Cardiologist! He's a heart specialist, and your heart is just fine. What does he know about Osteoporosis? You need a referral to a Gerontologist who specializes in issues affecting older people and can advise you!" "Well, I guess..."
My mother wound up in an assisted living facility, legally blind from macular degeneration, on oxygen due to Emphysema, and using a walker on the odd moments her social worker visited and could take her out. Her heart was still ticking away, but the rest of her was failing, and she complained the last time I saw her that she was too stupid to simply die and leave a life that had grown unbearable. When I was told she had passed away, I considered it a mercy.
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Dennis