End of functional life concerns, thoughts. (Old age, disease, disability, etc)

Me, myself and I | 10/02/2024

[Az Joe]

After seeing Carter being wheeled outside yesterday on his 100th birthday I, being 70, couldn't help feeling some sympathy for him and some fear of being in the same situation somedays. He looked oblivious to his surroundings and maybe pretty miserable.

I watched my sister deteriorate and die last May from complication's associated with Parkinson's disease over several years, especially in her last few months. She was very miserable and helpless to do almost anything for herself.

If she had wanted to kill herself and end her early misery, she would have been helpless to do it on her own. In the end, she went into hospice care and lasted almost exactly 2 weeks before she died. The hospice worker said when she was being admitted that she probably had about 2 weeks, (I guess they have seen it many times).

My faith requires that I would be expected to endure my medical condition, whatever it was, until my natural end. Of course, this may impact my loved ones greatly, who would be caring for me at least in some ways until the end.

I don't like the idea of all the suffering that might entail for me but also the burden I would be on especially my only child, and other loved ones who are currently dying off themselves slowly.

Any thoughts Freepers?

[firebrand]

Carter is pretty much in the same mental state that he was in when he allowed the State Department communists to infiltrate & gain control of the CIA...

Best line of the thread.

[trebb]

I have personal experience...and, of all the lessons my long-departed Dad taught me, being able to laugh at yourself is one of the most useful...

[Kommodor]

Ouch, that’s no fun. I just remember while back, you were quite active, then vanished. Glad to hear you’re back among the living - and do stay on the wagon.

Thanks & best wishes to you too.