02-19-2022, 10:01 AM
My dad had bypasses too at my age and had to have a chunk of his aorta removed and replaced with veins from his legs..Then he lived for another 30 years.. I'm not so sure I want to live another 30. I've been the caregiver for 3 very old people and they were all miserable once they reached a certain point. When people reach the age of feebleness it just doesn't seem worth the fight. For all the nice crap younger people might say about caring for elderly people the truth is nobody really wants to do it. I was the only one in 3 different families who would even bother to be the caregiver and I guarantee I'm not doing it again unless it's just me and Sylvia..
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.