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In response to
"The happiest of the happy and the saddest of the sad - what's up with Pippy? Please dont' mention on FB. "
by
Epiphany
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Very happy for the first part. Awesome!! You obviously did her good, and it looks like her life turned out fantastic due to a hard decision you made -- (edited)
Posted by
Bacon (aka redmond)
Mar 21 '18, 16:38
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I am sorry to hear about your mom. Really sad. I will offer something that may not give comfort or maybe it will.
My Dad fought me on his medical care late in life. His pacemaker battery was due for change and he refused to do it. Refused to see a doctor. Said he cured his heart problem with herbs and shit. Went off his blood pressure meds, and refused to even check his blood pressure. He was cured so no reason to check. Would have symptoms like dizzy spells or headaches and would look up herbs on the internet to cure it. I still get junk mail from all the quacks he was sending his money too.
All that is to say this. He probably had some mental illness or such, but he was still very able to care for himself so a judge would have never let me treat him the way he needed. It was the most frustrating thing ever. Frustrating!!! Like I wanted to pound my head into a wall. He finally passed (4 years after that pacemaker battery should have been changed)from heart failure. I deal with a little guilt, but I realize there was NOTHING I could have done.
So I understand, truly I do. My wife was a great person to listen to my frustration. When we had him over she heard first hand his kooky medical cures.
/hugs! Lot's and lot's of hugs for you. It sucks! I was an only child and he had pretty much cut his brothers and sisters off, so it was just me. I am mostly at peace with it.
What you can do is just hug them and say you love them. So you have no regrets after.
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