After our bodies pass…

@Murrmurr

...I know Frank, I know all along as you rightly said, I know the pain your suffering or at least some of it, and I know how high the tolerence level gets.

I used to say the same to the ex... if he had the pain I had back them for just an hour he would be begging me to tell him to cope with it... but because it can't be seen.. no-one really gets it...

The trouble is.. people don't want to hear it, and I'm not saying they should but I used to wish people who didnt want to hear it would be much more tolerant of the irritabilty or bad moods .. caused by the agonising pain every minute of every day.. forever with no end in sight..

I'm glad you're thinking of having the surgery, I'm sure given all the surgeries in the past you were not ready to receive more when injections were an option but you know, that you're past that level.. and you have to see what 's said when you do go to see on the 9th.

I had a sports Physio myself... took me a few chitty phsyios and a lot of problems before I found her, and she really knew her stuff, so hopefully yours will too..

I know surgery is the last thing you want, but if it has to be,, then you have to give it a go, you have no quality of life worth talking about, and the mental strain suffering agony every day, makes it hardly worth existing, so it's your choice, but I'd like to hope that, your surgeon is correct, and you will improve by having it... let us know when you're up to speaking after the 9th what your decision is..you know you and Michelle will always have my support.. 🥰
 
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Pappy said:
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It's what I chose, too, Pappy.

Mine's going to a medical university. Then an oven.

I chose a state university because they're prohibited by law from selling off your body or any of its parts, and they can only share certain parts with other universities...and only if there's a serious need, like if a podiatry class needs to study a foot, or whatever, and the school doesn't have one handy. 🤪

Plus, this uni invites your next-of-kin to a really nice annual ceremony honoring all of that year's donors. I know Michelle will go, and pretty sure my kids will, too.
 
Mrs Manatee and I made final arrangements for cremation10 years ago. When she passed 2 years ago everything went as planned. That leaves me as next. Our daughter will handle it.
 
C50 said:
I've considered pre paying for my cremation but worry the crematorium would go out of business before I die. Or what happens if I decide to move to another area of the world, would my kids have to pay to have my body shipped back to be cremated.

Those are serious considerations in my opinion.
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According to my contract from Tulip Cremation, they will get my body no matter where it is. Included in the price.
 
jim_slim said:
I’m headed to a free seminar and meal on smart cremation. What are your opinions on cremation?
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To me, it doesn't matter how my body is deposed. But I have put it in my will that my body should be cremated and my ash to be buried in my family plot in the cemetery. But, I will go for the free meal as much as I can when I am alive.
 
Murrmurr said:
tbh, I'm in terrible pain. I'm still keeping my pain medication pretty low...it doesn't help much anyway. Even when I took a few extra a couple times, literally 5 instead of 2, it just took the edge off a bit more and lasted for about 2 hours longer. Made for a great day, relatively speaking, but I'm comparing intolerable pain to pain that's on the cusp of intolerable.

As you well know, people who's pain is chronic and relentless actually kind of get accustomed to being in pain every minute of the day, and so the tolerance level is way up there. Like some random person's level 10 is my 4. Like, if Michelle had to spend a day with my "normal" pain, not even one of my "bad days", I'm sure she'd go to bed and cry a lot.

Then, on top of the pain, my legs don't work most of the time, so I just sit around here eating chocolate bars and cookies, and you'd think I'd get fat, but no, I'm probly just getting diabetes, but I don't even care because I'm in pissyarsehole mode most of the time, and that's why I don't post much.

Anyway, that's how I are.

I saw my back specialist a week or so ago, and he wants to do major surgery again, and I mean the man is just itchin' to get in there and fix a couple things, like it's freaking urgent. But I opted for image-guided trigger-point injections instead, so I could think it over for a while. But then I read the findings of my recent MRIs and a lumbar scan that was done in their new machine, and I think I'd better go with the surgery. These findings are not good at all, and I'm convinced surgery is urgent. It's no wonder he was pushing it.

I'll keep an appointment I have on the 9th with my guy who does the injections, but I'll go over these findings with him first (he's a PhD, sports medicine/orthopedics). If he agrees surgery is urgent, or at least a better decision right now, he'll probly want to cancel the injections, because I think surgery would have to be delayed until all the chemicals wear off, in about 6 months or so, and my back guy would like to get it done asap.

A lumbar vertebra is threatening to sever my spinal cord. This wheelchair would def be a permanent thing.
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My mom was in pain the last 6 years of her life due to spinal problem that led to complete paralysis from the waist down and lost of bowel movement. My heart broke whenever I heard she told me she was in pain.
 
Cremation for me, least fuss possible. I certainly don't wish to be buried as I see no point. These bodies we value so much while alive are but dust once our soul moves onwards.
 
loved the scene in the film "What we did on our holidays" 2014 when the grandfather [dead on the beach] is floated off on a burning pyre by his grandkids as requested - says it all - cheap and simple and lovingly!!!
 
My body won't pass, my soul will. And once I'm outta there.... doesn't matter what is done to this old shell I inhabit.
 

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