Sassycakes
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I would never want to live one second more than my husband, children, or my grandchildren.
Why do Seniors Fight so Hard to Survive?
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rgp
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- Milford,OH
Agree here !
Mr. Ed
Be what you is not what you what you ain’t
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- Central NY
It's life or death
https://www.rd.com/article/how-doctors-choose-to-die/
I printed this one to have for my children when the time comes.
I printed this one to have for my children when the time comes.
In 2006, I received a Code 3 call in my cruiser that a gunman had taken control of an Amish school, just outside of Lancaster, PA. I quickly turned on my lights and siren and made the normally 14 minute trip in 8 minutes arriving at the school at 10:44 a.m., being second on the scene. Since I was a Sgt. and the first Trooper on the scene was a Corporal, I was in charge of the scene until Investigators arrived.
Eleven female students were taken hostage while the boys were released. Out of the 11 hostages, 10 were shot, 5 of the 10 were killed. The girls aged 6-13. Have you ever carried any dead little girls out to a waiting hearse and place them on a gurney. It’s heartbreaking. I am usually a tough guy, meaning I don’t cringe easily, but I cried that day from the time I picked up the first little girl until I placed the third one onto a gurney. I couldn’t even speak to the TV reporters.
I always thought I knew how precious life was. On that day at that moment as I looked down at the little girl I held in my arms, I finally came to the realization of how precious life really is. Enjoy life to the fullest each day. Every day we sit around and do nothing is a lost day in our life. Do something that is important to us, even if it’s just having fun. One of my favorite things to do is to occasionally buy a young couple lunch or dinner inside a restaurant and ask the waitress to tell the couple that their tab had been paid by a stranger as a random act of kindness. I feel that by doing something nice to a young couple may inspire them to also learn how much fun, excitement and strange life can be at times. And besides, it’s something that they will never forget every time they go into that restaurant.
Eleven female students were taken hostage while the boys were released. Out of the 11 hostages, 10 were shot, 5 of the 10 were killed. The girls aged 6-13. Have you ever carried any dead little girls out to a waiting hearse and place them on a gurney. It’s heartbreaking. I am usually a tough guy, meaning I don’t cringe easily, but I cried that day from the time I picked up the first little girl until I placed the third one onto a gurney. I couldn’t even speak to the TV reporters.
I always thought I knew how precious life was. On that day at that moment as I looked down at the little girl I held in my arms, I finally came to the realization of how precious life really is. Enjoy life to the fullest each day. Every day we sit around and do nothing is a lost day in our life. Do something that is important to us, even if it’s just having fun. One of my favorite things to do is to occasionally buy a young couple lunch or dinner inside a restaurant and ask the waitress to tell the couple that their tab had been paid by a stranger as a random act of kindness. I feel that by doing something nice to a young couple may inspire them to also learn how much fun, excitement and strange life can be at times. And besides, it’s something that they will never forget every time they go into that restaurant.
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fuzzybuddy
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- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
Why do Seniors fight to survive.? Well, think of all the fun things you can look forward to doing. Then there's smelling roses and seeing sunsets. There's climbing mountains, swimming in cool mountain streams on a warm summer day. There's an endless list of everyday joys. Now, name all the things you can do when you're dead.
Judycat
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- Pennsylvania
I wonder sometimes what I'm still doing here, yet I'm not ready to die, it's an enigma. Today I was leaving Walmart when a woman I know, ten years older than me, called me over. All she did was talk about herself and the stuff she said was childish. I don't want to be like that in ten years. Many of the elderly are like this though. I hope I have a massive stroke before then.
Medusa
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- Mid-Atlantic
Me too, especially with technology.
Medusa
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- Mid-Atlantic
Is a stroke a nice/quick way to die? I've been hoping, when the time comes, for a heart attack or a brain aneurysm. Something quick that I, hopefully, won't even notice.
Remy
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- California, USA
Tachycardia can easily be solved with a medication in most cases. It's one thing to seek a treatment, it's another if there really is no hope and someone wants everything done. For themselves or a family member. Of coarse we may not know until we're faced with that fact.
Because my stepfather had covid recently and is over 90, he thinks we need to go back to the attorney to get his wishes in order. The thing is, he already did that and I have the power of attorney should he not be able to make his decisions.
He also thinks I need to tell him my wishes should I die first, which I will refuse to do. Even if I have nothing in place, he's the last person I want making decisions for me. He and my mother had too much control over me for too long and never in my best interest as a human.
Because my stepfather had covid recently and is over 90, he thinks we need to go back to the attorney to get his wishes in order. The thing is, he already did that and I have the power of attorney should he not be able to make his decisions.
He also thinks I need to tell him my wishes should I die first, which I will refuse to do. Even if I have nothing in place, he's the last person I want making decisions for me. He and my mother had too much control over me for too long and never in my best interest as a human.