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NancyH
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Nov 8, 2010
Have the doctor be the 'bad guy', be prepared for much resistance, be firm if that's what needs to be done, don't dismiss their feelings on the subject telling them 'it's for your own good'. You tell them that you wish desperately that you could turn back the clock when they were well, you tell them you KNOW this is rotten, then you tell them that you yourself will have to face this some day, and it stinks. Getting old is NOT for sissies....
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Jaynesez
Good answer naheaton but so hard to get to that point. I will eventually blame it all on the "white coats" as a social worker once told me. I have three triggers for when the time will come: 1. incontinence 2. not eating 3. can't remember who "I" am.
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