tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post6977634815898329333..comments2024-03-28T12:12:29.813-07:00Comments on The Burrow: And Then, One Day......Ashleigh Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-82125995199563421352012-04-02T08:54:38.805-07:002012-04-02T08:54:38.805-07:00Nance, I'm with you about gathering facts. Bu...Nance, I'm with you about gathering facts. But I get nervous when I ask others..... what if their experience isn't just like mine? I'm trusting my gut more than ever these days.<br /><br />Rain, I think resiliency is something we are born with. I do think that attitude can change. G'ma is just like your mom... the aides love her so she gets great care. She's funny and able to laugh at herself. I hope I get there, too.<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-7990282427288600592012-04-01T07:40:38.004-07:002012-04-01T07:40:38.004-07:00Thank you and I think you have been an inspiration...Thank you and I think you have been an inspiration to many in how you handled what happened to you. You lived it as fully as I can imagine anyone doing. Not denying but not giving up. It was like you got a crash course in what comes with aging if one lives long enough. A lot of times I don't think about it as a factor in my life but when I slow down to assess, there it is. And it is what it is which won't be exactly the same for any of us.<br /><br />My mother-in-law sounds like your mother. She lived it as it was and with a good nature in her old years. She had between 5 and 10% kidney function which meant often her mind wasn't there as it had been, but she was aware of it, and her good nature helped her get more sympathetic care from the aides in her assisted living home. They spoke of how it made their work easier to my husband. I don't know what makes some go through those elder years so placidly and others go screaming and denying. Is it something we have control over or part of the genetics?Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-52567144919128231772012-04-01T06:28:54.814-07:002012-04-01T06:28:54.814-07:00I have an entrenched need (survival advantage or d...I have an entrenched need (survival advantage or disadvantage?) to understand what's happening when one of those sudden moments create havoc with my body. What exactly <i>is</i> this new sensation, this ache, this dis-ability? What causes it and is there something I should do about it? It's not until after I've answered those questions as thoroughly as possible and done all that I could that I'm able to accept whatever I'm left with. <br /><br />While I'm working on my questions, the subject has fascination for me. I want to hear what other elders are experiencing: <i>Is this common? You have it, too? Was it diagnosed quickly or did it take you forever to find out what it was? Is your treatment successful?</i> I have to choose my confidants carefully; not everyone finds the experience of aging as intriguing as I do. <br /><br />There's complaining and whining and, then, there's puzzling, seeking answers, sharing information. I would never want to be censured for the latter.<br /><br />Is 64 too old for medical school?Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-88887045112141942442012-03-30T11:43:40.409-07:002012-03-30T11:43:40.409-07:00Oh my, these thoughts of aging and being my mother...Oh my, these thoughts of aging and being my mother have been invading the space in my head lately since my mothr turned 83 and I was looking at photos...I AM beocming my mother as well as my Grandma...I see it in the photos and wondering what all that means.<br />I send you goo thoughts!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795817810030681267noreply@blogger.com