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12-29-2012, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Sum
I feel ya. My pops has developed a disease in the past year or so and he's pretty much always bedridden whenever he has an episode. Can't work, can't go out much. Gaining weight because he can't exercise without getting really dizzy.
Fucking sucks man. Just have to spend the time with them that you can and make time to engage in activities that they still enjoy. I bought my dad a blu-ray player for Christmas and some old WCW blu-rays. I don't like wrestling (did like WCW when I was a kid) but I spent hours just sitting there with him watching them and talking about the good ol' days of wrestling.
He enjoyed it, and I think he forgot for a little while about all the bad shit that has been happening to him lately.
He's 47 by the way, I'm 22. My mom is 45 and she's not slowing down much at all, although she does have some health problems that can fuck with her from time to time. Once she gets health insurance though I think that will be all fixed up.
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I hope your father gets better dude.
It's hard watching my parents get old.Now that they are actually old and physical activities are a pain for them.It's hard to spend time with them doing anything much other than just sitting with them.
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12-29-2012, 11:17 AM
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12-29-2012, 11:19 AM
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my dad's forever young, passed when he was 35. mom is getting old like, still soldiering on looking after my sisters.
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12-29-2012, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 0vary hugger
I hope your father gets better dude.
It's hard watching my parents get old.Now that they are actually old and physical activities are a pain for them.It's hard to spend time with them doing anything much other than just sitting with them.
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Thanks man. It's rough, but he's always been a bit of a couch potato so as long as I can keep him comfortable and occupied it should be fine.
I'm getting him a lot of books so that he can at least keep his mind sharp, and I've got him started learning Spanish on livemocha.com and he's signed up for a few classes on coursera.org.
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12-29-2012, 01:42 PM
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Are you kidding me? 50-60 is definitely not old. I know a guy who started BJJ when he was 60 years old. He's 65 now and still going strong.
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12-29-2012, 01:47 PM
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Definitely not as bad as "Watching your Mommy go Black".
Edit: Don't think I can post that.
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12-29-2012, 02:18 PM
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Depressing thread...
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12-29-2012, 02:20 PM
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Better than watching them die, though that will happen in due time.
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12-29-2012, 02:54 PM
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I mostly don't know that feel. My parents are in the early 60's and travel more than ever, go to concerts, demonstrations (old hippies), go hiking in the mountains, and is currently having a continuing gastronomic development which is quite astounding.
But it's coming, and it worries me a little. My father especially has a neck injury from his youth which seems to get worse every year, and he's waiting for his second operation. When I visit, it happens a little more often that I can see he's not feeling well at times.
Still, the contrast is rather staggering when compared to my in-laws who I sometimes get the impression that they basically sits home and stare at the wall most of the day. My father in law lives in the suburbs, and he hadn't been to the city for 17 years.
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12-29-2012, 03:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sum
I feel ya. My pops has developed a disease in the past year or so and he's pretty much always bedridden whenever he has an episode. Can't work, can't go out much. Gaining weight because he can't exercise without getting really dizzy.
Fucking sucks man. Just have to spend the time with them that you can and make time to engage in activities that they still enjoy. I bought my dad a blu-ray player for Christmas and some old WCW blu-rays. I don't like wrestling (did like WCW when I was a kid) but I spent hours just sitting there with him watching them and talking about the good ol' days of wrestling.
He enjoyed it, and I think he forgot for a little while about all the bad shit that has been happening to him lately.
He's 47 by the way, I'm 22. My mom is 45 and she's not slowing down much at all, although she does have some health problems that can fuck with her from time to time. Once she gets health insurance though I think that will be all fixed up.
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Hope your dad gets better man it not easy watching that. My father had cancer for 10 years diagnosed when i was ten, it was tough when he was on heavy doses of kemo he would barely be able to get off the coach and have the energy to do anything, defiantly not easy to watch and not be able to help much.
When he does have good days take advantage of it sounds like hes lucky to have you around.
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