End of Life Issues

No Vested Interest

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3. I believe I've read that siblings are the closest genetically to one another.

Fri Apr 1, 2016, 02:16 AM

Apr 2016

Re thinking you might be dying:
As I've grown older I don't panic when a sharp pain near the heart leads me to think a blood clot might be going to my heart, or some such thought of the body going fatally awry.

Although I've lived many years I still have the will and a reason to live, as I believe my adult children benefit from my love and support for them.

Now that my daughter has suffered a stroke and is still in the recovery stage, I believe she, always more dependent than the others, will need and benefit from my love and support and presence.
I'm aware that one day I won't be there for her and the others, so will be there while I can.

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I was not dying, but I thought I was...This is how I placated my fear [View all] angstlessk Mar 2016 OP

I think you're right, and I had not thought of it this way before. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #1

Yes it is true...the father, mother, cousins, uncles, aunts angstlessk Mar 2016 #2

I believe I've read that siblings are the closest genetically to one another. No Vested Interest Apr 2016 #3

I too have had sharp pains on the left of my chest angstlessk Apr 2016 #4

I do believe a reason to live makes living more tenable angstlessk Apr 2016 #5