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Topic	My mother is dying
Panthera 09/13/17 4:39:49 PM #1:	I don't know why I'm posting this, I don't do serious stuff on GameFAQs but whatever My mom has had MS gradually making life shittier and shittier for her for most of my life, and the various complications arising from her condition (bed-ridden or wheelchair bound at all times) and medication (it's hard to treat all the problems her condition causes without the side-effects of all the drugs getting ugly) have her in pretty bad shape now. About a year ago I was talking to her and she was in good spirits because a doctor's appointment had told her her fears of being in a long-term care unit before Christmas were unfounded and she was probably going to be home even as late as this year's Christmas. Now it looks like her time left alive is more a matter of weeks than months, and she doesn't really realize it - earlier this year a combination of the medication she was on and the long-term effects of a surgery she had ages ago to deal with epilepsy hospitalized her with a mental breakdown, and she's still pretty unfocused mentally right now. When she got out of the hospital she was almost back to normal, but over the past two months or so she's lost the ability to really keep track of anything. So she knows she's not doing well but I don't think the severity of it can really register with her for more than a few minutes at a time. I honestly don't know how I'm feeling right now, I think typing this up is the most the emotion of it has really hit me. In some ways it feels like I'm less affected than I should be since I've known for years her health could go south in a hurry at any time and for the last few months it's become more and more obvious she wouldn't have a lot of time left, so I guess I've kind of already gotten used to the feeling. Still over the last two weeks it's gone from a few years to possibly a few weeks and that's pretty hard to adjust to. I'm not sure why I'm posting this, I'm not the type to talk about real life online and I've had a lot more success dealing with serious stuff personally than by sharing in the past, but what the hell, part of me just feels like talking about it in a relatively impersonal context for some reason. --- We clasped our hands, our hands in praise of a conquerors right to tyranny <cite>Panthera posted [p:886537834] in My mother ... [t:75771118]...</cite> <quote>I don't know why I'm posting this, I don't do serious stuff on GameFAQs but whatever My mom has had MS gradually making life shittier and shittier for her for most of my life, and the various complications arising from her condition (bed-ridden or wheelchair bound at all times) and medication (it's hard to treat all the problems her condition causes without the side-effects of all the drugs getting ugly) have her in pretty bad shape now. About a year ago I was talking to her and she was in good spirits because a doctor's appointment had told her her fears of being in a long-term care unit before Christmas were unfounded and she was probably going to be home even as late as this year's Christmas. Now it looks like her time left alive is more a matter of weeks than months, and she doesn't really realize it - earlier this year a combination of the medication she was on and the long-term effects of a surgery she had ages ago to deal with epilepsy hospitalized her with a mental breakdown, and she's still pretty unfocused mentally right now. When she got out of the hospital she was almost back to normal, but over the past two months or so she's lost the ability to really keep track of anything. So she knows she's not doing well but I don't think the severity of it can really register with her for more than a few minutes at a time. I honestly don't know how I'm feeling right now, I think typing this up is the most the emotion of it has really hit me. In some ways it feels like I'm less affected than I should be since I've known for years her health could go south in a hurry at any time and for the last few months it's become more and more obvious she wouldn't have a lot of time left, so I guess I've kind of already gotten used to the feeling. Still over the last two weeks it's gone from a few years to possibly a few weeks and that's pretty hard to adjust to. I'm not sure why I'm posting this, I'm not the type to talk about real life online and I've had a lot more success dealing with serious stuff personally than by sharing in the past, but what the hell, part of me just feels like talking about it in a relatively impersonal context for some reason. --- We clasped our hands, our hands in praise of a conquerors right to tyranny</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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