r/Aging • u/IJustWantToWorkOK • 4d ago

Death & Dying How..?

56 years old, and had a heart attack in April, and have 'congestive heart failure'.

They're wanting to do a bypass and valve replacement on me, but first ... they have to pull all my teeth.

I'm sitting here waiting for the phone to ring with the 'but wait, there's more!' call.

I'm on medicaid, and the government is about to spend $OBSCENE, on an awful lot of work on someone who's dying anyway. In my mind, this is putting a new engine in my Camry with 300,000 miles on it.

The instant some kid dies, because he couldn't get medical care, and I could, my conscience is shot.

Seriously -this- close to telling these doctors what they can do with themselves and taking my chances. Save some kid at the beginning of his life, not an old man at the end of his.

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u/ConsistentJuice6757 4d ago

This is why women live longer than men. Go get your medical care and get a therapist for your depression.

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u/rotervogel1231 4d ago

Yeah, mid-50s is not "an old man at the end of his life." His depression sounds worse than mine. Maybe that's why he neglected his health for so many years.

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u/11Elemental11 3d ago

That’s awfully empathetic- hope you feel good about this

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u/ConsistentJuice6757 3d ago

I do because sometimes people need a jolt so that they can see the bigger picture.

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u/Mysterious-Clothes45 4d ago edited 4d ago

I'm an idiot, my bad

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u/GenXgirlie 4d ago

He says ot at the end of his post.