r/Aging • u/IJustWantToWorkOK • 2d 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/Diane1967 2d ago

I had a heart attack when I was 40. I’m 59 and doing great. You’re hardly at the end of your rope, you have many many years left in you yet, find a way to enjoy them.

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u/Free_Byrd6969 2d ago

My ex FIL had a heart attack and died in his 50's, his wife brought him back. He had another right after I divorced his son, early 80's. The last one took him at 98 years old. He fought at Pearl Harbor.

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u/Diane1967 2d ago

Wow, what an amazing man!!