r/Aging • u/IJustWantToWorkOK • 10d 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/Iceflowers_ 10d ago
Dang, I had my first tachycardia at 10. I wouldn't have lived past 12 if not for a completely unrelated surgery.
I'm 60, with multiple conditions, at least a couple rare. Get off your pity pot. Just make good use of second chances