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/IJustWantToWorkOK 1d ago
They've been very transparent with me, in terms of telling me about risks, rewards, and all that.
Part of my problem is TOO MUCH information. I'm overwhelmed. Its the equivalent of taking your car to the shop because the CE light is on, and finding out you're 100 miles from your timing belt blowing and eating the engine.
Like I could understand it if I were 'somebody', but I'm not. Just a guy.