Seasonal Stuff

[tiggymalvern]

The new toy the cats got yesterday was a hit. As usual, old man Kuro was the first one in there!

https://youtu.be/3rCoAVETAzA

At least it was a hit until we started opening more things, and then the piles of boxes and wrapping paper became FAR more distracting.

We didn't get a white Xmas here (I don't count about five flakes of snow that fell for a minute and then stopped), but we did get our promised white Boxing Day.



Happy December doings to everyone!

Comments

[tiggymalvern]

Honestly, I think if I was over 80 and had both heart and kidney failure, I'd say fuck it, quality of life is more important than quantity too, so I have some sympathy for him there.

[bymyverytoes]

I'd have more sympathy if he actually took that attitude and welcomed the release of death that would result, but he's afraid of dying, so expects all the assistance his long-suffering children and the medical system can provide, while at the same time fighting them tooth and nail over every single instruction or bit of advice. He won't comply with dietary restrictions, fine, but is also incontinent and suffers periodic life-threatening gall bladder infections as a result (putting his son in the position of having to decide whether treatment should continue), and whines about the neuropathy and memory loss and all the other effects his high blood sugar causes.

He has much worse quality of life than he would if he made the smallest effort to keep his blood sugar and sodium under control, and he's hurting the two kids he has who give a damn about him. So "eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die" is fine if you hurry up and drop dead. Diabetes is an appalling way to die, really.

[tiggymalvern]

Umm, yeah. Definitely pick one. Either fight against the dying or just roll with it, half way isn't much use.

I have concluded after 25 years of watching terminal illness that there are many appalling ways to die and very few good ones. Believe me, unless I'm hit by a bus or some such unforseeable, I don't plan to die of natural causes.