I spent the better part of yesterday at the hospital with Mum. There was the follow-up to her GERD treatment as well as seeing a new physician for her chronic hip pain. Of course, to Mum, the key issue was that more than half a grand was spent.
As the Ambassador said to me not too long ago - we all reach a point where, like it or not, we become high maintenance with our healthcare issues.
I come from the perspective that pain is unnecessary. If money could buy relief and yes - healing, then let it be done. There is no need to hem-haw-and-hee about it. So what if it is a strain on resources? In today's lifestyle of excesses, there is always something that can be done without.
Yet, try as I may to explain thing very simple logic to my ageing-parents and extended family, it frustrates that it seems to fall on deaf ears.
Parents should believe that they have done right by their children and raised them with the core values of life. And be acknowledging that, allow them to provide the best they can.
Take it from me, the grown child - there is nothing more hurtful that a parent can do, then by denying the grown child the opportunity to do that. Yes, you may have one foot already six feet under - but do not leave us with guilt for the rest of our lives.
So if you're high maintenance now - so be it. Sit back and enjoy the ride: after all, even you live only once.
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