Robin is very, very wise.
As ever.
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Betsy HP - Mar 21, 2005 8:37:48 am PST #8256 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Pix - Mar 21, 2005 8:38:26 am PST #8257 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Robin, we never ever speak of it. I've learned there's no point. It's just hard watching him slowly kill himself and not being able to do a thing about it.
Steph L. - Mar 21, 2005 8:40:50 am PST #8258 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Welcome to the club -- I call it Daughters Whose Heart-Patient Fathers Are Stubborn About Their Diet.
Can I join this club?
Yes, but you need to come up with a better name.
Pix - Mar 21, 2005 8:41:59 am PST #8259 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Yes, but you need to come up with a better name.
How about...DADD: "Dads in Denial about Diet"? In my case, it could be DADDS (Dads in Denial about Diet and Smoking).
askye - Mar 21, 2005 8:42:26 am PST #8260 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I eventually got used to the idea that Mom hasn't quit smoking and probably won't, even though she had to deal with watching from another state as her father slowly died of emphasema and then lung cancer.
I can get used to Dad not taking care of himself and going the way of his father (1 heart attack, bypass surgery, and colon cancer).
ChiKat - Mar 21, 2005 8:42:52 am PST #8261 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
My dad used to smoke but quit in his 40's. He's always been physically active. His diet? Meh.
Then, after his heart attack scare and quadruple bypass (around 60), my mom put her foot down and he eats much better.
Now, he's 67 and in the past year has had two major strokes. Makes me wonder if his eating habits/smoking when he was younger just sealed it for him.
I had an awful dream last night that he died. It was horrible.
Pix - Mar 21, 2005 8:43:53 am PST #8262 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Since he's divorced and mostly on his own (and his current SO smokes, too), no one polices him. Crazy-making.
erikaj - Mar 21, 2005 8:47:03 am PST #8263 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
My dad is hypochondriac! The only illnesses he denies are emotional. In addition to not living to ensure he Doesn't Die. He wanted to touch my mother's lump so he would know what cancer felt like.
Scrappy - Mar 21, 2005 8:51:12 am PST #8264 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My dad asked for a cigarette on THE STRETCHER on his way in to the hospital for his first heart attack. He did well at keeping slim for the last 7 years of his life, after the second heart attack, but he never liked vegetables, and I swear he didn't eat a single one during that time.
I tried not to get on his back about it because it was useless and also because I know I would HATE it if people pointed out all the unhealthy ways I eat and drink to me all the time.
Steph L. - Mar 21, 2005 8:51:23 am PST #8265 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Yes, but you need to come up with a better name.
How about...DADD: "Dads in Denial about Diet"? In my case, it could be DADDS (Dads in Denial about Diet and Smoking).
Perfect!