Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
My dad is doing well but I'm not confident he's going to make any life changes to keep from having yet another heart attack.
Unfortunately grown-ups with all their faculties are going to do what grown-ups do.
Oh, yeah. Shrift, I am with you in the "Dad, seriously, cut that shit out now or your heart will do unspeakable things and if I could force you to cut that shit out I would" club. (We need a shorter club name.)
And I realize this is a hilarious and ironic follow-up, but HOLY CRAP, TJ's HAS GLUTEN-FREE CHICKEN NUGGETS.
I have an unholy love for chicken nuggets, even though I only eat them maybe once or twice a month if I need to make a quick meal and no other quick protein option is in the freezer. (I mean, I get that one cannot subsist on chicken nuggets for optimum -- or even decent -- health. I get that. Which is why I don't eat them often. But oh dear lord do I love them.)
So I introduced M to the first episode of Buffy today. It's like I'm in geek parent heaven. I've been waiting for this day for 5 years. His response basically was that it was pretty good, and he'll watch more, but "I think I like Firefly better so far."
Shrift, I am with you in the "Dad, seriously, cut that shit out now or your heart will do unspeakable things and if I could force you to cut that shit out I would" club. (We need a shorter club name.)
Maybe for a shorter club name we could just call it the sound you make when you're so frustrated that you want to strangle someone. Onomatopoeia help us now!
At least his stubbornness makes me more committed to being healthy?
At least his stubbornness makes me more committed to being healthy?
Right? Veggies and sneakers for everyone! I look at my dad and I at least think that *if* I have his heart issues, I'm likely to survive them (see also: 5 heart attacks, still works as a bagger at the grocery at the age of 72). That said, my overarching goal is to never have to deal with that shit.
I've given up on that shit and have resigned myself to trying to convince him not to do things like take the canoe out at night by himself.
my overarching goal is to never have to deal with that shit.
Yep.
trying to convince him not to do things like take the canoe out at night by himself.
Oh Jesus. Why, dads, why?
Because he could before and he'll do it again.
My dad had a massive heart attack at 56 and did all the right things after. It did Improve his health but the damage from the first heart attack has been responsible for a valve replacement, a bypass and the insertion of a pacemaker/defibrilator. But he's not had another heart attack. As soon as he recovers from this hip replacement surgery, he'll be a relatively healthy 86 year old, with some replacement parts.