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Aging Well | Last Active: May 15 8:04pm | Replies (121)
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@woojr I have utmost respect and admiration for you and your interactions with your mother. Just trying to be there when you should is all you can do. Sounds like you have a history of having to problem solve and pick up the pieces.
When my mother died, I found boxes of supplements and a whole closet full as well. She had been following the health newsletters of multiple quacks.
I am now in my 80s and as my aches and pains increase, I have a better understanding of why people get hooked on the promise or at least the hope that the next supplement is the answer.
You have my respect. May you experience peace.
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@judithsmiles Thank you for the kind words, they do make a difference. Mom just called a few minutes ago. She said she couldn't sleep last night and it was caused by something she was reading. She claims it's a lack of oxygen. She has two or three O2 checkers, the kind you put on your finger tip. In the ten years I've followed her doctor appts she's never never been lower than 98% and usually 99%. She was calling to have me order "Bladder Assist", a supplement that I'm certain she has no idea what's in it. I have this duty because she's had difficulty placing online orders and was blaming her neighbors for stealing them. Not a good situation.
As for aches and pains, I'll be 74 soon and have had many surgeries. I had pain management yesterday for arthritis joint pain and for decades of back pain from failed surgeries. This past winter was the worst. We used to go to Florida for a couple months every winter until mom had her stroke. I think I've missed that more than anything.
Good luck with everything and yes, people in pain will buy any hope. My mom however has been chasing living forever. She's not able to accept the changes our bodies go through due to aging. She's taking supplements to have the perfect body as the sellers have pitched for over forty years. Thanks again....