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@lisalucier Yes, I do this. I like @jimhd comment about maximising our blessings, but that is really difficult in our stinky disorder of depression, isn't it? At this point in time, my husband is making a trip 800 miles each way, about once every six weeks, to bring up the household here to our retirement property. I catastrophise a [logical to me] scenario. Accident or worse, as he has refused to get all his affairs in order, name his beneficiaries, created an advanced directive, etc. Coming from a legal background that I do, this is unconcionable [sp?] and a disservice to me. His approach is "nothin's gonna happen". Past experience in the legal system, seeing what happened in families with no documentation, makes this a priority for me.
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I worked in a law office for a number of years, @gingerw, and people often don't prepare their wills or patient advocates unless they are facing major surgery. I remember going to the hospital with the attorney I worked with and we would be having people signing their documents before being wheeled into the operating room. End of life issues are very difficult for folks to face.
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@gingerw You are so right and in the hospital its so important to have a POW and living well .