Does anyone else worry about their parents' health

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

My old man is having some blood pressure problems. He's almost 65. He's on medication for it but it is not working too well. His BP will be high in the morning and then it drops too low in the evening. I don't know what kind of help to give him. He works out 6 days a week and eats an OK diet. However, he is under a lot of stress due to my grandma's declining health. She's 87 and has had at least 2 strokes and has an aneurism building. She's also suffering from dementia. Anyway, she won't go to a nursing home and insists on living by herself but dad has to constantly take care of her. I think the stress of taking care of her is hurting his health.

Anyway it's really got me bugged especially cuz my grandpa died suddenly of a heart attack at 64.

Does anyone else worry a lot about these things?

 

[biteme]

My old man is having some blood pressure problems. He's almost 65. He's on medication for it but it is not working too well. His BP will be high in the morning and then it drops too low in the evening. I don't know what kind of help to give him. He works out 6 days a week and eats an OK diet. However, he is under a lot of stress due to my grandma's declining health. She's 87 and has had at least 2 strokes and has an aneurism building. She's also suffering from dementia. Anyway, she won't go to a nursing home and insists on living by herself but dad has to constantly take care of her. I think the stress of taking care of her is hurting his health.

Anyway it's really got me bugged especially cuz my grandpa died suddenly of a heart attack at 64.

Does anyone else worry a lot about these things?

Sorry to hear. Yes. My parents went from being relatively wealthy, to living in a motorhome. It's very disturbing. Right now, they are living in my back yard in their motorhome. They plan on having a house built, but I don't know when or how they will come up with the money. My dad has Parkinson's disease and his medical bills are staggering and he has insurance. His medicine alone cost him over 600$ month I believe and that's after coverage. My mother's health is not very good either. My grandmother lived by herself until she was 85. She fell and cracked her head and couldn't get up, my Aunt found her the next day. She now lives with my aunt. Sorry to depress everyone, but you're all gonna die and it's not far away. Better figure out what matters most.

 

[gonelifting]

My turn? My father went for a brain MRI this morning. He falls down 2 or 3 times a day now. They think it might be his balance or I'm thinking it's definately his lack of strenfth. He's very skinny and has no strength. He's 75 yo and sleeps all the time, I think he's depressed. He also lost control of his bladder about 2 weeks ago. My mother is losing 10 pounds a week taking care of him. They're both declining pretty fast at this rate.

Too much more to list... that's enough for now.

 

[KillzwithPillz]

I worry about everything, I dread the day they go, pops getting old and he is losing his memory doc say its not Alzheimer's but i wonder. moms good.

 

[Testosterone boy]

My dad has been struggling as of late.

The revelations about gov "tampering and intimidation" are hard on an 83 year old man. He fought for freedom in WWII....not this. Mom seems to find it all exciting.

I waited 4.5 years to break out a lot of the news.

 

[Smurfy]

yeah i worry about my dad since he had open heart last summer to repair an aneurism in the aeorta. his BP is still high and he stays tired and gets chest pains. Im afraid one day he's going to fucking collapse and just be dead.

 

[SoKlueles]

My mom had open heart surgery last year around christmas time, she had 4 blockages and she was only 54 years old....its hereditary
she also has high bp and a bad thyroid
my dad seems healthy as a horse tho which is good

 

[jaded]

I do.

My parents aren't that old - my mom is 46 and my dad is 47. But, over the last year and a half my dad has developed high blood pressure and is now borderline diabetic. My dad was always very healthy and active, and he actually is still very active but I worry about his health since it's deteriorated as of late. My dad gets stressed easily and I don't think that helps the high blood pressure very much.

My mom was in decent health but she's had health problems as of late. She actually went for a colonoscopy today. They found a growth in her stomach and it's being biopsied but we have to wait 2 weeks for the results to come back. The thing with my mom is that she's a workaholic. She's up at 5:30 every morning, no matter what time she went to bed, she'll work late, and then when she comes home she'll be working at home till she goes to bed. A lot of times she's put work before her health, failing to go to the doctors when necessary because she's busy with work, etc. Lately she's been taking more time for herself and putting her health first, though, so I'm happy about that. Hopefully her biopsy results will come back alright. *crosses fingers*

 

[SoKlueles]

I do.

My parents aren't that old - my mom is 46 and my dad is 47. But, over the last year and a half my dad has developed high blood pressure and is now borderline diabetic. My dad was always very healthy and active, and he actually is still very active but I worry about his health since it's deteriorated as of late. My dad gets stressed easily and I don't think that helps the high blood pressure very much.

My mom was in decent health but she's had health problems as of late. She actually went for a colonoscopy today. They found a growth in her stomach and it's being biopsied but we have to wait 2 weeks for the results to come back. The thing with my mom is that she's a workaholic. She's up at 5:30 every morning, no matter what time she went to bed, she'll work late, and then when she comes home she'll be working at home till she goes to bed. A lot of times she's put work before her health, failing to go to the doctors when necessary because she's busy with work, etc. Lately she's been taking more time for herself and putting her health first, though, so I'm happy about that. Hopefully her biopsy results will come back alright. *crosses fingers*

good luck sweety

 

[jaded]

good luck sweety

Thank you