Category: Mental Meanderings

I met a man who is 80 with diabetes and all his toes amputated on one foot. The calf above the sad foot is swollen and red with thickened skin.  Every day he goes out on his farm and gets on his tractor. Some days he rides for seven hours and is exhausted when he…

Not everyone has the urge to survive.  Today I heard a man say, when advised to start undergoing dialysis, that he never had been in favor of such a thing. He assured the doctor that he would just take each day as it came without dialysis.  Only 64 years old, he seemed too young to…

Taking dad to the BMV to renew his driver’s license against my better instincts:  Dad gets into the car and mentions that he smells really bad. I make a mental note to never admit I smell bad when I’m old.  Dad has GPS going on his phone at the same time that GPS is directing…