Fwd: Re: To Talk or Not to Talk

[James Stewart]

>Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 01:09:49 -0400
>To: amp-l at u.washington.edu
>From: James Stewart <sds at globalserve.net>
>Subject: Re: To Talk or Not to Talk
>
>At 10:00 PM 10/4/02 -0700, Michael wrote:
>  Both my parents in their 80's have trouble talking or dealing with 
> mortality, theirs or any one else.
>
>My only living parent - my Mum is well into her eighties as well, and 
>seems to believe that her son, always a "youth", has no medical issues to 
>deal with.  I think she refuses to accept that diabetes is an on-going 
>battle and that "old age" is far worse to deal with.  My Wife is very 
>interested and asks many questions on both emotional and physical issues, 
>often worrying that she'll be mistaken for a devotee <grn>.  She recently 
>returned from Majorca, where she said she "only saw one amputee".
>
>JS