Your thinking here is absolutely solid, OP. See it as a crossroads.
What are you going to do about this situation? Find a partner? Find other people to devote your resources to, who need them? Slow down and focus on work/life balance, knowing that you have all you need and don't have to spend every waking hour at work? Find a job that's more like a life mission than a job, and devote yourself to it? Continue as you are because you like it, and leave a massive legacy to a cause you care about in your will in the event that your life savings aren't eaten up by nursing home fees?
Ummm, nursing homes can be avoided with good planning for aging in place. You might find it interesting that in the U.S., many people like me already have self care details worked out for unassisted hospice when we are old pathetic geezers ready to croak. This is an expression of independent distain for outside help whether at exorbitant expense, or unsatisfactory care provided by a socialist government.
Anyway, after studying freshman medical school textbooks, and nursing manuals, I have details worked out so that I can manage my world (injections, catheters, oxygen, blood test monitoring) from a hospital bed deployed at my own house. It's rather clever actually, and worked quite well in simulated testing. It is likely that in the next decade, hospice robots will become available for hire to augment the comfort of my final days.
BTW, a pulse oximeter will relay it's signal to a PC to notify the proper people over the Internet after my heart has stopped. Just for fun, I have it programmed to leave a death post on IIN. You'll get to vote whether you think my life was a disgusting waste, or a worthwhile endeavor.
Ya. I was the primary hospice caregiver for both my mother and later my wife. There's a certain uplifting completeness to giving the love you promised "in sickness" in your wedding vows. But when you're the last one, rising to the occasion with interesting gadgetry is a classy exit.
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Your thinking here is absolutely solid, OP. See it as a crossroads.
What are you going to do about this situation? Find a partner? Find other people to devote your resources to, who need them? Slow down and focus on work/life balance, knowing that you have all you need and don't have to spend every waking hour at work? Find a job that's more like a life mission than a job, and devote yourself to it? Continue as you are because you like it, and leave a massive legacy to a cause you care about in your will in the event that your life savings aren't eaten up by nursing home fees?
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Ummm, nursing homes can be avoided with good planning for aging in place. You might find it interesting that in the U.S., many people like me already have self care details worked out for unassisted hospice when we are old pathetic geezers ready to croak. This is an expression of independent distain for outside help whether at exorbitant expense, or unsatisfactory care provided by a socialist government.
Anyway, after studying freshman medical school textbooks, and nursing manuals, I have details worked out so that I can manage my world (injections, catheters, oxygen, blood test monitoring) from a hospital bed deployed at my own house. It's rather clever actually, and worked quite well in simulated testing. It is likely that in the next decade, hospice robots will become available for hire to augment the comfort of my final days.
BTW, a pulse oximeter will relay it's signal to a PC to notify the proper people over the Internet after my heart has stopped. Just for fun, I have it programmed to leave a death post on IIN. You'll get to vote whether you think my life was a disgusting waste, or a worthwhile endeavor.
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Wow... good luck with all that. You sound more determined than most.
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Ya. I was the primary hospice caregiver for both my mother and later my wife. There's a certain uplifting completeness to giving the love you promised "in sickness" in your wedding vows. But when you're the last one, rising to the occasion with interesting gadgetry is a classy exit.