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I've had the luxury of never losing a family member. All of my grandparents are still alive even. I'm actually really terrified that "I'm due" to lose a bunch o
by alexbanks 10y ago
I've had the luxury of never losing a family member. All of my grandparents are still alive even. I'm actually really terrified that "I'm due" to lose a bunch of people relatively quickly.
In 2015 I had to euthanize my cat. He was the most dog-like cat I've ever met, which was amazing. The vet attempted to give me "one more weekend" by sending him home with relatively powerful pain medications so I could have two more days with him before having to say goodbye, but when I got home the pain medications were ineffective and he was in horrible pain. I walked him right back to the vet and went through the euthanasia process. It was easily the saddest I've ever been; I collapsed in the vet's office when they finally took him. They let me hold him the whole time, which, as a fiercly protective cat father, was the only thing I'd have allowed anyway.
Anyway, I'm really scared that I'll have to go through this or worse over the next few years. I don't know that I can handle it.
- noir_lord 10y agoMy nan was the one constant in my life growing up and always loved me unconditionally even if she had a somewhat flexible approach to use by dates, there was always a sandwich and a hug. Losing her was the hardest thing that ever happened to me but I got through it, she'd known the end was coming and had written letters to each of her children and grandchildren, mine still chokes me up but I read it occasionally. I've spent a decade trying to be the man my nan described in that letter, funny really she made me a better happier person in life and in death. If anyone has kids or grandkids I'd recommend writing similar letters. Don't dread the end, enjoy the time you have, death comes for everything so worrying about an inevitability will sour the time you have.