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OldBaldy1701E

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Mon Oct 14, 2024, 05:47 PM
Oct 2024

It is not exactly being exhausted. It is the pain and the inability to even bend over without toppling into things and the fact that when I reach into the oven I can feel things stretching and starting to fray and it is cutting my hand multiple times on edges and stuff that normally I would be able to avoid. This is horrible.

I wish it was all about physical deterioration due to age. It is more than that. This is my body literally failing at a rate that seems much more rapid than a normal 'bell curve' type of situation. I am failing fast these days and this failure is too expensive to address. (Which is another story for another time.)

Should I increasingly suffer until the end or avoid all that with a bit of dignity? This question has been in the front of my mind for years now.

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I just spent an hour cleaning my oven. [View all] OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 OP
But you cleaned your oven! Lulu KC Oct 2024 #1
Thanks. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #2
I can't remember the last time I cleaned my oven... hunter Oct 2024 #3
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