An independent democratic socialist observes LIFE in " OUR democracy ": One man's very sad reflection on " TOO LONG LIFE ...

An independent democratic socialist observes LIFE in " OUR democracy ": One man's very sad reflection on " TOO LONG LIFE ...: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ron Ruggieri < radicalron72647@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 19 Sept 2023 at 20:05 Subject: To:... One man's very sad reflection on " TOO LONG LIFE " . We do live by HOPE ! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ron Ruggieri Date: Tue, 19 Sept 2023 at 20:05 Subject: To: Ron Ruggieri [ "I had to go back to the OP to understand what we're talking about here. I think it's the possibility the modern medicine has extended lives past their more natural conclusions. My mother, who never wanted to be committed to a nursing home, died in a nursing home. During the last years of her life she mutated into an entirely different person, one who I didn't even recognize. Mean. Had a list of medications that was a full page long. My father died in the same nursing home after losing his mental faculties. He didn't know who I was. Accused me of hoarding all the ketchup at the dinner table. My uncle, a proud atheist who claimed he'd shoot himself before going into a nursing home, recently died in a nursing home after turning into an entirely different person and finding religion. The presiding priest at the funeral didn't know who he was. My daughter is currently dying of Stage 4 brain cancer. She's barely conscious. What's left of her isn't her, but she takes anti-seizure meds and gets chemotherapy regularly. People ask my why I push myself so hard physically. It's not because I'm trying to stay healthy. It's because I'm hoping to die of a stroke. "]