The “Golden Years”

We grow up with direction from our parents and hopefully have a career path. Then we work, put forth 100+% and prepare for what might be ahead for retirement.  We plan our days, weeks, months and years to coordinate and save for the time when we can walk away from our “work” and retrieve the benefits of our savings, social security and pension to live the next chapter of our life.

Unfortunately some of us face the road blocks of health.  What might have been a dream for our future has become the nightmare of our present.  Poor health, medical bills, supplies, hospital stays and supportive expenses replaces the dream of a retirement home in a warmer climate or a motor home to tour our great USA.

It doesn’t seem fair after we have worked our whole life to get to this point.  For some, we feel targeted and wonder what we did to deserve this; for others we wonder why God has chosen this path for us.  I believe that we, the health and financially depleted, are the majority and the people who can get to this stage of their life and really enjoy it are the minority.  From what I see and hear from people is there are many people in the same situation as my husband and I.  I don't want to feel sorry for us because I know there is always someone with worse problems.  Right now my husbands’ condition affords him the opportunity of not knowing what is happening to him.  He’s oblivious to the current and future and lives only in the past and far out.  I unfortunately know! 

So as a patient in my office once told me when asked about the “Golden Years” said ”Honey -  the only thing golden in the Golden Years is your urine!”  Pretty much says it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nancy