My mother-in-law, who I love dearly, fell and broke her arm last week. My wife has been having to take care of her while we get live-in care set up which is no problem. She’s just miserable and I feel bad for her. And it’s not a lot of fun for my wife to be sleeping in her old room and having to deal with multiple medical issues.
A big difference between older people, like me and even older like my MIL, and young people is the fading confidence that whatever is wrong is going to get better. For me, I have a chronically sore shoulder that acts up from time to time (Question to doctor: Why does my shoulder hurt? Answer: because you didn't die when you were 40). So far, I’ve been able to control it with a combination of stretching and ibuprofen, but there’s always a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that this time`it ain’t going away and will hurt forever. Same thing when I tweak my knee. Can I really count on it feeling better soon? Ever? There really isn't anything wrong with me so far, but there's no way to know what parts are going to start wearing out or breaking when.
Add on top of this I’ve been transferring old videotapes to DVD to preserve them, and seeing my kids when they were (really) little on top of not getting to go away and have fun and having to deal with an injured and unhappy relative and it’s just too darned much Circle of Life for me today. Makes me want to yell like they do at the beginning of that song but I don’t know the words and I think they're about a lion anyway.
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