Friday, August 25, 2023

I keep a list of times I say no to a doctor.  I say yes many times.  Yesterday it is no again to a proposed treatment that doesn’t make sense to me.   How much risk am I willing to take? To do the treatment or to not do the treatment, is risky in different ways and good outcomes are never promised. What is the risk? Death, pain, increased debility, more health? I am not sure how I make the decisions and I always have second thoughts about which way to go. None of us know the answer to these decisions.

         I turn on classical on the radio in the living room and then end up in the bedroom.  Can’t hear the radio here but, I know this house enjoys the music.

         Start reading again Atul Gawande’s book BEING MORTAL. It I helpful to ground myself in his ideas of old age and dying.

         Watched more news episodes of IT’S TIME FOR THE OLD MAN TO GO TO JAIL. I can’t seem to get enough of seeing this crazy guy having to face up to the consequences of his behavior.  Long live RICO laws.