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re: "SOOOO I will just stay here until I
drop dead."

Dropping dead isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Oh, sure, sometimes. But it could be like my sister. She had a series of strokes over about six months. After the first one - which wasn't totally debilitating - she arranged for a housekeeper to check in on her twice a week or so and keep the place neat.

The last one happened when she was alone. The housekeeper found her on the ground, barely conscious and unable to move. No one knows how long she'd been there. Days, probably. What IS certain is that if she hadn't been found, she'd have eventually died OF THIRST.

That's not a pleasant thought, but it probably happens quite often to older people who choose to live alone.
 




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Re: Americans Face a Rising Risk of Dying Alone
By: DGpeddler
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Tue, 10 Oct 17 8:54 PM
Msg. 36506 of 47202


De, I would have to throw away Mom's
property and she worked too hard for
it. I have been shredding old tax
returns to keep old clients information
safe. I still have old collectables
in my shop even after some folks
broke in and stole some of it. It
would probably take me years to get
the buildings empty and sell them.
SOOOO I will just stay here until I
drop dead.


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