Body or Mind?

Me, I think I'd rather lose a sound body first. If I'm still able to think straight I can rationalize not being able to do what I used to. If I have a body in fairly good operating condition and a mind that won't work right any more it will be hard to rationalize my lack of ability with a brain that ain't too rational no more.

This is kind of a morbid topic, but it's a question I wound up giving a lot of thought: When you get old, which would you rather lose first? Your sound body or your sound mind? We all lose them eventually when we die, and (if we avoid accidents, fatal illnesses and the like and actually make it to the part where we can say we are old) we will probably lose one before the other. Which would you rather lose first?

This dark train of thought was started by observations from the nursing home where my aunt is an activities director, my own grandmother's slide into senility and a conversation in a chat room.

Please explain why you choose the one you choose, whether it's mind, body or "I'd rather just go out in a flash, like driving along real fast and hit a tree or something."

Please explain why you choose the one you choose, whether it's mind, body or "I'd rather just go out in a flash, like driving along real fast and hit a tree or something."

Though I do hate the whole asking for help thing too.

This is kind of a morbid topic, but it's a question I wound up giving a lot of thought: When you get old, which would you rather lose first? Your sound body or your sound mind? We all lose them eventually when we die, and (if we avoid accidents, fatal illnesses and the like and actually make it to the part where we can say we are old) we will probably lose one before the other. Which would you rather lose first?

This dark train of thought was started by observations from the nursing home where my aunt is an activities director, my own grandmother's slide into senility and a conversation in a chat room.

Please explain why you choose the one you choose, whether it's mind, body or "I'd rather just go out in a flash, like driving along real fast and hit a tree or something."

I think I'll have to agree with most so far and that is to keep my mind . But Kireina, brings up a valid point. So with a bit more thought, I would say I would like to keep my mind, as long as we have modern pain relief for weakening bodies. I also experienced severe pain last summer and all I can say is thank the Lord for Morphine lol, as soon as the nurse gave me the dose it was instant relief .

All my grandparents are gone now, but they all had their faculties about them, but two of them went very quick, two of them suffered physical ailments which I am sure wasn't very pleasant.

So if I had the choice I would like to keep my mind and go very quickly . I like the scripture Oyster gave ''Fear not little flock''.

I am sorry to hear what you've been through...I understand you...My experience in taking care of an old person...if I am not mistaken...morphine is used/given when the pain is unbearable like if you have cancer...😞 Arebubok now?

I always thought it would be nice to go out in a flash or in a middle-of-the-night zzzz, but alas, it was not meant to be. I have lost both at this point, but it's not really that bad. Jesus still loves me, and you guys actually seem to enjoy my dumb jokes.

I used to visit my 100 year old great aunt in a nursing home. She would begin telling me a story... then pause... then say something like "I have no idea where I am going with this." We would then both crack up laughing. She was a salty old oysterette, but she knew where she was going and anticipated getting there with great joy. Being a Christian makes all the difference in the end.

Luke
12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Yes i'm Ok now, thanks for concern. I wasn't in hospital for anything as serious as cancer.

It was a flare up of crohns and at the same time Gall stones. The Morphine was only while I was in A & E (Accident and emergency). Once I got moved to a hospital room/bed, then they went into treatment mode, using different pain management.

So now the gall stones are gone and crohns under control. God is Good.

Hmmm...that is quite a hard question but I'd choose mind....it is because I have witnessed Old people in pain that they'd rather die at the moment than to experience so much pain....

And also I experienced pain so much pain once few mos. ago that I wished just to disappear instantly than to experience that kind of pain....


You know when we get old...as in old old old....our body starts to give in we will experience pain here and there imagining myself experiencing that, is quite hard...


I pray that no old people will experience pain but that is quite an old people thing...

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