discharge = discharge from hospital

  • cmbabul@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Weirdly old men, in my experience at least, tend to need to be in dire straights for THEMSELVES to acknowledge they need to see a doctor.

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      3 months ago

      My stepdad died this way. He had a heart attack, but kept standing. According to my mother, he could barely stand straight and breathe. He didn’t go to the doctor and my mom believed he was fine when he said so. I was there when he got the another heart attack 3 days later. He came to, but had another heart attack later that day and died in the hospital.

      And what for? To uphold an image? Is an image more important than the people who love you?