Flaming Blimp Crash
Ancient Mariner
Bit of a challenging week. My mother's typically had high blood pressure and is finally doing something about it. Her pressure is now at reasonable levels, but her cardiologist is recommending she come in for imaging to ensure she doesn't have cardiovascular plaque buildup as she (doc) was a bit worried of that possibility. Ah, okay, well that's fine and well, this is all for being proactive. Then, my mom informed me yesterday she's going in for a diagnostic mammogram as soon as possible as she had discovered a lump. Breast cancer does run through my mom's side, but everyone's been great about early detection and have all beat it.
I don't know, the 1-2 punch kind of has just sent my brain today on a worst case scenario trajectory - and I think it's because I had already lost my dad six years ago. May just take the next few days off from work as mental health days just to relax and adjust. Do want to note mom's handling things a lot better than me, kind of a Bruce approach of "Okay, this is what's potentially in front of me, let's go get this taken care of."
We've jokingly always had conversations where she said she doesn't want to live as long as her mom did (95), so I just say "Just make it to 80 and you can do whatever at that point." (She's not even 70)
I don't know, the 1-2 punch kind of has just sent my brain today on a worst case scenario trajectory - and I think it's because I had already lost my dad six years ago. May just take the next few days off from work as mental health days just to relax and adjust. Do want to note mom's handling things a lot better than me, kind of a Bruce approach of "Okay, this is what's potentially in front of me, let's go get this taken care of."
We've jokingly always had conversations where she said she doesn't want to live as long as her mom did (95), so I just say "Just make it to 80 and you can do whatever at that point." (She's not even 70)