Good Morning. Time Machines-- another poll

MajorMom
on 2/7/12 6:51 pm - VA

If you had a time machine and could go back and change a critical decision or critical event, what would it be? Multiple answers are fine :)

I think the first are a series of little decisions and events that led to my hubby and I having problems a long time ago, but then, if we hadn't overcome those problems maybe we wouldn't be as strong as we are today.

There are several "open mouth, insert foot" incidents that I would love to undo, but I doubt anybody remembers them but me.

Ah! There are a couple I would totally undo but I'm not putting them up here on a public web site. lol

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italianspice
on 2/7/12 7:17 pm - Eastlake, OH

RNY on 07/29/10

I wish I would have enjoyed my kids more when they were little instead of working and cleaning house. The time went by so quickly.

There are a couple more that I chose not to put on display, but as Gina mentioned, I wondered if things would have been different or I would have been different with the change in events.

I try hard everyday to let go of the past and be in the present. And to stay out of the future which causes me to worry.

~Maria

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Price S.
on 2/7/12 9:07 pm - Mills River, NC

RNY on 09/09/10

I certainly would have done WLS sooner if I knew then what I know now. And this whole knee thing, I may have rethought doing it. The jury is still out on that decision.

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southernlady5464
on 2/7/12 9:53 pm

DS on 01/24/11

I would only go back a few hours...we discovered that our eldest kitty, Miss Izzy, is incontinent. We go see the vet this afternoon....and have been in tears all morning.

I've had her since she was 6 months old...almost 13 years. But as parents of furbabies, it's a decision we have to make because our lifespan is so much longer than their's.

So keep me in your thoughts and prayers this afternoon, please.

Liz

sam1am
on 2/7/12 11:03 pm

VSG on 09/08/09

Hugs, Liz! I have an almost 20 yo cat who has that "old" smell, is full of knots in his long white hair, because he can barely groom himself and the vet refuses to groom him awake (because he is down as "vicious" at the vets) and won't put him to sleep to do it anymore because he is too old. He still uses his litter nicely and loves to eat. It's just a matter of time, but I don't think he's suffering, otherwise we would make a very quick decision to do whats best for him, like you are.

Regrets, I have a few..... They are mostly little incidences rather than life changing so, I guess I'm lucky - oh - except for ever starting to smoke, but I stopped that 4.5 years ago.

Sandy
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southernlady5464
on 2/8/12 1:17 am

DS on 01/24/11

Thanks, Sandy...unfortunately those of us who have furbabies also have a huge responsibility.

Last time was April 11th 2003...and this is what I wrote on her page:
Snowy had reached the point where severe arthritis, a thyroid condition causing massive weight loss and then not being able to keep herself clean made it inevitable. Cats are fastidious creatures and the last was the final straw. Snowy trusted me to do what was best for her all her life and I had to fulfill that trust. And in return, she gave me unconditional love and companionship even if she didn't always show it.

Now, it's time for Miss Izzy...and while I hope the vet has a solution other than putting her to sleep, I suspect she is more than ready.

Liz

sam1am
on 2/8/12 6:30 am

VSG on 09/08/09

We sure do! I love this part:

And in return, she gave me unconditional love and companionship even if she didn't always show it.

Sandy
                "The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody  else up"
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on 2/8/12 12:41 am

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southernlady5464
on 2/8/12 1:17 am

DS on 01/24/11

Thanks, Panda...I hope so. Liz

Ladytazz
on 2/8/12 3:44 am

Oh Liz, my heart breaks for you as I am in the same place with my JJ, who is 12 and near the end, too. I so don't want to make that decision. Yesterday he didn't want to eat. I so don't want him to suffer but I also don't want to have to make that decision. I didn't know it would hurt so much. In my mind he is still a puppy, too.
You will be in my thoughts and prayers today. I know I keep asking for one more day. I will never be ready.
You are right, as the parents of these babies it is our responsibility that their life be good and pain free. No matter how selfishly we want to be with them.

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High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.

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