Re: Contemplating cause of death
From: Del Shannon (delshannon_at_rock.com)
Date: 08/19/04
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Date: 19 Aug 2004 13:16:37 -0700
"Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote in message news:<41228AA5.11B9334F@heartmdphd.com>...
> Del Shannon wrote:
>
> > My elderly mother passed away last year at age 91.
>
> You have my condolences.
>
> > The year before she
> > fell three times on the street while walking with me yet managed to
> > get up.
>
> Uh-oh.
>
> Did she commit suicide?
I recall her asking me about some pain medicine she had, how many
times a day she should take to relieve pain. When I found the bottle
in her bedroom dresser drawer sometime later, it was totally empty.
Maybe she used more than she should have? She kept insisting her head
was in pain most of the time. I also noticed she walked with a slight
limp, as she wanted me to have a cane she had to match her height, a
couple months before she died.
I also noticed a bruise some inches to the side of her heart. This
was before she passed away.
>
> You've got it.
THanks fopr reply. THis is what I've been seeking. I have given it
some thought last year and recently it came back to me.
>
> > Is 91 really a good age to die or
> > could she
> > she have lived longer?
>
> She lived longer than the average lifespan of a woman in the U.S. so that
> one would tend to believe that your mother was in near-optimal health most
> of her life.
She was European-born.
> > Was it their falls during the last year of
> > her life
> > which brought about her demise?
>
> They may have been signs of cardiovascular instability rather than the
> proximate cause of death.
Also, I recall there was a period of time I did not see her in July
2002.
When I came in to visdit her, her TV was on full-blast and claimed to
have
lost her hearing for a little while. Maybe due to stress since she
had not
seen me?
> You will be in my prayers, dear neighbor whom I love.
Cardiovascular instabilty? Caused by what? Not taking heart meds all
these
years. My sister passed away in 1996 at age 56, which made her not
herself
for a period of time. She did not attend the funeral, though she
covered
the expenses.
Believe me, I pleaded with her to see a doctor when I thought she
couldn't hear well or heard noiese she insisted were there when I
never heard any.
Is it loneliness that killed her?
Her landlord made some insinuations that she may have developed an
early
case of Alzheimer's? Is this possible?
Thanks again.
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