Stayin’ Alive
(Without Spending Every Spare Minute at the Doctor’s Office)
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6 min readMar 11, 2024
Oh, how I mocked my parents for filling their calendar with every medical appointment known to humankind! What was the point of living if every minute was consumed with trying to go on living? And what could be more fitting than reaching my parents’ age and finding myself caught in the same conundrum?