I don’t know if it truly falls into the scary category but more years of dread and anxiety lead to
Something I had been fearing for a while just this past weekend. I had to go home to be with my mom and brother while my mom told my dad that he was going to a memory care facility and moved him the same day. We’ve “known” he had Alzheimer’s or dementia for years but his last doctor never believed it to be either. Finally switched drs last year when things really started going downhill and he got an official diagnosis. He has aphasia so he has lost almost all ability to communicate. He didn’t really understand when my mom told him but I saw him start breathing harder and then he looked at me for reassurance. It was incredibly hard to put on a brave face and not lose it in front of him or my mom. And I’ve told my husband that if the same thing happens to me, please tell me ahead of time. I guess “experts” say not to tell them ahead of time but it feels incredibly cruel to tell them the day of, even if they don’t understand. Otherwise the only other thing that fits in the category is doing a 360 in a snowstorm on I-55 in traffic. I’m still shocked we made it untouched to the shoulder.
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What was the scariest day of your life...and has your life changed because of it? - RSMBob May 7, 2024, 17:48:22
- the day my dad died - VIV May 8, 2024, 10:14:46
- Cool stories, everyone, I’m going to hang myself in the garage* - Sounder May 8, 2024, 10:04:11
- Hanging is an exceptionally terrible way to go. * - doubledown May 8, 2024, 11:10:04
- I was going to make a joke about the dangers of keeping rope around the house but... - Tuscy May 8, 2024, 10:33:37
- The human existence* - CWR10 May 8, 2024, 10:19:14
- Enough about your xes life* - HamptonSki May 8, 2024, 10:17:49
- Otherwise known as Wednesday* - Stu May 8, 2024, 10:16:59
- * sets alarm reminder to text Sounder this afternoon ** - haighter May 8, 2024, 10:05:35
- that time he posted about salmon pants.* - VIV May 8, 2024, 10:05:08
- I don’t know if it truly falls into the scary category but more years of dread and anxiety lead to - GhostofPokeyStixPast May 8, 2024, 9:57:21
- Witnessed my best friend get beaten so badly that he ended up in ICU - Jersey May 8, 2024, 9:41:10
- Didn't realize it at the time, but when I held a gun at the lowest time of my life. - ibdoc May 8, 2024, 9:05:10
- Ugh, sorry to hear that doc...and happy you're still here with us.* - KingTalkyTiki May 8, 2024, 10:27:14
- Glad you made it out man. I've been in that dark hopeless place too, - HamptonSki May 8, 2024, 10:06:59
- Just one of the many reasons that it's dangerous to keep a gun in the house. * - doubledown May 8, 2024, 9:12:59
- Bitches, man - Jackie May 8, 2024, 9:10:55
- So glad you didn't. And hope things are way better now.* - JFG May 8, 2024, 9:06:42
- I don't think I have one, which is frightening. But here's two that have elements... - EffinIllini May 8, 2024, 8:58:33
- I've been wracking my brain about this and not coming up with anything. Like JFG said... - Tuscy May 8, 2024, 8:50:58
- Fell off the front of a pontoon boat drunk - TarheelIllini May 8, 2024, 8:45:25
- Getting my kidney biopsy results, probably - ISeeDeadHawkeyes May 8, 2024, 8:43:36
- 35th Birthday. Had a stroke. - Chicago1995 May 8, 2024, 8:42:11
- Watching my Dad almost drown right in front of me when I was a kid. - illinilosch May 8, 2024, 8:40:11
- Turned a corner in a parking garage and was confronted with a dude pointing a gun at me* - bbonb May 8, 2024, 8:32:37
- Turned a corner in a parking garage and was confronted with a dude pointing a gun at me* - bbonb May 8, 2024, 8:32:37
- Mine was also the birth of a child - CWR10 May 8, 2024, 7:55:49
- I think there's a difference between difficult days and scary days. - JFG May 8, 2024, 7:34:09
- Daughter was born at 28 weeks - AintHatin May 8, 2024, 5:28:32
- My mom got sepsis and almost died. The ER doc took us in a little room and - Taz May 8, 2024, 0:30:36
- 13 wks preggers and being told I have cancer and will need surgery. I remember - rozoben May 7, 2024, 22:56:01
- noobster was a baby and his fever spiked. i took him to the emergency room and was with him holding - Nobster May 7, 2024, 22:46:52
- I can’t answer this, and that scares me quite a bit. * - illini May 7, 2024, 22:01:52
- almost got hit by a car when I was crossing the street in Springfield - DanSaint May 7, 2024, 20:53:49
- A couple near death experiences but the one that had the biggest effect on my life was getting...... - MtHoodIllini May 7, 2024, 20:49:06
- The day that I collapsed and couldn't walk - Dilbert May 7, 2024, 20:15:15
- 19 years old doing CPR on my dad in the garage during his heart attack. - doubledown May 7, 2024, 20:15:00
- 4/18/12. The day I was dead for 4 minutes.* - Mrap24 May 7, 2024, 19:46:00
- Not sure but I was pretty stressed about my neck/spinal surgery the day after Christmas. * - harb May 7, 2024, 19:45:20
- By the way, just wanted to say thanks for all the great responses - RSMBob May 7, 2024, 19:41:54
- 10/01/2017. At the Aria during the Mandalay Bay massacre - HamptonSki May 7, 2024, 19:35:32
- Each of my kids almost died in childbirth - opey8 May 7, 2024, 19:16:33
- Probably the birth of my second son. He was born 8 weeks premature and had - Phytynlini May 7, 2024, 19:09:26
- The day my son was born 8 weeks premature. - larue33 May 7, 2024, 18:54:50
- we had a kid 7 weeks early - bigbop85 May 7, 2024, 19:25:26
- our was also 7 weeks early, but unplanned. stressful, but ultimately healthy. turned 13 yesterday!* - torinese May 7, 2024, 20:12:33
- My first was 8 weeks early; second was 9 weeks early - Stu May 7, 2024, 19:44:31
- What made our situation worse, especially for my wife, - larue33 May 7, 2024, 19:34:17
- you spend so much time trying to not get someone pregnant (or not get pregnant) - Sounder May 7, 2024, 19:27:34
- I want to make a sarcastic comment but before I do…did your son survive/is he doing well today? - IlliniSax05 May 7, 2024, 19:10:50
- I think in preparing for face surgery in late 2021... - haighter May 7, 2024, 18:52:29
- When I woke from my dream about facing Sammich in a steel cage* - Stu May 7, 2024, 18:51:50
- June day in 2009 - BradUnderwoodforprez May 7, 2024, 18:49:12
- Probably the day my ex dumped my ass - Jackie May 7, 2024, 18:28:39
- Here's mine...was with 7yo son at waterpark in Mexico, suffered concussion, and lost him - RSMBob May 7, 2024, 18:14:11
- Not a specific day but the month leading up to my mom's diagnosis was brutal - DiamondDazzle May 7, 2024, 18:08:38
- 2006… not a moment but a weekend. - SurfTheBoneyard May 7, 2024, 17:57:28
- The day mini was born. He had complicated delivery and tied his umbilical in a knot requiring an - ATL May 7, 2024, 17:54:57
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