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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Um no. This is not the place to set boundaries. Just because you can't see a problem doesn't mean there isn't one. And just because they don't tell you doesn't mean they won't mention it to their doctor.[/quote]

Thats fair. A better question would have been how to determine priority or what is worth it when a parents' medical schedule is taking over? You, your spouse and children have their own needs and if you aren't healthy everything crumbles. With travel time and whatnot, 1 appointment is an all day affair. Cant keep juggling between my household and theirs burning what little time off we have because a gp recommends a number of specialists who want to see them several times a year and for the past 2 years they have found nothing. Will they find something one day? Maybe, but in the meantime how are you all managing?[/quote]

We realize that our parents are going to die sooner rather than later and relish the time we get to spend with them while they're (mostly) healthy and lucid. We go get milkshakes, we sit on a bench outside and chat, we reminisce, we lean into enjoying each other though it's interrupted by a dr appointment. [/quote]

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