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[quote=Anonymous][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 [b]relish the time we get to spend with them[/b] 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]

Shouldn't OP also be able to "relish" time spent with her spouse and growing children?[/quote]

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