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    Sorry to hear about your Father. My wishes for his speedy recovery. I knew what he had as soon as you brought up the swollen ankles. Having an 87 year old Father and an 87 year old FIL, I am experiencing all the symptoms and signs of aging. That and a sore ass from having to drive to Richmond and Orlando.
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    He made it to 84 without regular doctor visits and meds? Wow. Too bad he ignored the symptoms for so long.

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    It could have been worse.

    You might not have gotten him to the doctor in time.

    Glad to hear he's on the mend.

    And I know the feeling... we had a heck of a time getting my mother to see a doctor a ways back, turned out she had a broken hip. Not to worry, she's had surgery, she's recovered, and she's still in denial that she ever needed to see anyone about this in the first place. (She's 85)
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    I lost my mother to the same set of circumstances...and a host of other ailments in conjunction. Glad your father's prognosis is good, John. Keep him in the fight.
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    My parents were always skeptical of modern medicine and were strongly of the mindset that everything can be cured "naturally"via supplements, exercise, that pharmaceuticals were just about "big pharma". Internet quackery rather than valid science also made its impression. In fact that is one of the main reasons he refrained from seeing a doctor for so long. He insisted on taking the "natural approach". All this could probably have been avoided had he seen a doctor. But what is done is done. Now we have to deal with what is and look towards a better future.
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