Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

Ask your health insurance if you are covered to have an LVN do a weekly visit. You might consider having a house cleaner come once a week also.

Of course, no more smoking, and only you can do that. Can you spend 15 minutes everyday in contemplative thought (meditation) affirming your aspiration to be free of the smoking habit? Something like: "I aspire to be free of the urge to smoke. When that urge arises, I aspire to tell myself that if I sit quietly and relax, the urge will go away."

There are other things you can do to quell the urge to smoke. Drink a glass of water. Suck on a hard candy. Sit and listen to some relaxing music.

It ain't easy being a senior. I'm 75 and there are days when getting old really sucks. We all of us are going to die. We cannot escape death. Just like we cannot escape getting and having ill health. I tell myself: When all appearances of this life dissolve, may I with happiness and great ease let go of all attachments. Like a child returning home.