January 10, 2008

Part&Parcel of Growing Old

Many people can't stand with the thought of aging. They are scared of it! That answers the demand of krim anti-penuaan, botox, vitamin C injection, jamu awet muda and lots more.

The truth it....
wrinkles ain't anything to be scared of! Probably it's abit demotivating to see the younger you no longer appear in the mirror. Instead, you'll see an old woman with kulit yang kendur, droppy eye begs, pigmentation and terketar2 muscle pipi when you tried to give a big,wide gummy smile. **Note:You're teeth-less!**You can't be that ugly, can you?*shrug*

I'm not sure about you lot but the idea of aging that gives me a shiver is the thought of losing the function of my body. Problems with the lung that disrupt my breathing. Arthritis of the joints that makes it so painful to walk or even brush my teeth. Blur eye sight. What if one day when I wake up and see nothing except for the black screen? What if one day the legs just refuse to stand, walk, run anymore? What if i become nyanyuk and forget all my loved one? Have you heard of cancer; the silent killer?

I wonder...How's life if i'm blind?...How does it feel to be in the wheelchair?...Isn't it embarrassing that I can't do my routines on my own e.g. peeing, taking shower?...Wouldn't I be a burden to the family?

*heavy sigh*

Forgive me for my farsighted vision. Taking history from an old woman in the hospital yesterday gave a biiiig impact on me. Growing old is scary. And it's even scarier when you have to face it alone. And I guess, the main reason why I've chosen dentistry over medicine is not due to the money reward that i'll gain once I graduate as a dentist. The truth it, I find it hard to see orang sakit all the time. Macam down weiiii! Doctors are neither God nor magician. They don't cure all the diseases. They don't prevent death; they are simply delaying it.

And me....I.don't.cope.well.with.death. Full stop.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

ash..
i mcm u..like cannot see all the sakit people...
sedih sgt...
thats why i took up law maybe ...hahaha :)

ashieBee said...

**high five**

heheheheheh! a'ah kiter same :)) i find it depressing tauuu tgk org skt. like sooo helpless. cant do anything much to help them, to make them feel better. so dentistry is another option lor for me...sbb skt gigi doesn't give that BIG impact on your health, genereally. and normally on the day patient see u, on that day itself u give the treatment to atleast reduce the pain.

tp idrina, law pun i kenot take lah! overdose of reading. baca cases pulak tu :P i kenot tahan!!! ahahahahahaa!takpelah, incase *touchwood* i kene masuk court ke nnti, ade laa lawyer nak tolong i *winkwink*

takecare idrinaaaa!!! say hi to harris. *hugs*

Husna said...

doctors are not God. nor that they delay death. but doctors are the instruments of the mercy of God; i.e the hands of God.

we need to understand tht one day we are going to face death. our own death, the people with love and so on.

the prophet once aid 'everything can be cured except death'.

even hiv aids, its just a matter of time when the researchers will get the remedy.

but as for deaths, its sthing inevitable kan. it scares me like hell. but just hv faith that the time will come, n prepare ourselves for the hereafter.

true, i dun mind growing old but i hope i will hv someone to accompany me, hold my hands through the days..sweet kan.

Anonymous said...

I love cases..hehe...
thats why i took up law :)
i love reading..
anyway, u take care
haris says hi to u back and hi to mujeddd

-MujedN- said...

nice post my sayang..actually this post made me wondering one of the reasons u didnt want to be a doctor.anyway dentist pon not bad ok..

i remembered my anatomy demonstrator said to us..as a doctor we are not prolonging patient's life..we try to cure..death is something u cannot run..u have to face it and be prepared when it comes..

ashieBee said...

believing that we all will die someday is acceptable. of course everybody will die..sooner or later. but watching someone dies infront of u...thats abit painful. i guess thats why doctor shouldnt be too attached to their patients. u know....medical patients dtg because they haveee really seriously big issue. u kene break the bad news to them. u kene face death and act like it's something normal.

unlike dentistry, u get attached to ur patient quite well. if u dexterity is goood, they'll come again. i've met dentist yg treat the whole family of the patient. from the parents to the children and now they bawa the grandchildren lagi tuh. :)) thats wut i like!!! hehehehehe

oooo idrina, u suke baca cases? wow tabik spring utk u!!!! hehehehee.goodluck la lawyer ;) all the besttt!

h.3.l.3.n said...

ish.. apa cakap death ni.. scary scary!!!

thx for the egg tart!!

ashieBee said...

mmg scary mary !!!!!

nwyy hope u enjoyed eating the giant, fattening egg tart!!!! kekekekeke. im too lazy to make the schmall2 cutie-mutie egg tart. that's why u guys got the big,fat one :))