I have been hospitalized only one time 35 years ago. I have been very fortunate. I came close once again about maybe five years ago. I just barely held myself together. I could not leave my mother alone who was in the advanced stages of dementia.

I was in the hospital other times like for eye surgery. When I was young, my appendix burst and poisoned my insides. Back then there were no reliable drugs for this. I was so weak, I could not lift my head off of the pillow. I was listed as terminally ill so they can use experimental drugs on me. I was very lucky one worked.