# I Can't Lose My Dad **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-lose-my-dad/981464 "2023-03-21T22:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-lose-my-dad/981464/3 "2023-03-21T22:59:17Z")
Wishing you and he all the strength for the journey ahead, come what may. You may find this recent thread, and the ones it references, helpful. Many of us have lived through what you’re about to. It might sound premature from your current POV and for your current hopes. But it is worthwhile to consider the aftermath, _before_ it becomes the aftermath. > [@My Father has passed away - how did you deal with the loss of your parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-has-passed-away-how-did-you-deal-with-the-loss-of-your-parents/980480): > > My mom called a couple of hours ago crying and let me know that my father had passed away. He had been suffering from Parkinson’s for quite some time but suddenly had a heart attack and departed this world at age 88, I guess my brain still is trying to process this - I feel a bit numb and confused right now. It’s none of my business, but if you could tell me how you dealt with losing one or both of your parents it could be a great help to me. I thank you, my friends of the Straight Dope, i… You may, sooner than you had planned, have to choose between helping your father to die in peace with dignity or to keep him alive in misery for another week, month, or three so as to postpone, but not prevent, your own pain. It will take a great deal of wisdom, insight, and unselfish love to place your father’s best interests above your own. May you have that strength and wisdom if/when that time comes. Peace be with you. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-lose-my-dad/981464)._