Happy Fathers Day!

tidegrandpa · Jun 20, 2016

TIDE-HSV said:
A pic of my BIL at NASA with von Braun and others. He'd the youngest one, in the background...

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Some pretty sharp individuals in that photo, thanks for sharing.

Tide1986 · Jun 20, 2016

TIDE-HSV said:
I was also at UA and coming out of class when I saw my brother's CPA partner coming for me. Of course, I knew what had happened, since my dad was unwell...

As you can tell, my dad's death was sudden. He was 51 and collapsed at work (massive heart attack). It feels strange at times going through life events without a dad (i.e. not having someone who can advise about marriage, kids, etc.). My dad's dad died when my dad was 8. I hope I don't continue the trend.

TIDE-HSV · Jun 20, 2016

Tide1986 said:
As you can tell, my dad's death was sudden. He was 51 and collapsed at work (massive heart attack). It feels strange at times going through life events without a dad (i.e. not having someone who can advise about marriage, kids, etc.). My dad's dad died when my dad was 8. I hope I don't continue the trend.

I know the feeling, since I was 18. My dad had had his first heart attack when he was 53, but survived. He died at 63, but he was totally disabled the last two years of his life, which is what I meant by his being "unwell." His death was no surprise, but it's always a shock...

Tide1986 · Jun 20, 2016

TIDE-HSV said:
I know the feeling, since I was 18. My dad had had his first heart attack when he was 53, but survived. He died at 63, but he was totally disabled the last two years of his life, which is what I meant by his being "unwell." His death was no surprise, but it's always a shock...

The silver lining (I guess) is that my dad avoided the disability years. He would've likely been disabled at some point because he was a diabetic (daily insulin injections).

DzynKingRTR · Jun 20, 2016

TIDE-HSV said:
I know the feeling, since I was 18. My dad had had his first heart attack when he was 53, but survived. He died at 63, but he was totally disabled the last two years of his life, which is what I meant by his being "unwell." His death was no surprise, but it's always a shock...

My dad's death was an absolute shock. He was only 50. He was never sick. He just got up to go to work that day and died. He was av ery stubborn man and hated doctors, so if he even was sick he would let anyone know. The day before he died he had told people at work he "felt rough" and blamed it on drinking too much over the weekend. My dad's dad died 5 weeks later from cancer. He had been sick, so when I got pulled out of class I assumed it was my grandfather that had passed. My first year was about as bad as it can get. I am 41 now and it is very much in my head that 50 isn't that far away. My dad's dad was 54 when he had his first heart attack and his dad died in his 50's of a heart attack. I get regular check-ups. I don't smoke. I don't drink (anymore). I bike and exercise regularly. I try to eat healthy. Hopefully I can break this bad habit of the men in my family. My mom's side seems to live forever though. Most of the men on my mom's side live at least passed 80.

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