I totally agree with you lakeside7, retiring when you are well and healthy is the ideal, and not when circumstances force you into that position. I was [ still am ] well and healthy when I made that decision for myself after being a nurse for 40 some odd years, and happy I was able to do . And I shared that decision with others, not by a rumor.
But with spreading / sharing of this rumor, I put myself in the place of his patents' when they might hears this 'news', and the questions that must be going through their mind :- Is this true ? [ Many calls to the office for a fact-check ] Who said this ? How come I was not told. ? When is this going to happen ?.. I have a test / procedure scheduled in two weeks - what is going to happening now ? Who will now write my prescriptions that I need ? and etc ..
I am not being dramatic, rumor spreading has consequences , as in this case it can cause undue anxiety to patients, who possibly already have enough medical stress going in in their life.
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