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Originally Posted by cdcox
In Rain Man's "Pick one, any one" poll, many more people picked $15,000 than to increase one's life expectancy for two years. I thought this was surprising, because there are a lot of people who would spend several times that to live a couple more years. Then Buc-Eyed Pea made the observation that she would probably be ready to die by the time she reaches somewhere in her '80s anyway, given her quality of life. I could see this, but the quality of life would have to fall pretty low before I'd want to check out. One good day in five would be enough to keep me moving on.
I'm probably in the second half of my life, and I'm already thinking that the years are going by a lot faster than I ever thought they would. I'm trying to take some steps with my lifestyle choices to prolong both my life and my quality of living in my later years. I'd like to be active and independent until I reach my 80's, at least. I don't think I'll be ready to check out by then, but I'm trying to be realistic about what I can expect.
At what age do you expect your health to fail to the point that life isn't worth living?
How many years do you think you will live beyond that age?
Not trying to be morbid, just trying to understand the mentality that would lead one to take $15K (not a life changing amount) in exchange for two years of life expectancy (presumably a longer life expectancy would also carry with it a longer period of healthy active, life).
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My grandpa is 92 years old in the rest home. He has been on dialysis for 9 years. He was only supposed to live for 2 years after he started dialysis. He can't really do anything really. It takes 3 people to help him get in the car if he wants to go out to eat. About every week he has to go to the ER because of low blood pressure or an infection in his dialysis tube. All his life he has been a strong independent man. Anything he wanted to do, he just went and built it. 15 years ago, he was 6'4 probably 210 and solid muscle. To see this great man reduced to this crushes me. I don't want that, not in the least. My grandpa is lucky that he has good family and good kids that visit him. There is no guarentee that I will have that.
Besides that, I picked the lose 30 lbs
