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How long do you want live? 80, 90, 100?

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January 5, 2015
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Do you have a number in mind? Do you want to live to be 80, 90 or 100? How about 115 or 120?

Do you think it matters what your expectations are? I do. I think if you expect to live a long healthy life, your chances of doing so are greater.

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babrahamson

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As long as I am both independent and healthy. If not, I would like to be given the same consideration that we give to our pets when they are suffering.

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2LUANAMARIA

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Absolutely! I fully believe that I have the right to choose when I depart & will do so when the conditions are not opportune for self sustained viability. Otherwise, I intend to go, go, go until the engine slows down considerably.

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jthorses

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I will be 72 in a couple of months and I still ride horses and walk and lift hay bales and saddle my own horse. I have had a very full and adventurous life and my husband, love of my life, went home to be with the Lord 3 years ago. I would like to make it to 80s if I am healthy and living well, but when it is my time I have no regrets of undone activities.

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ginnielee5

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I used to say I would probably live to be a 100 ( I am 81) but then i read an article about someone living to be 122 and 137. I am in good health with no life threatening problems. I set my goals farther ahead. I may not make it that far but I refuse to limit myself.

brennedi

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Old age and dying became clear to me when my dad had a brain tumor. He was a businessman, and trust me, he became a different person. He was funny, and I had the PLEASURE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM FOR 8 MONTHS. I got to know the man that I loved the most, only better. God allowed that joy for me to get even closer. He was my herro. When we take our own life it keeps people from drawing close to us during the dying process. My best friends mother took the easy way out and she said she will never forgive her for being so weak. I don't mean to say that in a hurtful way to people that disagree, but she said she felt her mother was weak, but maybe she just wanted to help her mother and get close, as I had the joy of doing. Not every family is the same, or close, and some have no one. But there are people out there that can help fill that proccess, as I think I have read about them, maybe hospice knows. Yes it is scarry to hurt, and die, but God must have his reasons. There are days that I feel that my children are so busy that they might now have that kind of time, or patience for me. Everyone is working, moving, or on their phone, or a movie at night...you know, I'm busy watching a movie Mom/Dad. Why not talk to your family, or hospice, or church, now. There are great payoffs for those left behind that help you through the final journey, but in my opinion, into the arms of Jesus.

Dianne Brenneman

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r640631p

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As long as I have good health in mind, body, and soul.

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evelevrae1

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read michael gregor's "how not to die".

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jshnov

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As long as I am able to get around, enjoy a cold beer, flirt with a woman, and enjoy life, bring it on.

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bgsdaughter

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I am 70 and presently live in a retirement community Many residents here are well into their late 80's and many even into their 90's. We even have had a couple over 100! For myself, I have made friends with these people and when they have passed away, it is a sad time. I realize that, since my friends are older and will probably be gone long before I hit my 80's I am not sure I want to live that long. Longevity does not translate into happiness necessarily. If my relatives and friends are gone or I am in a condition that as I get older they just wheel me around in a wheelchair, I think 90 would be more than enough for me. I have lived a good life and maybe haven't had the experiences of some others, but it was enough for me.

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k397840k

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Babies born in the last few years have life expectancies of 120. I think I'll go into my coffin kicking and screaming--I don't want to die--I haven't lived a full life yet. There's a whole world I've yet to explore. I've spent all my young years married, and now that there's no kids to care for, and I'm still healthy, that world is beckoning to me. We don't have the option of knowing when the end will come, but I'd like to say I've really lived--like Auntie Mame!

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mem329

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Impossible to say without knowing what my circumstances will be at any given age. If I'm relatively healthy, of sound mind, have sufficient financial resources, and the love of my life is still with me, then anything goes! 100 would be fine if all these conditions are met.

Epster

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Age is just a number, and in this case it isn't the salient piece of data.

I don't care if I'm 62: if I experience some event that 'preserves' my life via machines, I would rather be dead. If I will never again recognize the smell of an elk herd on the wind; if I will never again be able to identify wildflowers in my yard, let alone tell DH what is his favorite dish or the name of the street where he grew up; if I am a vegetable, I want to be tossed onto the compost pile.

That said, I am planning to live until my late 90s.

"The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical." Julius Erving