Leading US doctor says he won't get treatment if he gets cancer after 75

[Wile E. Coyote]

Originally Posted by springfieldva

You practically need to have a law degree and a finance degree to understand all of the terms of those places. The one thing that I would absolutely not want is to pay a not so small fortune to buy into one of those places only to have the staff nagging me about or forbidding me to have a glass of wine or a piece of cake for dessert - or whatever, in their mind, is the "wrong" thing for me to be drinking or eating.

Forget that.

I was researching those when I still feared death. My concern now is just to be around long enough to get my fur babies through their little lives before I kick the bucket.

[springfieldva]

Originally Posted by Wile E. Coyote

I was researching those when I still feared death. My concern now is just to be around long enough to get my fur babies through their little lives before I kick the bucket.

I don't fear death. I fear becoming a burden on my children. I can see why people go the CCRC route. It's just a ton of money to do that and there's so much fine print to wade through. It's enough to make your head explode.

[FlBeachIguana]

Originally Posted by springfieldva

You practically need to have a law degree and a finance degree to understand all of the terms of those places. The one thing that I would absolutely not want is to pay a not so small fortune to buy into one of those places only to have the staff nagging me about or forbidding me to have a glass of wine or a piece of cake for dessert - or whatever, in their mind, is the "wrong" thing for me to be drinking or eating.

Forget that.

One of the longest living person in history, a French woman, would have a glass of wine and a cigarette after every meal. She never smoked the entire pack. Everything in moderation won't be harmful for you.

After a certain age, say 75, you might as well smoke or do the things you always wanted to do but were bad for you so you avoided it. It takes around 10-20 years of smoking regularly for it to lead to a clinically increased of lung, throat, mouth and other cancers. 10-20 years from 75 puts you out at 85-95.

Likewise, it takes decades of obesity to clinically strip years off your life.

Of course, when you get to 85-95 you might want more years especially if the years leading up to 85-95 have been good. But time is something we never have enough off. Letting go is the key to happiness.