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I figure on about 94 or so.
Which means right now I'm in my prime.
If our family history is any indication, all of the women outlived their husbands - the men died off at about 75-80 or so. But they were heavy laborers; coal-mining, farming, etc. My mother put four into their graves... but she died in her 70's, she was a pretty rowdy drinker who put back 2 bottles of vodka a day, with some Miller High Life thrown in. <coff hack ptui>
Those who died 'early' usually had some problem; alcohol, diabetes, etc. We don't run to cancer in our families - it's usually cirrosis that takes us off.
I drink a little - a couple of drinks every month or so - but nothing to excess. Plus my DH and I lead a very hardworking but laid-back life - now. I figure if the lupus doesn't kill my kidneys, and all of the 'chickens' of a hardscrabble, fast-paced living up til about 4 years ago don't come home to roost, I'm good for another 30 or so.
I suppose that is pretty much up to me. I do not eat as well as I should. If I continue on this path, I will probably make 85. But if I change and eat a more healthy diet, I am certain I will live well into my 90s and possibly over 100. The question being, I guess, whether or not I want to live that long, even if I am healthy and have all my mental faculties, I don't know how it will be to live in a world that is so foreign to me, with everyone I know dead or nearly so.
I think that when the time comes, most older folks are ready to go. It's nature's way.
I figure on about 94 or so.
Which means right now I'm in my prime.
If our family history is any indication, all of the women outlived their husbands - the men died off at about 75-80 or so. But they were heavy laborers; coal-mining, farming, etc. My mother put four into their graves... but she died in her 70's, she was a pretty rowdy drinker who put back 2 bottles of vodka a day, with some Miller High Life thrown in. <coff hack ptui>
Those who died 'early' usually had some problem; alcohol, diabetes, etc. We don't run to cancer in our families - it's usually cirrosis that takes us off.
I drink a little - a couple of drinks every month or so - but nothing to excess. Plus my DH and I lead a very hardworking but laid-back life - now. I figure if the lupus doesn't kill my kidneys, and all of the 'chickens' of a hardscrabble, fast-paced living up til about 4 years ago don't come home to roost, I'm good for another 30 or so.
I didn't realize that Nebraska was such a rowdy, hard partying kind of place! The few times I've been through Nebraska (and wasn't flying over) all I saw was farm land with houses about 5 miles apart, and tiny little towns near railroad tracks with a couple dozen houses. Maybe I should have stopped and partied-down with you people!
::::sigh:::: Sure! Leave it to me to do the dirty work. Oh well!
Just kiddin' pal! I'd take you out all the way so you wouldn't whine.
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The few times I've been through Nebraska (and wasn't flying over) all I saw was farm land with houses about 5 miles apart, and tiny little towns near railroad tracks with a couple dozen houses. Maybe I should have stopped and partied-down with you people! 
