A plan is good...

Posted by mkuller (A) on May 8, 2017 at 20:46:11

In Reply to: Dying, and The Plan? posted by 3+4=5 on May 8, 2017 at 10:42:43:

...my wife and I (both healthcare professionals) have made a plan.

If either of us becomes terminally and is in intractable pain, begins losing our minds, loses our mobility and/or becomes a serious burden to the other, we will help the other.

Preparing the family and then going to sleep and not waking up would not be such a bad option.

I work with seniors everyday and on average I see a decline around age 85.

Some are very sharp and only slightly physically impaired at 100. I don't think I want to live that long.

For us it's about quality of life, not longevity at any cost.

Today we spend nearly a quarter of all of our healthcare costs during the last 6 months of life.

On the other hand in 20 or so years, science will advance to repair cellular DNA and provide bionic body parts so aging and death will become less of an issue - for those who can afford it.

And no doubt people here will still be asking if being an audiophile is a dying hobby :-)

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Topic - Dying, and The Plan? - 3+4=5 10:42:43 05/08/17 (23)

I only hope that when my time comes - 1973shovel 14:07:43 05/09/17 (0)

Anybody here old enough to remember this? - 1973shovel 12:22:03 05/09/17 (3)

RE: Anybody here old enough to remember this? - -æ- 13:08:56 05/09/17 (2)

I thought the same thing when I watched it - 1973shovel 14:18:08 05/09/17 (1)

RE: I thought the same thing when I watched it - fantja 18:01:42 05/10/17 (0)

Charles had a plan - Craiger56 09:52:48 05/09/17 (0)

A New Orleans (style) Funeral Band if possible... - Timbo in Oz 23:46:21 05/08/17 (0)

Thought about it - jedrider 22:34:01 05/08/17 (0)

A plan is good... - mkuller 20:46:11 05/08/17 (0)

Has been a topic of conversation lately with my parents - JDK 18:37:23 05/08/17 (0)

This is an emerging market, a well timed startup could be very profitable... - Steve O 16:44:09 05/08/17 (0)

I'm planning not to.... - John_the_Scot 13:42:13 05/08/17 (0)

Plans are what you make while other things happen. - free.ranger 11:58:18 05/08/17 (0)

Strange timing... - musetap 10:59:35 05/08/17 (3)

RIP... - musetap 19:36:22 05/08/17 (2)

RE: RIP... - Inmate51 10:01:27 05/09/17 (1)

+1 - 1973shovel 12:56:52 05/09/17 (0)

RE: Dying, and The Plan? - G Squared 10:58:58 05/08/17 (0)

RE: Dying, and The Plan? - bullethead 10:49:31 05/08/17 (4)

RE: Dying, and The Plan? - AbeCollins 15:27:57 05/08/17 (2)

Except the car rental company... - mkuller 20:39:17 05/08/17 (1)

I never saw that movie so.... - AbeCollins 08:27:25 05/09/17 (0)

Good plan. Music would have to be involved as well, played very loud ^ - Road Warrior 12:51:02 05/08/17 (0)

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