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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the best we can hope for is to go quickly. Old age is overrated.  Medicine intervention prolongs suffering of the elderly.[/quote]
You can hope but you can't control it, at all. This is like my FIL going on and on how he will go his way, and he is 76. My dad was doing great and then they determined that his arteries were blocked like 99% and he was not overweight, nor had heart issue before. I think it is all that margarine that was touted as health food for decades and similar things... After his surgery, he never recovered, Parkinson's caused by a stroke developed, few falls due to it, accelerated dementia. My dad passed away last year, after sever dementia and mobility issues. I am sure he didn't want this, but FIL is still on and on, and he is the same age as my dad when it all went to hell. And he eats like crap, all the time pies, and pastries, only store bought or restaurant food and he lives alone and like to pretend that nothing will happen. I can't even imagine if DH and I were 20ish, how would could handle any of what happened with my dad and what is likely to happen with FIL. Now, we at least have more money and can travel to visit FIL. Elderly parents might become and insane burden on their 20 year old kids.[/quote]

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