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[quote=Anonymous]My father was in great health until age 65, when he had a ruptured aortic aneurysm-- and lived! He's 80 now and generally in good health on a day-to-day basis but has had additional surgeries for aneurysms in his groin, has had a knee and a hip replacement, has arthritis in his hands which means he can't golf anymore, and despite being slim and working out 3 days/week, he has had bouts of gout. Cognitively, he's very worth it, though not as sharp as he used to be, though honestly I wonder if that would improve if he would get some damn hearing aids. (He's very stubborn.)

My mom has a congenital heart condition that didn't effect her that generally has been well controlled. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 73. She is now 78, will likely be on some kind of chemo for the rest of her life, but it's a tradeoff with her heart health. So a balancing game. On a day-to-day basis she's doing really well-- walks the dog, goes to the cardiac gym, does her chemo infusion every 2 weeks and then has 2 days of feeling icky, then back to normal. Cognitively, she is good, but I notice she really doesn't handle stressful situations as well as she used to.

ILs were in good health until late 80s, then slow declines. FIL died at 98, MIL is 100 and completely bed-bound and it's abjectly terrible. [/quote]

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