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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Farrah Fawcett died of anal cancer for more or less the same reason. [/quote]

I think they didn’t catch hers very early.  No one was talking about anal cancer back then.[/quote]

They caught it in plenty of time to have potentially cured it, but the most aggressive treatment would have involved an ostomy and she was not willing to have one. This was in 2006. She had other treatment--but not the recommended surgery--was declared "cancer-free," and then died in 2009.

She would literally rather die than have an ostomy. Absolute idiocy. [/quote]

I certainly wouldn't call that idiocy, especially in someone that far into to their life.[/quote]

This! Everybody doesn’t think and view death the same way. I personally have thought about this, and if it wasn’t for my three kids and my husband and my siblings whose life would negatively be affected if died prematurely, I doubt that I would fight a terminal illness at my age.[/quote]
How old are you?[/quote]

I get what this poster is saying. There is a generation that is not realistic and feels they can and should live forever.  At 59 you should have more years behind you than ahead of you.

I have no desire to live to be 100 or to become a burden to my kids.  Eventually your mind and body break down enough that you become a burden to those that love you no matter how healthy or wealthy you are.  I feel 80s is where I want to be.  That way I don't outlive all my friends and relatives.  I don't want to be the last sibling standing.

If I had a really bad illness over 50 and it treatment would drastically impact the quality of my life for the rest of my life I don't think I would focus too much on treatment.  I would focus  on making sure the time i have is well spent.  [/quote]

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