Originally Posted by
OldTryGuy
May you wear out in good health!!!!
My mother was in better health at age 80 then you mentioned for yourself. She followed your planned future course of action and is now 89. I visited her this past weekend and she asked, "What did I do to deserve this?"
She has gone from self care to 24 hour assist in 3 months.
There's the saying....."Be careful what you wish for."
That is wonderful. Many people have some chronic disease, often self-imposed like Type 2 diabetes, that impairs life quality over many years. To be healthy until the machine, like all machines, just wears out is a blessing.
At that point, like an old car, a person can say "enough" and shed it. Or, they can up the maintenance and keep it going for awhile longer. Which, is the person's choice.