One of the consequences of aging...

[Mik]

It is true that most of us here are entering a phase where life will take more away from us than it gives us. I find that I need to try a bit harder to maintain social connections and work a lot more on health, but I think it is worth it. I hope I can continue. Most of all I hope to die before I have to be placed in a home, unable to do anything that resembles life to me.

[Bernard]

Sorry for your loss, wtg.

[Mark]

Sorry for your loss wtg. /Hug

[Daniel]

I share Mik's desire to die before having to live a life without a certain quality of life.

Also, I don't want to suffer any protracted, painful treatments regimes for diseases when doing that could only lead to death.

I need to regroup by myself in a healthier environment and with more resources before I will be able to make significantly better health decisions and take significantly better actions accordingly.

[Daniel]

@Mik said:

It is true that most of us here are entering a phase where life will take more away from us than it gives us. I find that I need to try a bit harder to maintain social connections and work a lot more on health, but I think it is worth it. I hope I can continue. Most of all I hope to die before I have to be placed in a home, unable to do anything that resembles life to me.

I already have only a handful of living family members left and I'm close to none of them.

Correction: I'm close to one of them, my late aunt's cousin who's in her '80's and lives in Seattle.

[Steve Miller]

Sounds like Wasi was a great guy!

My condolences.

[CHAS]

wtg, sorry for your loss. I enjoyed your post.

[AndyD]

We are now the elder generation of our families though we have couple of older cousins and I have an older sister.
It is a milestone

Our friends like us hopefully have a decade or two

[Daniel]

It kind of put things in perspective.

[CHAS]

Lost one lifelong friend in April and one last week. At a high school reunion in September a list of those that are gone was read. Did not hear my name.