Do You Ever Stop and Think About Your Own Mortality

[HereWeGoAgain]

Oh god
Bad timing for this post and me

Of course it is.

 

[Road Runner]

As some have pointed our many fear physical and mental decline more than death itself. I'm 82 and a 'living legend' among my family and others. I started taking serious care of my health in my mid 30's and it has paid off. I have had a few bumps in the road since but have recovered pretty well from them.

Wow, you're eighty-two? I never would have guessed,but that's incredible!!

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Why? What's wrong?

Nothing serious,he just complains all the time.

 

[1srelluc]

Nursing home is usually a death sentence.

Well rehab is closer to the truth, one wing for that and another wing for long-term....I just have to walk past the long-term folks to get to her room.

She did a stint at the same place after a hip replacement. Of course at 89 you never know. At least it's part of the hospital if something goes south.

 

[whitehall]

Another alternative is to donate your body to science. It doesn't matter if they leave your corpse in a tree or let the coyotes eat it up or give it a dignified burial, it's just dead meat and you aren't there.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Nothing serious,he just complains all the time.

He's a Fruit Basket...

 

[Ridgerunner]

Here is what I think about... I look at my card everyday...

Willed Body Program – John A. Burns School of Medicine

Pictured: Willed Body mourners walk to the seaside, to watch grateful University of Hawaii medical students, in canoes, distribute the remains of body donors in

jabsom.hawaii.edu

 

[sparky]

It's just that nobody really wants to talk about death, but I find if you do talk about some things that are hard to talk about like that especially if they're unavoidable, then it sort of makes it a little bit better and easier to handle

A near death experience as a teen had me going in /out as i lay broken in the winter road.

Shock is a funny thing, everything is so surreal , a kaleidoscope of sounds and visuals that don't make sense ......

I was scared, wondering if the next time i lost consciousness was going to be it

that was the first time i saw this patch on a jacket.....

~S~

 

[Road Runner]

A near death experience as a teen had me going in /out as i lay broken in the winter road.

Wow, what happened? Did you see Heaven or Jesus or anything?

 

[sparky]

Wow, what happened?

driver of a buick gave me flying lessons

Did you see Heaven or Jesus or anything?

close, but no cigar

~S~

 

[Quasar44]

Why? What's wrong?

Sorry
Won’t derail
Thx

 

[Quasar44]

Aging and dying is a natural process. Your mind will be ready for death about the same time your body is.

Excellent way to say it

 

[Quasar44]

Of course it is.

I am drinking a beer now

 

[Road Runner]

close, but no cigar

Limbo?

 

[Quasar44]

Limbo?

In the next century: humans will be able to slow down the aging process and instead of 70 ..it may be 700

 

[sparky]

Limbo?

two ems folks saved my life

it was probably just another routine call for them

for me, it was rather profound

I spend 30 years in the system, because i felt i owed

~S~

 

[Road Runner]

In the next century: humans will be able to slow down the aging process and instead of 70 ..it may be 700

If I was in great health I might want to live to be that old.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I am drinking a beer now

Good idea.

 

[Road Runner]

Good idea.

Eh, I'm more of a wine and Margarita person.

 

[Quasar44]

I think about death yes
I don’t see it as negative but a part of the life process