Dying

I don’t think I will ever master the early to bed/early to rise thing.  There just aren’t enough hours in the day and there are far too many things that I want to read.  Anyway, since I used all of my blogging time for reading I will have to keep this short. 

Read this fascinating article in the New York Times: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/how-many-of-you-expect-to-die/?em&ex=1215835200&en=f672050fc5c32451&ei=5087%0A

You expect to die, right?  Because we all will.  But how would you like to die?  Of cancer?  No way!  Of heart or lung failure?  Doesn’t sound that great . . .?  Okay, so you want to settle for frailty and dementia?    40% of Americans die this way.  The fact is, the end of life is often not that great.  Interestingly, the comments on the Times article were strongly biased in favor of suicide and assisted suicide.  I would not have imagined so many would consider that an option.  Of course, I am not sure that the NYTimes is a balanced sample. 

 

Both my parents and my husband’s parents are alive and beginning to get older.  It is very sobering to realize that we and our siblings will have to start making tough choices with them/for them in the years ahead.  It is odd to think about this now, before the storm hits.  I see the storm on the radar, but I can’t predict when it will get here, nor whether it is a hurricane or a snowstorm.

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July 10, 2008 | Filed Under Health 

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2 Responses to “Dying”

  1. Mubfreerry on August 3rd, 2008 7:22 am

    Brilliant!

  2. amelia on January 17th, 2009 8:29 am

    But what about the percentage us who just die in our sleep?

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