Do you or do you not eat or drink to much, work like heck in your hey day, walk a mile every day or pick the right grandparents ect..?
2007-09-24 10:57:42 · 22 answers · asked by hilbamabush 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Well by all rights, I probably shouldn't be here at all. I'm about
at the end of an earlier prognosis, that I had about ten years or so to live, after being diagnosed with Congestive Heart
Failure, and a floppy valve. I already had Diabetes, high BP,
and elevated colesterol, Asthma and allergies.Plus I have a
mass near my liver that they are keeping watch over. I seem to have inherited all the bad health issues my parents had, and then some.
People are surprised to learn I am on a downhill slide, as
I don't look sick or my age. I still feel I have alot of living to do,
but one never knows, if they will wake up the next day when
they have alot of stress on an over enlarged heart. So I keep
going and going and going, like he energizer bunny. And try
to keep a good outlook and find the humor in life, when I can.
I also enjoy the simple things in life as well. Especially watching the squirrels and little birds who come to eat the
seeds we put out daily. The best things in life, really are free.
2007-09-25 07:43:32 · answer #1 · answered by Lynn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to your question is simple: VERY CAREFULLY, DEAR.
I did all of the things you mentioned and still walk the mile everyday. I think my genes had a lot do do with making it through this life, so far.
I eat fairly carefully now, though not diabetic, to maintain what's left.
Life is good and I intend to enjoy every minute of it that I can.
2007-09-24 21:03:50 · answer #2 · answered by Cranky 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
12 years ago my doctor told me that with in 5 yrs. I would be in a wheel chair and in another 5yrs. I would be in a nursing home or dead. I made up my mind that I would not set and wait for this to happen. I'm still walking and I exercise every day but most of all I keep a positive attitude and I don't worry about it. I know that one day the pale rider will come but I will not be setting around waiting for him, he will have to run like h--- to catch me.
2007-09-25 09:45:35 · answer #3 · answered by hdean45 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has a part of my answer but the real reason for me is living for today ,doing what needs doing and like others have said ,don't sweat the little stuff. I had high cholesterol,high blood pressure a chemical imbalance but with treatment Ive managed to get this far. I've often said, life goes on whether you want it to or not.
2007-09-24 22:52:23 · answer #4 · answered by Donna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, seems like yesterday I was 18, I woke up this morning and I am 57, but it has been a heck of a ride and I loved every minute, even the difficult ones!
Humor helps relieve stress!
2007-09-24 18:11:33 · answer #5 · answered by slk29406 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Willpower. Pure & simple...I have the will to live, no matter how difficult it gets. I'm too chicken sh-- to attempt suicide because if I fail, then I will be forced to live with my failure & that's not a pretty thought! I enjoy the challenge of daily life & I embrace the bad, just as I do the good! I live in the moment & I don't rely on dreams or dwell on the past. It works for me...finally!
2007-09-24 18:33:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most of it can be attributed to genetics. I know the history of my ancestry back to the 10th Century A.D. None of my male ancestors died of natual causes before the age of 80. Right now my body weight is identical to what it was when I first enlisted in the Navy fifty years ago.
2007-09-24 18:26:51 · answer #7 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess I picked the right grandparents; although one grandfather died in a fall, the other lived well into his 80s, and both grandmothers lived into their 90s!
2007-09-24 18:05:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well breathing in air helps a lot, along with feeding the body. I also work a 40 hour week and I think young..
2007-09-24 18:34:44 · answer #9 · answered by lynda 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One day at a time, buddy. One day at a time. And I have enjoyed every minute and shall continue to do so until I am pushing up daisies.
2007-09-24 18:06:05 · answer #10 · answered by huckleberry 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋