Old age is not natural.

It just doesn't happen in the wild where the lifestyle is healthy and every animal is physically fit and active.

We, on the other hand, propped up by modern medicine, live way past our sell-by dates like shriveled brown leaves clinging to branches of trees in the harshness of winter.

It's not natural.

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DrWatson · 70-79, M

On the other hand, while "propped up" by modern medicine, we can be physically fit and active far longer than people used to be.

I am 71 and consider myself physically active. Years ago that would have been unusual. Today it is not.

And even if I reach a point where am not active, I hope there is a gap between that and becoming a shriveled brown leaf!