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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PoetryNEmotion · F

I agree that our modern medcine has enabled us to live far longer than ever thought. I have seen people over a hundred, laying in their beds. No speech. Skin and bones. Turned. Fed by tubes. Given suppositories every three days to evacuate their bowels. Seen a woman in her eighties in a coma. Her children not much younger keeping her alive no matter what. Demented people who walk continuously. Unable to communicate. Unable to eat or drink anymore. They do not know how. They cannot swallow even. Families not letting people die because these people cannot accept that death is the natural conclusion to life. It is beyond words. Make sure you have Health Care Directives in place. In addition, a Power of Attorney for health care too. Do not procrastinate. Choose wisely

sree251 · 41-45, M

@PoetryNEmotion Power of Attorney? Sure, if you have the money. Then, the court would even step in to see that every cent is watched over till it runs out. A friend of mine has a 100 year old mother in assisted living in a facility charging $9000 a month. Everyone is concerned about her, of course. She has a war chest of $1.2 million. It's like watching the hour glass till every grain of sand runs out.

PoetryNEmotion · F

@sree251 You can get forms free online and in government offices. Ministry of Transortation. Power of Attorney for an individusl not a government agency. Pick a caring not greedy person. Do not feed the sharks ie lawyers. Everyone seems to like her pie...many fingers grabbing her money.

sree251 · 41-45, M

@PoetryNEmotion Yup, they all want the money. Even your first born son/daughter wants the money. How do you feel about that?

PoetryNEmotion · F

@sree251 No, he does not. He lives a more simple life than me even. Some people are raised right. Others grow to be selfish bastards.