reshaping my world through menopause

Reflecting sometimes humorously on life after 50, plagued by menopause and other maladies of growing older,

Saturday, August 06, 2005

good news/ bad news

It all started when a friend sent me a link to a website that helps you calculate how long you'll live. You start with answering about 12 easy questions, age now, sex, health habits etc. As I answered the first one, my expected age was 83. Then as I continued through the list, the age went up and up and up. I used to joke that I'd live to be 100 because my family has a history of being "long livers" but my view from the other side of 50 has made me think that's not such a good idea. So after answering them all I came out with age of 94, my sister got 93 because she doesn't exercise. Now, why is it that I faithfully walk in the summer and in winter work out? To live an extra year? Anyway all of this just isn't good news to me so I think that after 70 I'm going to take up the pipe and start eating fried food and any other vices that I might have missed along the way. Of course, by then, probably I won't tolerate fried foods.

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