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Originally Posted by driveway
Well, the end result of that slow destruction occurs in the later years of one's life (generally) when one is enfeebled anyway, so my mentality is "would I rather have perfect lungs when my hips/eyes/knees/back/heart/kidney/liver doesn't work anyway, or would I rather have some really good times when I'm young and healthy?"
Also, I believe that by the time I'm old and suffering, they will have invented tiny robots that will live in my body and absolve me of the consequences of poor decisions made in my youth.
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My uncle was not enfeebled in his older age. It can also happen when one is quite younger too. Lung Cancer is not just a disease of the aged.
There's an elderly lady in our gym that's in her 70's. She hikes in the mountains on a regular basis and has a fitness level that is better than some of the younger people that use the facility. The pont is you can have relatively good health in your later years if you take better care of your health when your younger
