How long do you expect to live?

I have bipolar so I have been told 50-60 years, but I don't drink, smoke or eat unhealthy food so I'm hoping to break the statistics. Fingers crossed.

[quote] I think it's possible I could live another 50 years

But would you want to?

Our current society is full of division and hatred. Our current generation of millennial transexuals nut jobs will then have control over the older generations.

I have two great uncles who turned 97 and 98 last month. And their older sister, my great aunt, is turning 101 this month. Both my grandmothers lived to be just over 96, one grandfather died at 91 and the other in his late 80s (he had a series of health issues). Five of my eight great-grandparents lived to be well over 90.

There is no history of cardiac or heart disease or related issues in either side of my family, and little to no cancer (one instance of colon cancer, a great-grandfather). No diabetes either. My siblings and I believe we have a very good chance of living well into our 90s, with continued good health and healthcare.

Till shortly after the flash

My people live into their 90s and it terrifies the fuck out of me.

I'll be eating cat food and sleeping in haystacks by that age.

I hate retirement homes. I'd rather be in jail. That's my ambition. I've got to do something to be put in supermax. It looks all right compared to Sunset Pasture Nursing Facility. Healthcare is better, too. And you get your own toilet.

R5 Yes. Decrepitude is AWFUL!

My great grandfather lived to 100, his daughter, my grandmother lived to 80. My mother lived to 70, father 60, so I'm guessing I'll be dropping anytime now, as I turned 50 not long ago.

I'm not concerned about how long I have. I'm concerned about right now. This minute. That I was privileged to receive an invitation to this awesome party called Life and want to experience and enjoy as much as I can for as long as Life lasts. So that when the Angel of Death comes for me, I can genuinely thank him for keeping me at the bottom of his list long enough for me to fully savor and appreciate this unique, weird and wonderful opportunity called Life. An opportunity that I will never have again. Ever.

76 years, one hundred eighty three days, six hours, twelve minutes, fifty five seconds.

R1 I have it too. Age 62.

R8 = Auntie Mame.

I just turned 30 I don’t drink nor smoke and I eat healthy but idk I hope to live til 80

I'm 42. Crazy longevity genes (for all non smokers and I don't smoke) on both sides of my family. All my great grandparents and grandparents lived or are alive past 85. And most past 90.

Except, of course, for the glaring exception of my father who had a heart attack at 44.

So who knows.

I actually think the key to a long life is a mix of mindset and luck. Honestly, looking within my own family, it's generally the pig-headed, stubborn, not overly worried about their health types who live forever, while the uptight, health freaks tend to die early. Case in point, my material grandparents smoked from about 16 to 65(ish), drank, never watched what they ate, my granny rarely took her medication too, and they both lived to around 90 and both died in their sleep within about two years of each other. On the other hand, my aunt who was into yoga, a vegetarian, worked out every day, ate her weight in supplements died at 48 of a heart attack.

Concerning bipolar. My grandfather was manic depressive, also had diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, severe arthritis...and lived till 95 in his own home, mowing his own half acre every week. Sharp and with it till the day he died despite old age and mental illness. A wonder really.

Our mother is 104!

My father was at least 40 kg overweight for most of his life. Quintuple by-pass, diabetes, high blood pressure, cholestrol through the roof, sedentary. He took a fistful of tablets to counteract all of his bad lifestyle habits. He died 2 months short of 92 years old. I used to think that a healthy eating habits and exercise was the best way to promote health and longevity. Now? Fuck that shit! Eat whatever I want, stuff myself with tablets, live to 92, just like my father.

I’m bipolar and 47. Short of suicide, I’m dying in 15 years why? The meds? This is news to me.

R18 Basically yes, the meds. It's skewed a bit because people with bipolar often smoke and drink, but 50-60 years is the average for people with bipolar who don't die from suicide.

However, just because that's the statistic, doesn't mean you can't beat it.

I'm in decent health, but the simple aches and pains that accompany being in my 60s make the idea of living to my 90s not very appealing, to be honest. I still enjoy life and am enjoying retirement, so I hope I don't check out anytime soon. But being in my 90s? Outliving most of the people I care about who haven't died already? You can have it.

that depends, Will I be able to access The Datalounge in the great hereafter? If not, next Tuesday.

Thanks r19.

No Problem. I try not to worry about it too much but physical health has become a priority since I hit my 40s. Just try and stay fit and healthy. :)

I’m 62 now, having been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. My memory and my ability to perform certain activities have diminished. My niece insists she will take me in when it is time. I don’t want her to have to do that, but my finances have about a ten year period before I run out. Medical bills may bite into it significantly. I don’t want to sound morbid, but it is the reality I am facing. I will enjoy the rest of my life as best I can.

My mom and her parents all died at 78. All cardiovascular issues. My dad died at 68 and his dad at 76. My paternal grandmother died young due to breast cancer. Not sure what age, but it was 15-20 years before I was born.

My moms side of the family is all cardiovascular and my dad and both his parents died of cancer. My aunt(dad’s sister) currently has breast cancer, she’s in her early 80s so she’s forgoing treatment. My cousin(that aunt’s daughter) died of breast cancer that had metastasized to her brain and lungs in her 40s.

So, I’m guessing I’ll drop dead of cancer young or have a heart attack or stroke. I just hope the stroke kills me because I have no kids or family and I sure as hell will not live my last years in a fucking nursing home.

My family is riddled with various forms of cancer on one side, and heart disease on the other. I am not confident of reaching an old age.

I'm 68, my parents are healthy mid-90s both my grandfathers lived until they were 98 and my last living grandmother lived until 104. The flip side is my other grandmother and sister died of cancer in their 60s. So, I'm either looking at a 100, or any day now

Not much fuckin longer one hopes!

I'm about the same age as you, OP. All my grandparents lived well into their 90s, one even made it to a few months shy of 100. They were all of sharp mind until the very end except one who didn't get dementia until her 90s. Both my parents were drinkers and smokers and had myriad health problems early on as a result. I'm only a very occasional drinker and have never smoked and keep relatively active, so I'm thinking another 50 years too, unless climate change or a freak accident or a mass shooter get me first.

I, 59, always get a kick out of these centenarians who are asked what their secrets are to long life. I haven't heard one consistent answer yet.

My mom just turned 100 last week, still mentally sound. . But she's an outlier. She's the oldest of 5 siblings, and all the others preceded her in death. My grandparents died at 65, 64, 75, and 84. My father at 87. I have some health issues, so even though I eat a very healthy diet, exercise, and take immaculate care of myself, I think I'll be lucky to make 80 unless the great meteor in the sky takes us all out before then. It's weird to think that 74 is the average age of death of men in the US now, after 2+ years of COVID and with the opioid epidemic. That seems very young to me, but it's a reminder that cancers and heart disease take out a lot of men, so I don't think we can all correctly assume we'll live into our 90s

The older I get, I sometimes think we each have an invisible sign around our neck stating the age and manner of our death. Cancer, heart disease, or accidents are all good bets. My mom died at 54, dad at 81. I am 59, and still feel about 25 most days, except for maybe less energy. I have no idea when my number gets called; I just hope to one day go to sleep as always, then the end. You know, like in that movie, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir!

If I were to die tomorrow, I'd be okay with it.

R15. Thank you.

R24 I’m so sorry.

I'm 63. My father had a heart attack at 43, had bypass surgery at 54, and died of colon cancer at 62. My mother died at 88, but she refused to ever go to a doctor, so who knows what she had? Splitting the difference, I'm guessing 10 more years for me.

My mother lived to 65 but she had chronic ill health. Her mother lived to age 90. Her father died at 55 from cancer. My father lived to 93 and his mother died at the same age. His father died from emphysema at 75. I have three brothers and I’m the middle child. My younger brother thinks I’ll outlive everyone because he thinks I have less anxiety than our brothers.

37 now, so 50 tops. If I don't kill myself before

Probably well into my 90s..

Gosh, that’s 70 years to go!

If I don’t kill myself probably my late 80s early 90s

I'm 43, and I have sufficient.

I honey e to live through tonight.

R19 - Yes. Jeremy 'Sherlock Holmes' Brett had complications between his meds and his heart condition, plus of course his smoking.

Quality of life is far more important than the quantity of it.

Most people in my family died fairly young, but they also weren't exactly beacons of health. Lots of smoking, and lots of drinking all around. One of my grandmothers died of heart disease before she reached 50, but she could have prevented it by having surgery and opted not to out of fear. My grandfather was a type 1 diabetic who died of heart failure in his early sixties caused by extreme hyperglycemia that had gone on for years (he simply did not take care of himself whatsoever—no attention to his insulin shots, plus he was an extreme alcoholic, which is a dangerous combination with diabetes). My great grandmothers on both sides lived into their 80s though. I grew up with a chronic congenital heart condition and honestly didn't expect to live past my twenties, but I had open-heart surgery when I turned thirty and am still ticking. I also inherited the type 1 diabetes, which I try to manage as best as I can, but I go through rough patches with it. I figure I'll be lucky if I make it into my late sixties.

My parents are still living at 70 and 65. My paternal grandfather and -mother lived to 41 and 99, respectively. My maternal grandfather and -mother lived to 61 and 86, respectively.

My paternal great-grandparents were 92, 63, 82 and 87. All I know about my maternal great-grandparents is that one of them died aged 28, twelve days after my grandmother was born.

I'm 69, and 10 years ago I wouldn't have bet you a dime I would be alive today. My mother died at 63 and my father died at 72. All my grandparents (save my paternal grandfather who died accidentally in his 40s) lived into their late 80s and 90s. I have multiple non life threatening health issues (arthritis, bursitis, neuropathy in both arms, & glaucoma), just the typical maladies of advancing age. The only medications I take on a daily basis are an anti-inflammatory for the 'itises', and drops for the glaucoma. Otherwise I am hale & hearty and quite frankly, never get sick, at least "sick" sick. My blood pressure is at the low end of normal for my age and never varies. So, if things keep going well I guess it's entirely possible I could live well into my 80s, or maybe even longer. I know there's no guarantee as I could drop dead while I'm typing this post, but so far things are looking far better for me than many others I know my age.

Besides, I need to stay alive as long as possible. I've got 3 cats I adopted a year & a half ago when someone put the pregnant mother cat out near my house. As there was no one else to take them & taking them to the Humane Society was never even a thought, I took on the responsibility. At times I think maybe those sweet kitties are one reason I am as healthy as I am. They need me and I have to stay healthy for them.

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If you have a parent or grandparent who lived past 90, you have the longevity gene. There are lots of online tests that ill tell you your probable age at death, based on your habits and family history. For those of you with heart disease in your family, I suggest getting your heart checked out before an event occurs. There's a lot you can do to prevent one.

81 or 82

After that, judging by most people I see at that age, I'll be getting decrepit, talking incessantly about my doctors and scheduling my entire life around appointments with them, and needing to cut out all the the things that make life enjoyable so that I can liver longer.

erm, 'live longer'

I'm in my late 50's and I don't think that I will get to my late 60's nor do I want to. The last 20 years have been terrible for me and there is no reason to hope that the next 10-20 will be good.

I hope by age 90 because that's when my planners and I have plotted my money running out leaving a $0 estate.

Once smoked like chimney and drank like a fish so I feel confident I'll check out before then.

Feel A-OK now at 67 however.

Will still have SS and pension coming past 90 though.

'Til I'm good and ready to die!

All of my grandparents lived to their 80s and 90s, only half with dementia and the ones that did get dementia were in their 90s when they started showing signs of it. However, both my parents were hippies and did a lot of drugs and drank and smoke and didn't exercise and ate like shit their entire lives. As a result, they're both totally disabled in their 60s. I'm Generation X and the predictions for the quality of life and longevity of people of my generation are not awesome. But I'm doing my best to take off these pandemic pounds and exercise every day and maybe the odds will be in my favor, if the planet doesn't die out first.

^ LOL. Or like Elizabeth the Queen Mother who drank gin like water.

Wow - am I the only one with cancer genes? 80% died before 72 of cancer, 50% before 65. Have had 2 siblings and 5 cousins who died or are currently being treated for cancer before the age of 55. I have now been tested and have BRCA - one of the few cancer genes scientists have been able to identify.

I’ve always lived knowing there is a good chance I’d die young. I never had the carefree life or long term career goals of most. Now I’m 52, retired 2 years ago and am ready for cancer to hit at any point. I feel I’ve lived well and am trying to make the most out of life before the diagnosis. (And despite the hype about screening, the reality is most cancers can not be effectively screened for).

43. One grandmother lived to 105, just died a few years ago, but she was a remarkably low-stress person. My mother, 73, has heart failure and won't make it to 80, and my father died of cancer at 71. I'm a former smoker with an anxiety disorder, I think I'll probably check out in my 70s. I'm paranoid about cancer after my father's diagnosis so I screen actively, I doubt that's what will get me. Heart issues seem more likely.

I was just diagnosed with an enlarged heart and thickened walls ( which make it more difficult when the heart is supposed to relax and fill with blood). I’m waiting to meet with the cardiologist and will ask him about my new life expectancy. I suspect I just lost 5-10 years.

My Scottish grandmother died at 96 (and she challenged God to take her!) My other grandmother died at 91, still driving safely three weeks before she died. One grandfather died of a sudden unexpected heart attack in 1954 at the age of 47. My Scottish grandfather was killed in North Africa during WW2 at the age of 31, leaving my grandmother and two daughters behind.

Mom died at 74 of dementia-related issues. Dad is still holding on at 88, but struggling.

So I don't know where I'm going to fall. I'm 60 years old with immediate medical issues, knock on wood.

I hope at least 100. I'm curious to see what 2100 is like for human civilization.

It’s possible OP……..

You’re gonna live forever if the good die young.

R53 Me too. When I planned to have enough money to live until age 90, it seemed pretty unlikely I’d make it to that age. Now I’m not so sure. I live a pretty comfortable life, so if necessary, I can cut way back on expenses to make my money last longer. Of course, inflation is a factor, too.

An old lady who lives a few doors up from my mum just died a few weeks ago, she was or would have been 106 this year, my mum didn’t know her birthday. She lived in a 3 bedroom house with no carers. Her daughter called around everyday with shopping etc Nobody had seen her for a few years now.

R60 No you should not expect to have lost 5 to 10 years of life.

What you describe is cardiac hypertrophy. Meds can treat it.

No male on either side of my family has lived past 70. Mostly heart disease. My Dad died of a stroke six months after a heart attack. I’m his age now and have heart disease. Am I worried?

No. What killed him 40 years ago can be fixed in an afternoon today. Today, better nutrition and medical care now have made what were widow-makers into manageable conditions. I expect I’ll make it to 80 or so.

R60 Ask the cardiologist if inputting your information into the Seattle Heart Failure Study website’s calculator would be predictive for your condition. They ask about lab and test results you’ve gotten as well as what treatments (meds, pacemaker, cardioversion, etc.) you’ve received and predict an expected lifespan. It tells me that with my pacemaker/defibrillator and the five cardiac meds I take that I should expect to live to 84. I’d be happy with that assuming I can still take care of myself by then.

Keep in mind that a lot of the worst issues we deal with medically occur when we’re in our 40’s and 50’s. If cancer, heart disease, drinking, smoking, accidents, substance abuse and/or stress haven’t killed you by the time you’re 60, you can expect to have more time left on earth, not less.