You can now live very long: what are your plans for old age?
Posted on: February 17, 2009
You can now live very long: what are your plans for old age? (February 14, 2009)
With the current progress in the medical field you can prolong your life 150 years. If you ca afford it then there are no major barriers to live very old and functional too with a basic sane body. The gene for longevity was discovered in 1998; the cell was extracted from a bacterium that can withstand massive doses of irradiation, heat, cold and then can reconstruct its ADN.
After fifty the outer membrane of your eye is no longer supple; then you can replace it; it is a very common operation. At the age of 110 the aorta has to be replaced; it is done frequently. At the age of 150 your skin is totally useless; then collagen is injected; actually you don’t have to wait that long; the injections are performed in young bodies. Like an old car, new organs (or spare parts) are transplanted; it is done already with countless organs and even produced in laboratory from cell stumps.
There are on the market many hormones targeted for longevity such as growth hormone EPO, melatonin, Viagra, and the hormone DHEA for longevity; all of these hormones are secreted by the glands but they can be artificially produced to supplement the aging body.
I would be curious to know the variety of alternatives for padding your spare time when you grow old, functional and relatively sane, bodily and mentally. Send me your plans; let them be imaginative. Your plans don’t have to be so damned practical to correspond to our current conditions of aging since the remedies are already available.
I wish in my old age to have a team of helpers visit me once a week, all the team on the same day so that I might reserve the week for my activities and reflections in solitude. This team should bring all the essential provision for a week, just enough to survive because I need to feel short on provision by the end of the week and keep struggling with the survival process; that is a sure way of keeping alive and balanced. This team will maintain and repair the house and do paperwork or administrative tasks. I guess all elder people are not to be bothered with driving and hitting the various administrations; they have done their share of stupid slave work.
In my old age, all that I want to do during the week is be able to see; read, write, and publish; I don’t mind having good hearing: that would be a blessed bonus. I would also follow the news and see movies on cables. It would be nice to have my relatives, nieces, and nephews to visit me occasionally when they need a listening ear: it is always great to recollect the troubles of youth and their struggle for life. I would like to be invited for a swim or to a skiing resorts so that I can refresh my visuals of the newer activities of youth.
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