Life Expectancy

[susandennis]

This is nt's fault. He posted this link to calculate life expectancy and I had to click on it. I didn't know all the answers - I have no clue about my blood pressure and colesterol level so I just guessed but otherwise I answered as best I could, I learned that:

"Based on your answers to the above questions, your current life expectancy is 77 years."

This isn't very comforting to me. 77 seems a bit much. I'd be happier with 65 or 70 max. The report then goes on to say: "If you're not happy with the result, consider that by adopting a healthier lifestyle and avoiding various risk factors, you can increase your life expectancy by up to 15 years." It has no pointers for how you decrease... I could take up smoking again I guess. Wait, I just went in and added smoking a pack a day. That only bought me a year.

Comments

[fj.livejournal.com]

I'd recommend race car driving. You get exhilaration, groupies, a way higher chance of death, and no yellow teeth.

[susandennis]

Excellent suggestion!! I'd love groupies and it would take care of my other life goal - to have an action figure made of me. Plus, race car drivers never have to change their own tires.

Perfect solution!!

[joyofmacs.livejournal.com]

I started to fill it out but got all nervous over what the answer may be.

And i do not know my colesterol or blood pressure.

I think I like living in DENIAL. Ain't just a river in Egypt yah know.

[susandennis]

Yeah, if you are interested in as long a a life as possible, they quickly follow up with the usual 'make your current life suck' suggestions - don't eat anything tastey, exercise ever waking minute, think pure thots, etc.

You never know

[spiritgirl.livejournal.com]

Think about George Burns...cigar smoking every day! He was 100 or so, right? Might as well live life...if living is what kills you then so be it. Better to die while living then to die while already dead!

[estis.livejournal.com]

you might want to try http://www.deathclock.com/ just select either normal, optimistic, sadistic or pessimistic as the mode...no need to answer health questions either lol

[susandennis]

That is hilarious. It let's me pick dying at 79, 61, or 5 years ago.

[nt.livejournal.com]

I managed to get mine down to 54 by fibbing and telling it I weighed 400 pounds, smoked and drank constantly, never used a seat belt, etc.

So there's hope for you yet!

[rillifane.livejournal.com]

It gives me 88 years which is believable but probably a bit low. In the entire history of my family from the year 923 CE to the present, no man in my family has died of natural causes younger than age 87 and most of us make it past 90 despite having appalling habits like chain smoking, drinking vast quantities of alcohol and living on diets consisting primarily of lard and refined sugar.