[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

When my mother was born (1929), life expectancy was 57.1 years. 12 years ago, a Dr. told her if she didn't have chest-cracked-open heart surgery, she would be dead in a year, maybe 2. She opted to not have the surgery, didn't want to spend a year recovering.

She will be 95 in eight weeks.

My dad was born in 1928, with a then-life expectancy of 56.8. He lived 10 weeks shy of his 90th. His health habits were far from the best - fairly sedentary his entire life and went from drinking coffee in the morning to wine in the evening with very little water ever. He even had open-stomach surgery for ulcers, back in the day before they realized an antibiotic could fix them.

Not too shabby.

I've never had a single childhood disease. Occasional cold, flu, or a sinus infection, but never had mumps, measles, mono, chickenpox, covid or anything else like that. Multiple surgeries for broken bones, ligaments, etc though.

This tells me to not put a lot of stock in NCHS data charts I guess.

BRAVO & I mean it sincerely. I also come from pretty healthy, long lived stock. (We're talking both Grams hit the big 3 digit number). Best wishes to your Mom.