re: How long do you want to live?

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If someone has to change my diapers and turn me over to prevent bed sores.

I don't want to be around.

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My grandmother (died at 99) used to say that she didn't want her flu shot because the flu and subsequent pneumonia was an "old persons friend". Her daughters talked her into getting flu shots despite her old age. She ended her life pretty well compared to others with only the last 6 months being bed ridden. Although I'm positive she would've rather died a few years before if it meant avoiding being bed ridden.