re: You Ever Knew Someone Who Simply Died Of Old Age?

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If not, then no one can say there wasn't an underlying cause. Otherwise, why do some people live to be over 100 and others "die of old age" in their 80s and early 90s?

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Because there's this thing called genes. Scientists have been doing a big project on it for a few decades.

My paternal grandmother. 102 years old.

I know what you mean and agree with you. There really is no cause of death that is literally "old age". Either the heart craps out or whatever in the elderly person and that's the cause of death.

I think by "old age" people just mean nothing obvious or apparent like heart attack, organ failure, etc and if the person was elderly they just chalk it up to that.

Your heart doesn't just stop beating one day on its own. Some medical condition causes it to stop. Old age isn't a condition.

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Your heart doesn't just stop beating one day on its own. Some medical condition causes it to stop. Old age isn't a condition

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I've heard that theoretically the human body can last for about 120 years. At that point the parts will start wearing out.

From then on you'll need the synchronicity.

Maw maw was 87.

She and Dad had lunch every Wednesday.

One Tuesday night she put her card out (they always “fought” over who got to pay) set the alarm, and went to bed. Dad found her in bed the next day when he went to pick her up.

If I live to 87 and go in my sleep, I would consider myself very fortunate.

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OweO
i wish you were older

a LOT older

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I wish you would take a water bottle, fill it with antifreeze.. Then guzzle it.

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your first

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You mean you first?

My grandma died of “old age”. She was over 100 years old. Just lost the desire to eat or drink over the course of 1-2 months. Had hospice on board the last 3 weeks or so. No infection, uti, or anything, so I’m guessing just an electrolyte imbalance from malnutrition that led to an arrhythmia. Never checked a BMP or CBC in the last month, but I would be curious about what her K/Mg levels were just before death. Urine was relatively concentrated, but still urinating, so I doubt kidney failure.

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She woke screaming in pain as her osteoporotic bones starting collapsing (talking everything including her lumbar spine which is very thick bone usually).



Damn never heard of that

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She essentially died physically from the massive organ failure resulting from the lack of supporting skeleton. It was really more like the shock/stress of the pain though that killed her.

Flip a coin. Shock/stress from pain or organ failure. End result was the same, about 2 hours of pain so bad nothing could block it, then death. Wouldn't be surprised to eventually run into a Dr. who tells me he OD her on morphine to end her suffering really. My Aunt who was there said she waaaay spaced out from the morphine but still in pain.