Replies to post #17322 on DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[mingwan0]

Arch, let's hope you are the exception as I look forward to meeting you one of these years at a shareholders meeting! The various groups involved in research really do seem to be making some headway, and it is always nice to see that people find ancestry relevant to their efforts.

[Michiko]

Arch, don´t worry about that!

On my dads side of the family nobody has seen his 50th birthday (as far as I know).
I just turned 56 in July, my brother turned 52 and my sister is 63!

Greetings from Germany and hope to "see" you here again in 20 years ;-)

Michi

[stakddek]

Arch: OT: Don't sweat the 60. You are aware and you are already being caredul, but meanwhile you're still enjoying life to the fullest. Yeah it would be great to live to a hundred and fifty or so, but if I had to spend the last 70 years in bed, well beam me outta here. Okay it's one of those things we sweat like we worried about getting out of Nam or worried about our kids and our parents. It comes with life, and you either live life to the fullest (kick it in the butt), or you crouch in terror at every imagined threat in the dark unknown. Remember those folks who grew old before us had a mighty rough road to hoe. Depression, WWII, Korea and worrying about us when got the family car for our first solo!

We have better medicine, and maybe a better outlook coupled with an understanding of how our bodies work. (No more Twinkies) (Easy on the Jack Daniels) (Pass the Lipitor). There are too many good things to enjoy than to spend the time concerned with a family history that could or could not happen. Hell you know you won't go in bed, (well not from rest) and I'm sure it will be with your boots on.

Those family histories are worth recalling, and they provide a roadmap for us to avoid the ambushes, but they are no sure predictor of time frame.

I don't know the source but:

"If I had known I was gonna' last this long I woulda' taken better care of myself when I was younger."

My mother told me I was born kicking and screaming, so I plan to go out the same way!

Stakddek

[jcryan19]

Having a father die of a heart attack at 38 and a brother at 52 and the rest having problems making it past our 50's I'm with you.

Funny thing is that all these years I thought my father died because of his beer drinking. I don't drink hardly at all (glass of red wine a month) and what am I taking? Lots of blood pressure medicine, It's already affected my kidneys and liver. I have never shirked my medical care.

I'm sure it all comes down to genetics and the way the body deposits fat.

I'm going to walk around the block for you RV buddy, please take care.

Jim