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How does one die of old age?
by trallnag 2mo ago
How does one die of old age?
- nchmy 2mo agoIt's a bit of a facetious question, hence the downvotes, but I do think you have a point. You die of something - perhaps they're saying that people simply just... ran out of life/energy/steam and pass in their sleep? It does seem like the ideal situation.
- the_real_cher 2mo agoMy grandfather just went to sleep one night and never woke up. Mid 70's. It's clearly for 'some' reason but it wasn't some long drawn out illness like cancer or some sort of progressive congestive heart failure. Everyone just chalks that up to old age.
- kakacik 2mo agoSo probably things like aneurysm, burst artery in the brain, heart attack, blood clots arriving to lungs and so on. But then there is also this shutdown where body starts switching off organs one by one, and hospital personnel know this well since its visible to trained eye, and known as time of no return. My grandfather went away like that.
- the_real_cher 2mo agoYeah I'm not familiar with that way but it makes sense! Old age is rough but I would rather go out that way than a long drawn out terminal illness.