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Of course I'm going to die; we're all going to die. You can wiggle your way out of taxes, but you can't outrun the Reaper.
I learned last week that my blood sugar is higher than normal. Only one reading has been at diabetic levels (136, and I may have been slightly dehydrated for the test), but subsequent tests (I now have to prick myself and measure twice daily) have almost all been between 100 and 120 (upper healthy range is 90 or 100). Both sides of my family have had diabetics. And I use an awful lot of sugar in my coffee. So, I may be in the early stages of diabetes. I'm taking glucophage and monitoring my blood sugar, and we'll have to see what happens.
This made me think about my mortality. I'm a morbid guy, so I often think about death, but these kinds of health revelations inevitably increase those thoughts. I'm only 38, and otherwise reasonably healthy (though I could stand to lose 30-40 lbs) so this shouldn't take me down anytime soon.
But someday, I will die. But how?
The purpose of this thread isn't to discuss my blood sugar, but rather to hear from my fellow Polytubbies.
1) How do you think you will die?
2) How do you want to die?
For #2, please don't say "Well, I don't ever want to die" or "Peacefully, in my sleep, at a ripe old age, after a good meal and great sex." These are obvious and uninteresting responses.
For me,
1) I will probably die of heart disease. It runs on my Mom's side of the family, I've had high cholesterol for a while (though it's currently 170), and I still love my cheeseburgers and milkshakes.
2) I want to die thusly: after a lifetime of agnosticism bordering on atheism, the unbelievably enormous Finger Of God slowly descends from the heavens, and as I scream with laughter ('cause the sight drives me insane) squishes me into the ground like a bug.
Next batter!
Of course I'm going to die; we're all going to die. You can wiggle your way out of taxes, but you can't outrun the Reaper.
I learned last week that my blood sugar is higher than normal. Only one reading has been at diabetic levels (136, and I may have been slightly dehydrated for the test), but subsequent tests (I now have to prick myself and measure twice daily) have almost all been between 100 and 120 (upper healthy range is 90 or 100). Both sides of my family have had diabetics. And I use an awful lot of sugar in my coffee. So, I may be in the early stages of diabetes. I'm taking glucophage and monitoring my blood sugar, and we'll have to see what happens.
This made me think about my mortality. I'm a morbid guy, so I often think about death, but these kinds of health revelations inevitably increase those thoughts. I'm only 38, and otherwise reasonably healthy (though I could stand to lose 30-40 lbs) so this shouldn't take me down anytime soon.
But someday, I will die. But how?
The purpose of this thread isn't to discuss my blood sugar, but rather to hear from my fellow Polytubbies.
1) How do you think you will die?
2) How do you want to die?
For #2, please don't say "Well, I don't ever want to die" or "Peacefully, in my sleep, at a ripe old age, after a good meal and great sex." These are obvious and uninteresting responses.
For me,
1) I will probably die of heart disease. It runs on my Mom's side of the family, I've had high cholesterol for a while (though it's currently 170), and I still love my cheeseburgers and milkshakes.
2) I want to die thusly: after a lifetime of agnosticism bordering on atheism, the unbelievably enormous Finger Of God slowly descends from the heavens, and as I scream with laughter ('cause the sight drives me insane) squishes me into the ground like a bug.
Next batter!
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