God I've thought about this a lot ...
Since 2004, in less than a year and a half, my mother died, my husband's father died and his mother died (they passed away within 24 hours of each other after having been divorced for 36 years, how weird is that). We got really good at planning funerals, nobody had made any plans ...
My father died when I was a kid, emphysema, long, slow, ugly and he was conscious every moment of it. Jesus I don't want that (part of what motivated me to quit smoking), but the real bitch of it is he made it to 62, last three months on a ventilator or not, and he hit a BENCHMARK age wise for his family. They ALL freaking went of heart attacks or lung cancer. His father died at the ripe old age of 45, heart attack. My father had HIS first heart attack at like 41 ... his son, my half brother, has had 3 coronary operations so far ...
My mother went as a result of a cerebral aneurysm that actually re-ruptured after it had been operated on. She was 67. It wasn't so bad. She didn't suffer at least, and was pretty happy if a little off balance and sort of disconnected. Her one brother supposedly went from a cerebral aneurysm in his 50s or so.
So, I figure it's going to be, in order of likelihood:
1. Heart attack, or some other pulmonary event (sometime after menopause)
2. MVA. Husband and I cover a lot of miles together in the car.
3. Cerebral aneurysm (my personal favorite).
4. Lung cancer/emphysema (I'm really hoping I dodge this one, but I did smoke for 20 or so years ...).
I keep meaning to get things preplanned/prepayed. My son is a dingbat ... he'd put off getting my carcass taken care of ...
Happy Valentines day ...
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