And unto dust you shall return.
Zman dying suddenly got me pondering.
Dude wasn’t even 60. If I recall from his podcasts, I think he was like 58. I’ll be 63 in a few months. I remember sitting on my Dad’s patio chatting. He said his dad (My grandfather) and his father (great grandfather) died at 65, in their sleep. I remember him telling me that would be the way to go, when he goes.
He died at 65. In his sleep.
As I’ve gotten older, it’s become a running joke for me – I like the in the sleep part, the 65 part, notsomuch. Especially the closer I get to it. So it got me thinking. There isn’t but one man in my extended family that made it past 70. I have one uncle that made it to his 90s.
That said, I’m in really good shape for an older dude. Maybe I beat the record. That said, I go through phases of weird shit. Like going woozy if I stand up too fast – usually only at night. I think it’s a med interaction thing. I gave up a maintenance inhaler the lung dude gave me and the problem seemed to go away. But allergies had been plaquing me this month so I started back. Friday early, I got up to deal with Aria wanting to go out and promptly wiped out. I don’t remember anything but the impact. I got up, dealt with Aria and went back to sleep.
Didn’t think anything of it until yesterday. Why was I sore? Oh…yeah…that. I think I hit the wall with my bad shoulder. No clue. I had one PA tell me it was probably dehydration. I had the heart PA tell me, yeah that happens to geezers like you. Stand up slower. Fuggit all.
That said, I’m starting to plan as if checkout at 65 is going to be a thing. I’ve had more than one co-worker die. I don’t plan on working until I’m 70 and dying at my desk whatsoever. Never did, as much as I argued with the investment people and herself back in the day.
From what I understand, even with the misery in the markets, I’m still in pretty good shape to go part time in a year and a half or so. My burn rate on cash is pretty low. Before I moved here, I think the calculation was ~38K I’d have to make. That’s very doable and it’s far cheaper to live here than where I was.
One thing for sure, I need to spend some more time thinking and goofing with a spreadsheet.
Inspected By Pat 
I looked into this kind of situation after Zman. Seems the most likely cause is a genetic heart problem that tends to kick in at a certain age, can go without symptoms for a while. You might want to get regular heart checkups, explain your background. I am not a doctor. Ask a real doctor about it.
I have bad hearts in my family too but some of them drank half a bottle of Irish whiskey a night, genes aren’t destiny.
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