@MoonMind and
@MiguelATF
My mother died suddenly from the last of half a dozen unsuspected strokes at 63 y.o. She almost certainly had type 2 diabetes, which wasn't really well understood 50 years ago. Both my extant siblings have type 2 diabetes, I haven't.
My father died at 89 y.o. of a sub-dural haematoma after or perhaps caused by a fall. He also had a bad back, which I suspect is hereditary, but neither of my siblings has this.
The only reason I'm alive today is down to excellent medical care, modern advances in medicine (cardiac ablations being just one) and paying meticulous attention to my medications and what I do. I suspect that I haven't got a long shelf life ...
However, we all have one life, so we are all in the same boat. We are born, we have one life, then we die. My elder sister taught me that before she died of breast cancer at 43 y.o.
I would personally choose to have a long, healthy life, then die suddenly. Unfortunately, we do not get to choose.
So I'm an invalid physically (was granted an invalid pension at 63.5 y.o.). Fortunately, my brain still works pretty well. However my back and upper skeleton are pretty bad, and I will probably be taking Targin for the rest of my life to ameliorate the pain. I spend the best part of an hour a day managing and taking medications.
The only time I have no pain is when I'm in our swimming pool at around 25°C+. That's bliss! Because of Raynaud's disease, the water has to be at or above that 25°. The solar energy people have now fixed the buggered pool blanket electric roller, and the water temperature is now over 21°C. There is an enormous heat pump (about 7 kW, at full power) and an 8 kW solar panel system that powers it. Allows me to swim for 5-6 months a year.
How fortunate to be born in the first world, and fortunate to be able to afford such amazing luxuries as all of the above! Most are not so fortunate, as I am keenly aware.