livendive 8 #26 August 9, 2005 It would depend on the situation (whether or not I believed them), but I'd get my affairs in order and then move my "acceptable risk" line quite a bit farther into the red zone than it currently is. My insurance pays a hell of a lot more money to my heirs if I die in an accident than if I die from an illness. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benforde 0 #27 August 9, 2005 you had to wait for the "bad news" to do that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RumBum 0 #28 August 9, 2005 Research shows that living leads to dying in 100% of cases. But if I were on a time crunch I would quit my job in a heartbeat and try to squeeze in as much travel and fun and SCUBA and skydiving and kayaking and white water rafting and cliff diving and hang gliding and whatever else struck my fancy as possible. Screw dying slowly in a hospital. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #29 August 9, 2005 QuoteWhat would you do with those 6 months? What is my decision?..well I would make every day count..and feel comfortable that I made the right decisions for ME that day...I would keep Damien in my life..and I would make sure my parents (Linda and Carl)knew how much I love them...as well as my brother(another Carl) and his five kids: Trey, Blake, Cassidy, Cole, and Christian...Aunt Katee Loves you all so much! like others have said, if you aren't making every day count already, start NOW!!! you may only have 6 months and not know it. you might have until thei afternoon, you may have 80 years. shouldn't waste any of it."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,990 #30 August 9, 2005 >What is my decision?..well I would make every day count..and feel >comfortable that I made the right decisions for ME that day... Why don't you do that stuff now? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #31 August 9, 2005 I have quite the same theory that Bill suggests. I see ALOT of car wrecks out here: people laying in the streets after being run over people shot becuase the are walking in the right part of town at a bad time. if it were Cancer you still have a chance to fight it. You have warning. You can take your stand and fight it for as long as you can.with a speeding car and bullets. you don't have much of a chance. Or warning for that matter. I would hate to have just gotten into an arguement with my g/f or had said some shitty things to someone out of anger and than dissappear forever withoutbeing able to tell them that I didn't really mean it If I had 6 months? I would live ALMOST like I am living now I wouldnt change too many thingsMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirMail 0 #32 August 9, 2005 Get a second opinion. P--- It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #33 August 9, 2005 BHAHAH!! good call. I bet if you tell the doctor "well, then don't send me a bill because I won't have time to pay it." he'll suddenly give you a yearMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #34 August 9, 2005 Quote>What is my decision?..well I would make every day count..and feel >comfortable that I made the right decisions for ME that day... Why don't you do that stuff now? Exactly. I'd like to think I do that now. I got a wake-up call two years ago when I was hit by a car (as a pedestrian). No, i wasn't close to death that day, but it made me realize that any day could be my last. Just under a year later I was hanging from the strut of a 182 on my first static line jump! Stop waiting for "someday" ..."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hemphog 0 #35 August 9, 2005 Do what you want, now. Don't put it off. If I were crippled or taking my last breaths 10 mins from now, I'd be going out with a grin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Ya we'll rape the local objects, and maybe do some jumps too!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hottamaly 1 #36 August 9, 2005 Quotehmmm...interesting thought. Quit my job and spend the next 6 months doing whatever I've always wanted to do (i.e. white water rafting, scuba dive, etc.). Ensure that I spent some quality time with those that mean something to me. Write a letter to each and every one that I care about (put in an envelope with a stamp on it) to be mailed on the day of my death. Make a video to be played at my funeral/wake. Ensure that those who are close know that I want to be cremated and an ash dive done. Make sure they know who is to do the ash dive. Have a post written to be posted saying bye to those here on DZ.com. Ensure that people know not to morn that I am gone but to celebrate that I was. hmm...think that's about it. I couldn't have said it any better, other than I'd add that I'd have to travel real fast to see all that I want to see before I die. Skydiving gave me a reason to live I'm not afraid of what I'll miss when I die...I'm afraid of what I'll miss as I live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #37 August 9, 2005 QuoteWhat would you do with those 6 months? Simply put.....whatever the fuck I wanted to. Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #38 August 9, 2005 Sell up (also take out a MASSIVE loan!! Ha that would show them!!) and travel. Life the next 6 months like they were my last Take the time to be nice (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HydroGuy 0 #39 August 9, 2005 1. I'd get lots of second and third opinions 2. I'd go to natural/alternative healthcare professionals (yoga, chiropractic, accupuncture etc) 3. I'd move somewhere with no smog 4. I'd eat nothing but organic and natural foods 5. Sell my cypress if I owned oneGet in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jasonRose 0 #40 August 9, 2005 First thing I would be walking up to my boss and punching him in the mouth. That would pretty much take care of my job! Then I would sell everything I owned minus my rig ,of course, then take a huge loan out and max all my credit cards. After that it would be traveling, skydiving and hanging with my girl and friends until the end. Of course a few minutes before my scheduled departure from this earth I would punch my boss, his wife and mom right in the mouth. You can figure out why his mom! Some day I will have the best staff in the world!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #41 August 10, 2005 I've been thinking about this since I first saw it posted and I think I've come up with my plan. I'd go out Bonnie and Clyde style. Heck I might just do that anyway. Edited for wording. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DickMcMahon 0 #42 August 10, 2005 QuoteKeep flyin' WEST! Actually, you should keep going EAST, shouldn't you? Going around the world headed EAST will give you another day after crossing the Intn'l Date Line. _________________________ Website: Dick’s Stuff The reason skydivers party so much at the end of the day is because they're glad they survived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #43 August 10, 2005 QuoteI've been thinking about this since I first saw it posted and I think I've come up with my plan. I'd go out Bonnie and Clyde style. Heck I might just do that anyway. Edited for wording. I kind of like that idea: Smoke some crack on your way to rob a bank--that kind of thing. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #44 August 10, 2005 QuoteWhat would you do with those 6 months? Continue to live. rl [#666666] "The meaning of life is to do the next thing." Spider Robinson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,990 #45 August 10, 2005 ------------------------------ 2. I'd go to natural/alternative healthcare professionals (yoga, chiropractic, accupuncture etc) 3. I'd move somewhere with no smog 4. I'd eat nothing but organic and natural foods ----------------------------- Wouldn't it be a better idea to do all that stuff _before_ you get an incurable disease? A lot of people seem to have this idea that health is something you introduce to your body after it's sick, instead of something you maintain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #46 August 10, 2005 Bill,,,Iagree,thats why you should not be able to skydive till you've paid everyone off and be at least 37.....and be in good health,,,untill then you don;t deserve it !!!smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumprunner 0 #47 August 10, 2005 Quote So.."they say" you have 6 months left to live... What would you do with those 6 months? ! Go to Hawaii, surf the Pipeline, and prove them wrong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbry 0 #48 August 10, 2005 I would try skydiving,alway wanted to do it,heard it's a blast-------------------------------------------------- Growing old is mandatory.Growing up is optional!! D.S.#13(Dudeist Skdiver) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PsychoBob 0 #49 August 10, 2005 In January of 2000 while I was on a business trip to ATL I began having chest pains and couldn't breathe. A friend took me to South Fulton Emergency room and by then I could not walk or stand up. The ER doctor told me she thought I had a pulminary embulism (Blood clot in my lung) and that it could go to my brain at any moment. She asked if my "affairs" were in order and did I want to call anyone while we waited on the test to be run. I FREAKED! That is not the way I had it planned and I wasn't ready. I wasn't afraid of dying there was just so many things that I wanted to do but had been lazy and procrastinating about them. Now it was all gone and I was pissed at myself. They kept testing, taking x-rays, ABG's and after an hour or so determined that my right lung had collapased and the pressure in my chest cavity was collapsing the left one. My vital signs were to low for anesthetia so they had to cut a hole in my side and push a hose into my ribcage and start sucking the air out in order for my lungs to re-inflate. This was extremely painful and it took 3 orderly's to hold me to the gurney as they put the hose in. After a couple of hours they got me stablized and after 5 days I was able to go home. Since then I have hiked 375 miles of the Appalachian Trail (1700 to go), Grand Tetons NP, parts of Glacier NP, learned to skydive, taken white water canoe courses, bought a cabin in the North Georgia Mountains, taken several wilderness survival courses, learning how to fly-fish, learned to give a shit less about things at work I can't control, met a lot of new people and made some really good friends, bought a BASE Rig and signed up for Bridge Day to do my first BASE jump and I leave for Rantoul at 0500am tomorrow. Life can be gone in an instance. I found out I wasn't ready and I am very thankful to have been given a second chance. I don't know if I will have everything done when the final time comes but I am going to try and do everything I can to make sure I don't miss something."I'm not a gynecologist but I will take a look at it" RB #1295, Smokey Sister #1, HellFish #658, Dirty Sanchez #194, Muff Brothers #3834, POPS #9614, Orfun Foster-Parent?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #50 August 10, 2005 And for those of you who haven't yet had the privilege of meeting Bob, let me also add that his outlook on life is very infectious! Such great energy in this man!"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
