I'm happy to hear that, it's just that the opposite is generally true for the vast majority of people as actuarial tables indicate. Nonetheless, I wish you health for many more years!
Yes, but that's generally because of a lifetime of poor health habits. Which means that it's a choice.
Don't get me wrong -- aging isn't for the faint of heart, and you are absolutely more likely to have health problems when you're older vs when you're younger.
But how healthy you live in your youth has an enormous affect on the odds of having major health problems when you're older.
As an older person myself, I suffer from several age-related health degradations, but they are relatively minor (as are the ones of nearly everyone my age that I know). And the upside to being older far outweighs those downsides.
Perhaps I'd feel differently if I had a major health issue -- but perhaps not. You can have a major health issue at any age, after all. All in all, being older is such an improvement that even if I did have major health issues, I suspect I'd still prefer to sacrifice my younger years over my older years.
But that's just me. Others likely have different opinions.
Cancer is an example of a major health problem that can hit anyone irrespective of their habits (although also much more likely than not depending on their habits), and it hits older people a lot more often.
