Diabetic Cyborg Life 9/02: Why I am me Pt. 4
My taking all these illnesses as serious as a heart attack is because they are as serious as a heart attack. Diabetes can kill me, and progressive multiple sclerosis might not kill me but can very well contribute to my demise. So, I must take both very seriously if I desire to live my full estimated life span of 65 year or so.
Medical technology SHOULD extend that life span, yet I am not betting on the singularity being done and my conscience being uploaded anyway soon. The hypothetical whole brain emulation, or WBE, might be something one day. I just will not be first in line to give up my junky failing body.
It’s gotten this far, who knows what enhancements might come one day. A failing pancreas and an auto-immune system trying to kill me aside, my body done well. One hundred pounds and a decade and a half ago, I might be more apt to jump my mind into a robot.
I’ve overcome too many things to junk my body so far. Also, I’ve invested too much money and too much time in my clunker of a body to leave it.
