Also since emotional problems are not even closely related to mental problems I am taking this survey based on how I was before my mom died. Brett basically stayed the same.
1. Longevity if grandparent(greatgrandparents): Have any of you grandparents livd to age 80 or beyond? If so, add one year for each grandparent living beyond that age. Add one-half year for each grandparent beyond the age of 70.
+2 +2
2. Females tend to live longer than males by an average of 3 years so females add 3 years, males put a zero.
+3 + 0
3. Cardiovascular disease of closest relatives: Have any parent, grandparent, sisters or brothers died of a heart attack, stroke, or arteriosceriosis before the age of 60, subtract 2 years for each incident.
-2 - 2
4. Other hereditable diseases of close relatives: Have any parents, grandparents, sisters, or brothers been diagnosed with diabetes or peptic ulcers? Subtract one year for each incidence. If any of these close relatives died before 80 of stomach cancer, subtract 2 years. Women whose close female relatives have died before 60 of breast cancer should also subtract two years.
? (teach said idk counts as zero) +0 +0
5. Blood Pressure: Most people who know they have high blood pressure do something about it. If you know your blood pressure high or low add 1 year.
+0 +0 (We have no idea! We're not doctors!)
6. Mother's age at your birth: Was your mother over the age of 35 or under the age of 18 when you were born? If so, subtract 1 year.
+0 + 0
7 . Birth order: Are you the first born in your family? If so, add 1 year.
+1 + 0
8.Weight: Are you currently overweight? If you are not over overweight but you have been overweight at any point in your life, subtract 2 years. If your weight is within an appropriate range, add 2 years.
+2 +2
9. Dietary habits: Do you eat very little food with saturated fats (red meat, fried foods, meats, snack foods, etc.)? That is, fewer than two meals per week? If so, add two years. If you eat heavily of foods with high saturated fats, four or more meals per week, subtract 2 years.
+2 +2
10. Smoking: How much do you smoke? If you smoke 2 or more packs of cigarettes/ marijuana a day, subtract 8 years. If you smoke between 1 and 2 packs a day, subtract 4 years. If you smoke less than a pack a day, subtract two years... If you have quit smoking congratulations, add 1 year if it was more than two years ago. If you have never smoked add 2 years.
+2 + 2
1o .5. Second hand smoke: if someone that lives in your house smokes cigarettes, cigars, or any other drug add 3 years. If they smoke outside add 2 years. (My grandpa smokes in his house when we're there but we don't live with him so I'm taking away 2)
-2 - 2
11. Drinking: Teens who drink put themselves at risk for death. If you drink three to four drinks three or more times a week per week, subtract 3 years. If you have five or more drinks on any day in a week, subtract 6 years. (We were learning about hereditary diseases. Everyone in my Family drinks. I think the five kids(me, Brett, Jess, Teryn, and Chesnee have alcoholism. Which means that if we drink alcohol its easier for us to get addicted to it. I don't want to drink anyway because of how mom died but Brett and especially Teryn talk about drinking a lot! I hope to God[ if he is even there] that they are the black sheep and don't have it so I don't have to worry so much about them!)
+0 + 0
12. Exercise: How much do you exercise? If you exercise at least three times a week, for at least 15 minutes each time, at one of the following jogging, bike ridding, swimming, taking long brisk walks, dancing or skating, add 3 years. Just exercising on the weekend does not count. If you lead a sedentary life, subtract 3 years.
+3 +3
13. If you generally fall asleep right away and get 6 to 8 hours of sleep per night, you're average and should neither add nor subtract years. However, if you sleep excessively (ten or more hours per night) or if you sleep very little (five or less hours per night), you probably have problems. Subtract 2 years.
+0 +0
14 . Regular physical examinations: Do you have an annual physical examination by your physician. If so, add 2 years. (HAHAHAHA we don't even have health insurance anymore!)
+0 +0
15. Health status: Are you in poor health? Do you have a chronic health condition, (asthma, bronchitis, heart murmer,etc.) or are you frequently ill? If so, subtract 5 years. (my poor baby bro has asthma...)
+0 -5
16. Drugs(other than alcohol): If you have never used drugs add 1 year, if you have, subtract 2 years.
+1 +1
17. Rural vs. urban dwelling: If you live in an urban area and have lived in or near the city for most of your life, subrtact 1 year. If you have spent most of your life in a rural area, add 1 year.
- 1 -1
18 . Life changes: Are you always changing your things in your life, Changing schools, Changing home ,Changing friends, Changing your appearance? If so, subtract 2 years. Too much change is stressful. (My teacher said that family problems don't count because emotional and mental are comepletely different)
+0( after moms death -2 for both of us) +0
19. Friendship: Do you generally like people and have at least two close friends in whom you can confide almost all the details of your life? If so, add 1 year. (Brett says he doesn't have any close friends but he is definitely a people person!)
+1 +1
20.Agressive personality: Do you always feel that you are under time pressure? Are you agressive and sometimes hostile, paying little attention to the feelings of others? Subtract 2 to 5 yearsdepending on how well you fit this description. The more pressured, aggresive, and hostile you are, the greater your risk of heart disease.
-2(after moms death -5) +0
21 . Flexible personality: Are you a calm, reasonable, relaxed person? Are you easygoing and adaptable, taking life pretty much as it comes? Depending upon the degree to which you fit this description, add 1 to 3 years. If you are rigid, dogmatic and set in your ways, subtract 2 years.
+2(after moms death -2) +3
22. Risk taking personality: If you have had a traffic ticket or accident in the past year subtract 4 years. Other violations subtract 1. If you always wear your seatbelt, add 1.
+1 +1
23. Depressive personality: Have you ever been depressed, tense, worried, or guilty for more than a period or a year or two? If so, subtract 1 to 3 years depending upon how seriously you are affected by these feelings.
+o(after moms death -3 for both of us) +0
24.Happy personality: Are you basically happy and content, and have you had a lot of fun in life? If so, add 2 years. People with feelings like this are the ones who live to be 100
+2(I was happy and I am happy when I am with my friends) +2
This gives me a total of 93 and Brett a total of 85
My worst fear is Brett dying before I do...
OMG THIS POST TOOK ME TWO DAYS TO TYPE!!!!!
