God love you...you and I are close in age.
What kind of leukemia do you have?
Not that it matters, but what does matter is that you’ve paid into goverment health/retirement your entire life.
“Of course, IF I was allowed to keep all that money and invest it for the past 40 years, I would have an asset in the Millions of Dollars that I could enjoy right now.”
Think about that, John.
“Not that it matters...”
Lody...that didn’t come out right!
PLEASE accept my apologies. ;o)
I meant that it wasn’t the topic of debate.
Of course...it matters a great deal.
Unfortunately, most people get it in their 70’s and something else like old age usually kills them before the Leukemia does.
Prognosis is 10 to 15 years survivability unless a Bone Marrow Transplant works down the line. As of now, we just hope for long remissions between Chemo Treatments.
When the Dr. gave me the news, my first words to him were, you mean I'm getting ripped off by Social Security? That pisses me off more than the disease.
Must be what I get for not smoking, drinking or doing drugs.
After going through Chemo, I was in Remission for three years. Now I am back in Chemo, started back today as a matter of fact.
That's why I'm typing this right now, can't get to sleep and I have to be there at 9AM tomorrow for the second day of treatment. Better get back to bed and count Sheeple... One other thing. I had our Financial guy run the numbers. He said if the funds were invested in a solid Fund, he expected that I would have approximately 2,5 Million in the Bank at age 66, and my wife would have well over a Million.
He had to use historical information to fill the gap between age 50 and 66, but he used my salary at that time, without including increases for those last 16 years. Of course, the Market is crazy, so the final amount is a best guess.
Either way, I'm out a good $200,000 and my wife is out about $120,000. Nowadays, that money would be nice to have, even without a dime of compound interest.