I don’t know what to label this under because a.) it’s mostly just the beginning of a still undecided sequences of choices and b.) this is mostly just mental overflow. An “I have no one to tell about it but need to tell someone” sort of thing.
Three months ago, I accepted that cryonics was a worthwhile endeavor. Now that I have a job to match my needs, I can pursue setting up a policy and enrolling (once I save up the initial fees of course). I put in the call to Mr. Hoffman Thursday for a quote on an insurance policy for covering my preservation.
I’ll admit to nervousness. I have Crohn’s Disease. It is a chronic annoyance mostly. For those who aren’t familiar with the condition, imagine feeling a set of car keys pass through your body every once in a while. Briefly annoying, but not debilitating or life altering at the moment. It requires little more of me than a handful of immune-suppressants daily, a good diet, and exercise, the latter two of which I’m perfectly content to provide.
Despite my young age, stable position, and otherwise good health, I’m afraid this pre-existing condition will bar my way right here at the start. I know I shouldn’t let this bother me, since I have only loose estimates of the price of policies anyway. I don’t have enough reason, yet, to worry. But I do because this is something important to me. I want to live, and, no, I don’t feel I need to explain that.
Rudi got back in touch with me and discussed pricing and options.
As expected, my illness made prices higher than normal. Which is fine because it did not raise them too high for my goal. I had already accepted the fact that, given my current position, it would be unlikely I could start immediately to apply for cryonics. I plan to be in much better financial straits in a few years, which time will allow me to save up for initial fees and costs as well as continue researching the topic and my options.
Given the figures Rudi quoted me, and assuming my beliefs do not change in the next few years, I hope to be signed up when I start my next job. It’ll be a nice way to ring in the new life.
For anyone considering cryonics: if you are healthy, start now, not later. I’m lucky. My health scare was not debilitating, physically or financially (so far). You may not be so lucky when life tells you “so what.”
Contacted Rudi Hoffman.
I don’t know what to label this under because a.) it’s mostly just the beginning of a still undecided sequences of choices and b.) this is mostly just mental overflow. An “I have no one to tell about it but need to tell someone” sort of thing.
Three months ago, I accepted that cryonics was a worthwhile endeavor. Now that I have a job to match my needs, I can pursue setting up a policy and enrolling (once I save up the initial fees of course). I put in the call to Mr. Hoffman Thursday for a quote on an insurance policy for covering my preservation.
I’ll admit to nervousness. I have Crohn’s Disease. It is a chronic annoyance mostly. For those who aren’t familiar with the condition, imagine feeling a set of car keys pass through your body every once in a while. Briefly annoying, but not debilitating or life altering at the moment. It requires little more of me than a handful of immune-suppressants daily, a good diet, and exercise, the latter two of which I’m perfectly content to provide.
Despite my young age, stable position, and otherwise good health, I’m afraid this pre-existing condition will bar my way right here at the start. I know I shouldn’t let this bother me, since I have only loose estimates of the price of policies anyway. I don’t have enough reason, yet, to worry. But I do because this is something important to me. I want to live, and, no, I don’t feel I need to explain that.
Followup:
Rudi got back in touch with me and discussed pricing and options.
As expected, my illness made prices higher than normal. Which is fine because it did not raise them too high for my goal. I had already accepted the fact that, given my current position, it would be unlikely I could start immediately to apply for cryonics. I plan to be in much better financial straits in a few years, which time will allow me to save up for initial fees and costs as well as continue researching the topic and my options.
Given the figures Rudi quoted me, and assuming my beliefs do not change in the next few years, I hope to be signed up when I start my next job. It’ll be a nice way to ring in the new life.
For anyone considering cryonics: if you are healthy, start now, not later. I’m lucky. My health scare was not debilitating, physically or financially (so far). You may not be so lucky when life tells you “so what.”