IMO, especially because I'm 61 yo and have reached my limit of drug therapy (finally) and am hopefully going to get some relief through cyberknife (if I choose that) you have posed a good question. Of course I'm mindful that entering into the zone of radiation or surgery is a big step, I am hoping for a better life than to be dizzy, having fuzzy thinking......well, I'm preaching to the choir, aren't I? I'm tired of this and wonder if I've aged. Everyone, and I mean everyone, thinks I'm much younger than my years, but, looking young may not mean young in years off ones life because of this condition.

I do think genes play a big part in our mortality.