Budget - 1. Assessing risks to your longevity

‘Budget’ pathway (low cost, more effort)

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Through your work in the ‘Basics’ articles, you undertook specific action toward identifying your longevity risks. Firstly, well done! Let that sink - you’re taking ownership of your longterm health and by doing so you stand out from the crowd!

Moving ahead, you’ve now chosen the Budget pathway, where you’ll keep costs low through taking a bit more of the ‘DIY’ approach.

So far, you have completed both a family health history and a free online health screening tool from the Siteman Cancer Center.

From this work, you have now identified areas of elevated longevity risk, and you are now ready to complete a risk assessment for each of your major findings.

As you’ll recall, as a risk assessment takes each of the risks you have identified and looks at both their likelihood (probability of occuring) and their consequence (what could happen if you develop the disease in question).

Given your wilingness to roll up your sleeves and take the do it yourself approach, you will now take the next step using a longevity risk management plan document, which we prepared for you.

Download it here:

If you need extra pages, download those here

[DISCLAIMER: This document is provided for education and information purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical care. It does not replace advice from your healthcare professional. Readers should be aware that the content of their health questionnaire information may change over time as well as their risk. All users should seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional for a diagnosis and answers to their medical questions.]

Getting started with longevity risk assessment

Estimated Time: 90 minutes

Cost: $0

Using this document will be a learning exercise for you, but we do promise it will become quite powerful once you get the hang of it.

This document may at first feel overwhelming, but trust that we are going to walk you through examples that assist you. We’re also willing to take your questions about this process, so please get in touch if you feel stumped.

Upon completion of this exercise, you’ll emerge with 2-3x priorities which will lay the foundation for you take action to manage your risk.

These priority areas will propel your personal research and allow you to start a conversation with your healthcare provider(s).

To get started, download the risk management document and enter each of the diseases for which you found evidence of increased likelihood.

Increased likelihood means that you either see the disease present in a related family member or that the Siteman website tool told you have above average risk.

Add each of these risks to the first column, one for each row.

Now, proceed to the next article “Budget - 2. Example #1”