To maintain weight, the chart below shows you your daily calorie limit. It's based on your age, activity level, and the BMI (body-mass index) of 21.5 for women and 22.5 for men. To lose weight -- about 1 pound a week -- reduce total calories in the chart by 500 a day.
With current treatments, patients with lower-risk types of some MDS can live for 5 years or even longer. Patients with higher-risk MDS that becomes acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are likely to have a shorter life span. About 30 out of 100 MDS patients will develop AML. PNH. Many people with PNH live for decades.
However, planning to have sufficient assets requires setting realistic expectations of how long retirement will last. According to the Social Security Commission, the average life expectancy for those still alive at age 65 is 84 for males and 86 for females. Planning, however, needs to take into consideration living longer than average, or half of retirees could run out of money before they die.