Turning 80 is apparently a pretty big deal. I just did it and found that it drew a lot more attention than when I turned 70 – or any other age I recall. Except, perhaps, 21. For stupid adolescent reasons, I don’t remember much about that one. I was somewhere in Cheyenne, Wyoming with a… Continue reading Can One Live to 80 Without Any Ailments? It’ll Take More Than Luck and Genetics.
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Must life go downhill as we age, or do we have a choice?
Yes, life does go downhill, but – -we have some choices in the matter. Not with the eventuality of it, but with the starting point and the pace. The reality is, we took out a death certificate at birth. Or, as retired Stanford geriatric physician, Dr. Walter Bortz once wrote: “Life is a fatal disease. Once… Continue reading Must life go downhill as we age, or do we have a choice?
Did You Choose Your Parents Wisely? Doesn’t Matter!!
The parents I chose (circa 1943) Mom died at 56. Dad beat the national average at the time by a couple of years – dead at 81. Mom – cancer. Dad – COPD, heart failure. I’m guessing genetics had little to do with their demise. We don’t really know because, during their halcyon years (’30s-’60s),… Continue reading Did You Choose Your Parents Wisely? Doesn’t Matter!!