We age. As we get older and older, our lives change. Significantly.
When younger, changes are often part of our career path. We take a new job. We move to take advantage of a new opportunity. Sometimes our situation changes and forces us to make a move.
When older, changes are more often due to a personal cause. Health issues frequently act as a change agent. Sometimes we lose our partners. Divorce or death. That was so in my case.
At 71, after we’d been married nearly fifty years, my first wife was taken by colon cancer.
Before that, health had never been much of a concern. Her illness was a total surprise. After she passed, I lived in shock for a time. For that reason, or just because I was getting older, I suffered my own illness. I suddenly had a heart attack. Fortunately the ambulance was able to get me to a nearby hospital and I was saved. Without much permanent damage, even though I had three stents placed.
Physical therapy afterward came along with strong dietary recommendations. I listened to the dietician but then mostly ignored the advice. For the next couple of years. Eventually, though, vanity was my prime motivator. My new partner said I had a pot belly. She had become very health conscious and lost 25 pounds. She was telling me about the health dangers of older men. I had to ask. Do I have a pot belly? I knew the answer of course before she nodded.
That launched my goal to get more fit. But it was just the start. Since, I’ve been on a kind of personal crusade. How does someone in the 70’s get healthier. How do I avoid all the waiting dangers, like alzheimers and falls and infections.
It’s a mission of sorts. To pursue wellness. This site and the associated other properties like the video podcast and newsletter are the result.
If you are considering, or are already on your own wellness mission, please join me. I’ll share everything I can find out. I’d like to live a while longer but in good health as much as possible.
Let’s go.