Dear Reader! We all age, but who says baby boomers can't enjoy active healthy aging? We all need motivation! We all benefit from inspiration. As an active, Ironman-distance triathlete, with aortic disease in the the form of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, with a Cook Zenith Stent Graft, I most certainly benefit from the inspiration of older athletes, some much older than I. We all have to overcome health ... Read more
Good day, today! I met a surgeon who actually listened to me, and this is important for someone wanting an active old age - you need to trust them, and how can you, if they don't listen. Some doctors don't pretend to listen. In fact, if you bring a friend or family member, they'll give them lots of attention, even if your companion doesn't have a clue about what's going on, while you sit there feeling like ... Read more
If you want to stay young and active into old age, stay in touch with the younger generation, and your inner child will thank you for it. Great weekend in Asheville, NC, as I managed to visit with my youngest son, Nigel, a dentist, and his son Nolan (5 years old), a bundle of energy. You can see Nolan on the front cover of one of the books in the side bar of this blog, the boy with loads of blond hair, holding my ... Read more
We live in a sea of poison, known as oxygen, which leads to oxidative stress. Our cat, Cat, treats onions like poison. To each his poison, but for all of us, cats and non-cats, oxidative stress almost certainly contributes to the acceleration of aging, as stated in this article on oxidative stress in cats: "Oxidative stress (OS) impairs organic function and is considered causally related to cellular senescence and ... Read more
For a life well lived don't fear change, and change your friends if necessary. Each phase of life comes and goes in a Gaussian curve kind of way, as I wrote in a previous blog post. Entering and leaving each phase involves some adaptation, making the absence of misoneism (fear of change) on your part a critical skill for continued happiness, especially as you age. The real trick is to keep your mind AND ... Read more
As the years go by, the more difficult it becomes to stay active into old age, but try you must. I think the reason I have done so well with my abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft is, at least in part, due to my general level of fitness at the time the stent was installed, in 2010, and throughout the intervening years. Your body will deteriorate without exercise, and this affects every system, including your ... Read more
"Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plats are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail." From the Tao te Ching, Lao-tzu (about 300-400 BCE), translated by Steven ... Read more
You can exercise to look younger, I've noticed, as I continue Ironman training into my 70s. It works best, Deb tells me, when I keep my hat on to hide my white, yes, white, not grey, hair. Exercise-induced youthfulness comes with many benefits, especially when you need to attract a good mate, and keep them. Bit like fishing with the right bait, don't you think? When I was actually young, in my 20s, people ... Read more
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