Your Body Awareness Level? Here's A Simple Test You Can Do For Free! As you get older they'll test: Your eyesight. Your hearing. Your sense of smell, if your lucky, as it's an early sign of mental decline. They'll test your reflexes (tap, tap). They'll test your liver and kidney function (what a difference the vacutainer made to my life as a farm vet in the 1960s). But will they test ... Read more
As I hobbled over the finish line, I Tried To Decline The Marathon Finisher Medal But They Insisted! They gave me the medal for coming in last. Literally last! Deb had a great first marathon. I keep telling her she's a natural athlete! Race Analysis: My run fell apart in the second half of the race. Foot pain kicked in with a vengeance, while calf claudication had vanished by three miles or ... Read more
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Avoid Waste For A Sustainable Body This brief post is about two events related to sustainability, when it comes to the planet and our bodies. ONE, avoid wasting stuff: I went to take out the trash and recycling this morning. Glancing into the 'landfill bin,' I noticed that it was empty, after a whole week of living. Then I noticed that there was very little recycling, but I took that one down to the road. The ... Read more
Just imagine if I hadn't listened to my feet in 2010 If I'd gone to a doctor to solve my running foot pain! Instead of deciding to listen to my feet. And work it out for myself. Then I needed a doctor! Imaginary scenario concerning heading home from the doctor to be dead. Unless the doctor is an aortic surgeon in their spare time. Even then?? FitOldDog: Doc, I was in this Ironman race, and I was at ... Read more
I'm aware of aging every day! Aging awareness day made me smile. We face aging everyday. Ironman saved my aging and keeps me going. Thank goodness I'm back in training. Wonderful 75th birthday party behind me. US National Aging Awareness Day is on September 18th. Had no idea! 2017, a tough year, with two major surgeries and pneumonia. However! Once you've worked out what to do, DO IT! This thought ... Read more
Fighting Peripheral Arterial Disease Means Fighting Claudication clau·di·ca·tion MEDICINE Limping: A condition in which cramping pain in the leg is induced by exercise, typically caused by obstruction of the arteries. The trick to fighting peripheral arterial disease is to build collateral circulation, through exercise. Painful exercise. Things have improved considerably over the last ... Read more
Aging Body Movement Tricks? If you want to keep moving into your later years, think about it. I find the process fascinating, if not somewhat challenging. There seems to be something to deal with every few months, now I'm in my mid-70s. For instance, I've noticed some pretty prominent floaters in my right eye over the last six weeks. I can flick them out of the way, but they quickly return to impair my ... Read more
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