On Sun, 13 May 2018 18:13:05 -0700 (PDT), Rick the antique guy
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On Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 8:39:20 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 17:05:35 -0700 (PDT), Rick the antique guy
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On Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 6:40:00 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 09:24:58 -0400, J. Clarke
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On Sun, 13 May 2018 06:07:13 -0700 (PDT), patrick
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Well, if the splitting of the skin at the nail edge/tip means I have advanced heart disease then I've been going downhill since I was 11 YO (now 67) and it first was noticed... Thanks for the info though. Regards, Pat

One of my coworkers has had that for as long as he can remember. If
he has heart trouble I want the same heart trouble--he runs 7 miles
every morning before work and climbed Everest a few years back.

You might want to reconsider. Remember Jim Fixx? It's not unusual
and in fact, runners have *more* heart issues than those, who are
active but not distance runners. It's known that runners have a
higher instance of AFib, for instance, than the general population. A
few of tons of articles.

https://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/heart-risk-marathoners-have-larger-plaques-in-arteries
https://www.active.com/articles/new-study-cites-link-between-marathon-running-and-some-heart-attack-factors

What a subject.
I'm in a quandry at 68.
I still feel great and I'm not going to worry about living a short or long life.
I'm more worried about becoming a miserable old f.than going out a happy younger one.
Maybe it's going to be a fatal flaw but I haven't been for a checkup for 10 years and have no plans to do so for another 10.
My grandparents went this route and quit smoking in their 50's .
I quit in my 30's they all drank a shot of brandy or bourbon a while before bed , which I practice.
They lived into their mid to late 90's
My folks were tied into the medical system with vials of pills and daily pill box doses.
My mom started in her 50's and lived to 63.
My dad didn't start the pill thing until his late 70's and then he had every ailment under the sun until and passed at 87.
I must admit my generation and the younger ones have had a lot more crap chemicals in our food most of our lives.
While yhe 80-100 year olds have not had as much, maybe.
Who knows it's a crap shoot .
So I just shoot for happy and let nature take it's course .
O.K.,so I'm foolishly happy for now!

Maybe it'll work out for you but I tried it, until I retired (the
first time) in '06 (age 54). Didn't work for me. Right after, I had
a rather severe run-in with A-Fib and heart failure. Got over that
hump fairly well, lost a lot of weight and was doing alright (but
seeing Drs regularly). Then in '14 the A-Fib came back and they found
four blocked coronary arteries (70%, 90% and two 100%), so had a
CABG/MAZE. After the A-Fib got a lot worse (even though the whole
purpose of the MAZE procedure was to stop it). In the last two years
I've had three left-atrial ablations for atypical A-flutter, a carotid
artery angiogram (another scheduled later this year), a fractured
pelvis, and an AV node ablation with pacemaker (but I've been fine for
the three months since ;-).

Getting old isn't for sissies. ...but it does beat the alternative.

I hope pretending that doctors don't exist works out better for you
than it did me. ;-)

Hi K.
Sorry to hear about Your Trials with Health.You are having a raw deal. Really! I Feel for You.You are a Hero in Your own right,just to be Here.
It is as if my dad Has Spoken to me.
Yes: He used to say "Getting old is not for sissies" I never heard it before Him or anyone or again till now.
So all that I can say . Is I hope You as I are happy with the Time we have left. Enjoyment by Loving the Gift of life for NOW.
Thats al we got My fellow Woodie is NOW.
Be well Be swell and Keep a Goin' K

I'm actually doing pretty well right now. Hopefully the pacemaker
either fixed or at least papered over (both, really) the problems.
Last year was the pits but I'm doing a lot better. I walk (*not* run)
15 miles a day, which has helped a lot. It took three years to get
there, though.

BTW, I'm still working. My employer has unbelievably good benefits,
so I'm hanging in there. The work isn't bad, either. ;-) I'd like to
hang on for another couple of years but unfortunately, it leaves no
time for woodworking.