On Mon, 14 May 2018 07:26:30 -0700 (PDT), Rick the antique guy
wrote:

On Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 10:43:35 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 21:39:56 -0400, J. Clarke
wrote:

On Sun, 13 May 2018 17:05:35 -0700 (PDT), Rick the antique guy
wrote:

On Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 6:40:00 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 09:24:58 -0400, J. Clarke
wrote:

On Sun, 13 May 2018 06:07:13 -0700 (PDT), patrick
wrote:

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!

In any case, I don't care about runners' problems. I couldn't do 7
miles on my best day. And then there's the question, do runners have
more problems or do people with problems become runners.

That's been answered. Endurance sports definitely cause heart issues.

One of the astronauts fixed his heart problem by going for a run, every time it
acted up he went out and ran and it calmed down.

I'd like to know more.

One of my professors
started running _after_ he had a heart attack and worked up to 10
miles a day.

There's no reason one can't come back after a mild heart attack. As I
said in another post, I've worked up from no stamina at all and bypass
surgery to walking 15 miles a day. I don't run, though (my knees/feet
wouldn't approve). I'll likely have to cut back over the next few
weeks. I have things that I need to get done and my walking takes a
lot of time.

I'm glad You are doing Better K after all those trials.

Thank you. Nothing's perfect but I'm a lot better than I was last
year.

I never intend to preach against Modern medicine.

As long as you don't mind the counter-preaching. ;-) I was where you
are (though younger) and then it all started coming apart.

I have just made my own personal stand to avoid it until there is no other way out.

I hear ya! However, I got lucky and survived my obstinance.

All I can preach is try to be happy as long as it is possible.
When faced with Death,Mourning,serious Illness or disaster; happiness becomes almost impossible.
That's why personally speaking for myself and not preaching,I will count my blessings from my God. When that stuff strikes I hope to lean on that same God when it does.
rick B.

I've never had a problem with happiness. Why would anyone want to
live their life any other way?