Didn't do that good a job of picking parents. As of now chronologically I've outlived all my immediate family. Live one more year and I'll have outlived all of them. But, for me, the best mottoe has been Quality rather than Quantity. A good life vs. a long one.

Nothing against drugs when needed. I took a lot of narcotics after the accident for pain relief. Surgery took care of that. We can discuss drugs in another thread. For this one I'd like to discuss mutual motivation.

Yep, Denver we are about the same age. I'll be 76 a few days before Thanksgiving.

I wasn't kidding about it being sobering. Here I am a healthy person and being told I no longer mattered enough for preventive medicine. That I'm close enough to "the end" that it isn't worth the effort to do routine diagnostics. We treat our cars better than that.