Went to the GP on Thursday. Yet another new doctor as the others completed their compulsory country town service and headed off to more attractive locales.
BP is 146/86. My trousers are loose. Cheerful disposition and Sunny smile all the while – thanks to BP medication, and equanimity pills. Gotta love those equanimity pills. I have cut out the osteopanadol for the sake of my liver, and I put up with the arthritis , which is tolerable anyway. If it gets too bad I’ll take more , or a diclofenac or two. My shoulder has been really good lately, but I have made a habit of sleeping with a hugging pillow to prevent me laying on it.
Dr B was impressed with the check-up, after looking through the records. He says I am doing everything right. He’s organised some blood tests to see how the liver and kidneys are holding up.
Looks like I could make it past 65 after all.
Hodophilia 
I wonder if a certain brace of “ladies” of the two wheeled variety may also have a part to play me old mate. Nothing like getting your leg across on a regular basis to calm the blood and ease the mind…
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I agree with TR that I still feel 18 until I get a reminder from the knees. But as I recall, I was so much older then. I am younger than that now.
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I’ll be 65 on the 10th… Getting old is no fun… I’ve been on BP meds since I was 31. Youth IS waisted on the young… There are some good things about getting old but not many…
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Many Happy Returns for the Tenth TR! I must say that growing old is not quite what I expected, but I am finding one or two advantages, and making the best of them if I can.
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I agree… I am having fun but my mind still thinks I’m 18 and my body keeps reminding me I’m not…
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