Ailments of Old Age (light hearted)

I often wonder where my good health comes from.
I was a heavy smoker until I was 50. Done my share of partying.
My parents died youngish ( drink related) Everyone on my father’s side had bad hearts and died before tgey reached old age. My mother’s parents both died of TB.
I’ve just turned 80 and all I have to take is thyroxine.
Perhaps it’s the luck of the draw 🤷‍♀️

I have a few of those irritating things but I have friends who have terminal diseases (and have already lost a couple of very dear friends) so count myself lucky that I only have 'minor issues' to contend with.

Someone else to me "How are you?"

Me: "How long have you got?"

Old age doesn’t come alone, as they say.😬

I was quite well up until the age of 70, despite having hypertensioon, hearing aids and having had one hip resurfaced and another replaced. Now I can add glaucoma, reflux, hyponatremia and arthritic knees. In 2022, I suffered a small stroke during open heart surgery for a mitral valve repair and I have heart failure. Nevertheless, I try to remain active and still play the piano and volunteer at a local amateur theatre.

I’m sure it runs in families, I appear to be getting the same issues as my mum, hers started at a similar age, I’m almost 68, she managed to make it to 86 despite drinking alcohol each day and smoking since the age of 14!

I’ve never smoked, two smoking parents in the home was quite enough to put me off for life. I do enjoy the odd tipple very much, but all during the week normally.