This morning as I sat in the doctor\u2019s waiting room, I looked around at my fellow patients and wondered who these people were. They looked old, worn out, and a lot like the old people I knew growing up, a generation I frequently dismissed as a \u201cbunch of old guys\u201d with whom I had little or nothing in common.<\/p>\n
When I got home I looked in the mirror and saw the same person I had always seen, a young, if not handsome, virile man who was active and fit, still tossing down beers with the boys and living the good life. All a far cry from what I saw and overheard in my cardiologist\u2019s office. There I watched as patients gingerly made their way about with canes and walkers and shared stories about their health problems.<\/p>\n
The truth is that I spend an inordinate amount of time visiting doctors, keeping up with prescription drugs and dealing with health problems. I have a virtual stable of \u201cologists,\u201d in addition to my cardiologist, including my nephrologist, my urologist, and my oncologist. I have lost my quick step and can\u2019t hear well, much to the aggravation of my friends and my wife who claims I just don\u2019t listen to her.<\/p>\n
I guess the problem is that I turned 85 this past July.<\/p>\n
*The Spanish have a saying (a dicho<\/em>) that seems appropriate<\/p>\n \u201cNo Te Preocupes<\/em> which roughly translated means \u201cDon\u2019t worry so much about life because no one gets out of it alive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This morning as I sat in the doctor\u2019s waiting room, I looked around at my fellow patients and wondered who these people were. They looked old, worn out, and a lot like the old people I knew growing up, a generation I frequently dismissed as a \u201cbunch of old guys\u201d with whom I had little…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-robert-fischer"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nTanto Por La Vida<\/em>
\nPues No Saldras<\/em>
\nVivo De Ell<\/em>a\u201d<\/p>\n