The Elephant in the room

[Trek420]

I agree. Where is the jersey that says "eat right, exercise, die anyway"

Working with the disabled community I'm made aware every day that I am only temporarily able bodied. Often I hear this "I never thought this would happen to me, I was active, working, suddenly I had ________ ".

My feeling is do what I can do, take care of what I have control over. Even with injury/illness focussing on wellness can help.

For years I banged my head on the walls of doctors offices asking why I hurt so much. Finally a diagnosis, severe arthtritis Again I staged a hissy fit. Simply knowing was not enough. I wanted it to hurt less and still be able to stay active.

Several appointments later the orthopedic surgeon for both the 49'ers and the Raiders told me "there's no pill, no surgical option. You have this choice:

change your lifestyle to fit your knee (he meant go sedentary)
change your joints to fit your lifestyle (build the muscles around the knee)"

He suggested cycling ..... here I am For me I don't so much focus on wellness to live to be 116, it's about being able to open the peanut butter jar in my 80's, being able to just keep doing what I want to, need to do as long as I can. It's about quality of life.