Re: family that "don't get it": my mother and I have always been the active ones in the family. She used to go hiking in the mountains for many years until now she has a really bad hip that needs replacing. I'm the one "bouncing around like a demented frisbee"...

My father is kind of a distracted genius, and has never put any store in taking care of his body, that annoying appendage to his mind. He started having mild heart trouble five years ago, and in the course of a few months had a bypass operation replacing FIVE arteries.

My brother was the same. He never exercised, sedentary lifestyle, ate anything put in front of him, smoked a few cigarettes a day. He died 3 months ago, 41 years old, of a massive heart attack.

Take care of yourselves! It DOES make a difference.