Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

  I turned 82 a short while ago and I am in a battle . It starts with remaining verticle - meaning not spending most of the day and night in a horizontal position in bed and on the couch - or, at the worst, ending up in a coffin "on the wrong side of the grass". Viability is about surviving or living successfully - being able to accomplish the necessary  functions that were easy in younger days. Vibrancy in the elderly years is a tougher one.It's about energy and enthusiam . Tough goals in your 80s. Luck always plays a role in longevity and my "3V-trilogy". Disease and injury can take you ou t, and genetic makeup plays a major role. I have dealt with all of that. No one in my 5-person, original family lived past 64 years of age - except me . My dad and brother died at that age, and my mom passed away at 48 - while my sister died at 19. I have dealt with cancer and heart disease that took my mother and brother, respectively, and have luckily avoided the n...

 When I told my doctor that - by the life-expectancy tables - at now age 79, I should have been dead a year or two (or three) ago. He responded by stating that the 76 years of life predicted at birth (via the tables) increases as men (and women) live into their senior years. So I checked that out and found that the 76 years of life projected at birth rises to 88 years since I have now made it to 79. And if I make it to 84, I might have another 6-or-7 years in me. This is good news. It appears, that the longer we survive various killing diseases, mishaps, etc. - our likelyhood of living into our 80's and even 90's - rises ( per verywellhealth.com ): "Each year a person lives means they have survived multiple potential causes of death. This means that life expectancy actually can increase with age." Who knew? Check it out yourself. Take care of yourself - survive your 40's, 50's and 60's - and possibly live into your 80's and 90's.