I don't take any meds, not even over the counter except for Zyrtec during the high pollen season for about three months. My blood pressure has been low throughout my entire adult life - about 100/65 or sometimes less. I've also been a normal weight my entire adult life and am very active. I have a tiny bit of arthritis under one kneecap and that gives me some achyness occasionally if I do too much. I walk at the huge metropark near my house every day all year round. I used to be a runner in my 30's and 40's but that was taking a toll on my back, so I started walking and biking instead. I don't bike as much as I used to because I live in Michigan where biking in winter is impossible. I am not much for indoor exercise. I'd rather be outdoors, so I bundle up and go out even in 15o weather. I haven't died yet! People here hole up in their houses for months on end and do nothing but sit and watch TV. I am not much of a sitter.
Yeah, I don't think much of the AARP stuff myself, but that one article in the Bulletin caught my eye. Then I just had to get her book and read it. My daughter is a genealogist and has done our family's history for over 25 years. My parents both died young and most people think that means I don't have longevity in my family, but in looking at generations prior to theirs I see that they lived into their 80's and their lives were tougher in many ways. My parents had a pretty awful marriage and a lot of children with a lot of stresses/poverty and I am quite sure that's why they died young. Plus, sometimes I think how long one lives is also pretty darned random and in no way an indication of the quality of a life. My mother-in-law was one of the meanest, nastiest women I'd ever met who had no friends and even her sisters didn't like her much. That old bat lived to be 96 and just died about a year ago.
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