Prevention advice for seniors

[Watu3]

Time article. Seniors at more risk both for contracting and for suffering fatal results.

https://time.com/5794374/coronavirus-seniors/

 

[TUMe]

Time article. Seniors at more risk both for contracting and for suffering fatal results.

https://time.com/5794374/coronavirus-seniors/

We had better be careful WATU!

 

[TUMe]

Difficult call on cancelling routine medical and dental appointments. No need to get in a hurry. You can always cancel, but getting back in can mean a distant date. The same conditions still seem need to be monitored.

 

[Watu3]

Difficult call on cancelling routine medical and dental appointments. No need to get in a hurry. You can always cancel, but getting back in can mean a distant date. The same conditions still seem need to be monitored.

Exactly. I'm a cancer survivor so tracking is key. Unfortunately Medicare's payment model does not yet incorporate telemedicine. Maybe this virus will move things along. I like my doc but during my visits he spends most of his time at a computer asking questions and entering data. We have the technology to do most of that over the in internet. Zip in for a blood draw and it's over.

My basic medicine is exercise. Daily I either swim 1,500 yards, cycle 15-20 miles or do cardio/weights/Tai Chi at the gym. All the advice for old guys that I've seen seems to boil down to 'just keep moving'.

 

[TUMe]

Your routine is far beyond mine. I walk an hour and do machines trying to help my heart without over doing my legs/knees or having a second hernia operation. These are the Golden Years.