I'm 54.
A few months ago, I had heart burn and difficulty swallowing one morning while we were camping. I suspect the cigars and scotch the night before, but I digress. Wifey wants me to see a cardiologist, so I make an appointment for the next week March 5, I get there and they say no, it's May 5, I can't see him for two months! That's the earliest for an initial consult. I tell them "He11, I could be dead in two months!
Anyway, I see him today and it goes like this,
You could lose 10-15 lbs, yeah I know,
Do you smoke? Yeah, cigars a few times a week, You shouldn't do that, Yeah I know.
Do you drink, how much? about an 18 pack of Bud Light a week and a few scotches.
You shouldn't do that, Yeah, I know,
How much red meat do you eat?..... Yeah, I know,
He examines me, checks heart, does EKG, says they look "OK". Wants to do some ultrasound or MRI or echo thing on my heart to check cavity size, detailed lipid, good bad cholesterol thing, (I'm on Lipitor and TriChlor now) stuff like that.
He says it's good to check this stuff know as a "baseline" and look for early problems, "especially at my age", as I said, I'm 54, he's like 40 or something.
So I guess you know when you're getting old when you have a Cardiologist. Heck, I remember just yesterday when I was doing my first engine pull on the DB4. Oh wait, that was 36 years ago. But it's gone anyway. Maybe I am getting old.....WTF.