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"Old and In the Way, That's what I heard them say,
They used to heed the words he said, but that was yesterday,
Gold will turn to gray and youth will fade away,
They'll never care about you, call you Old and In the Way."

I'll be 67 in a couple months and have been very "young" and healthy all my life up until about 4 months ago. Routine check-up and blood test showed my platelets were extremely low. Dangerously low white blood cells with very high red cells.
A bone marrow biopsy showed that I am producing white cells but are being "attacked" by the red cells. The reason was determined to be early Leukemia. Doc can't say at this point whether it is a fast or slow form. Phlebotomy every two weeks and will check marrow again to see.

So in a matter of a few weeks elderly-ness reality hit home with zero warning. Just trust in Doctors and positive attitude will be a daily routine. Things can change really fast. Things that seemed important 4 months ago are not important today!