I am off all drugs except very cheap Lisinopril 10 mg.
At age 55 I needed a shelf full of drugs to make it through the day. Now better shape at age 83 than I was at age 55. Amazing how daily exercise has helped. My favorite exercise was walking 30 miles every week on a hilly golf course playing 5 rounds of 18 MON-FRI. Now it is boring treadmill due to move to FLorida and do not want to join another private golf club with those crazy high joining fees.
That is excellent that you were able to get off all your rx’s except for the bp med. I have been looking for a source where the meds aren’t made in China. What company manufactures your lisinopril?
I was off all but one. Felt better at 72 than I did at 40. I’d gotten some physical therapy and was doing pretty good even with the results of a bad car accident until the Alameda fire in 2020. I was a homeless refugee living in a car. I got emphysema from living in smoke for 2 months, then severe pancreatitis, covid twice. Got down to 81 pounds. It was impossible to get medical care...I was always in the wrong county for Medicare advantage. It was a nightmare.
Now it’s just trying to keep me alive. I never did get back to my own community and fear I never will.
You nailed it. I’m overweight by 30 lbs but daily exercise (one hour of bike riding) has cleaned up my blood chemistry.
Obesity does NOT mean unhealthy (at least for me).
I’m still working on the overeating, which seems to be a lifelong behavioral struggle.