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Good to hear how you beat all those ailments by just walking. I’ve had similar to yours, maybe a couple added. Like you I took up golf, but just about all courses require carts, and I got so frustrated at my frozen handicap 25, that I had a second heart attack. Now for the last 18 years I just walk 2-3 miles a day in one of several hiking parks and swim in our pool daily...36 feet in length and can do 4 lengths underwater in a single breath. For relaxation I drink a bottle of champagne daily almost religiously.
When the vaccines are proven safe and taken off the experimental status, I’ll take one. As to golf I tell people that my game is really improving, and I can now shoot my age! Pretty good huh? And that’s only on the front nine!

After I resigned from my job in Chicago area, we moved to Camas, WA and I joined a cheap private golf club called Orchard Hills country club. At most private courses carts are not mandatory unless there is a tournament or something. And the golf course is almost never backed up on week days. That is the best part about playing at private course and if play lot of rounds, it is cheaper than good public courses. My wife and kids could also play unlimited rounds for fixed monthly dues. At OHCC there was a seniors group which played every morning for a small $$ paid into the pot. Teams were made so each team had about the same total handicap. Then it was team versus team for 18 holes. Whichever team had lowest handicap adjusted score won all the money in pot. It was very enjoyable, never boring and I walked unless weather was extreme or raining, then I used my own cart parked at the golf course cart-barn. Later on I switched to a better private club called Royal Oaks CC. That is one of the best courses I have ever played, and I have played all public courses in Chicago area. My favorite there was Big Run golf course.

Shooting your age is amazing and rare accomplishment. Congrats! And do not stop any form of exercise you can handle. There is nothing better to live longer with good health. My favorite vacation is a 7 day cruise. Because there is very nutritious food available 24-7, and walking in fresh ocean air with gazillions of plankton exhaling oxygen. Average ship is 1 mile walk 3 times around the jogging track. On a very large Royal Caribbean ship Oasis of the Seas, it was half a mile walk from Cabin to Dining room and back. Point is I always have come back feeling stronger and healthier from all of my 36 cruises. Gain may be 1.5 pounds in 7 days which melt away with food cooked at home LOL.