Old Age would be a lot more fun if.....

....we didn't fall apart while we're looking for the gold in those 'Golden Years' that we hear so much about but never quite seem to actually reach.

But fear not, Kiddies - I've been doing some exhaustive and exhausting research into all that, and I'm now able to tell you that I know where the gold is. It's at the Doctor's office! The older we get, the harder they try to go 'prospecting' for whatever gold they can dig out of our pockets or our medical plans. They get very diligent about this in direct proportion to how feeble we look, and it's not hard to look feeble if you're awake all of the night before your appointment, worrying about the results of your latest tests. So it's a vicious circle...

And don't get me started on 'PSA Levels' or 'Needle Biopsies' or the probability that any of several other things may very likely kill me before Prostate Cancer gets the chance to do it. My PSAs have been up and down like the proverbial toilet seat, and next week I go for the second biopsy, even though nobody seems to be at all sure this isn't just something benign that happens to older guys as part of the aging process. If my specialist wasn't pretending to be in such a rush to hustle me out the door after each exam, maybe I could find out precisely where natural old aging leaves off and attention-demanding medical conditions begin. It's that big grey area in there that's making the doctor richer and me more nervous and worried... And I can't help suspecting that he's capitalizing on my ignorance of Biology 101. There's more to all that than meets the eye, for sure. Our health care costs aren't going through the roof without some serious and expert help. That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it.
Enjoy your day, Everyone!