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Aging Well | Last Active: Apr 20, 2024 | Replies (139)
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Thank you for your reply. I do walk 1+ miles each day but we just had 15” of snow so the rural road is not good now ( I could walk but the salt is bad for my dog); I am somewhat close to a couple of parks also but I don’t like driving in the bad weather. I am consider a treadmill, I find them expensive though I did have a manual one ( non-electric) until it wore out, so I am looking into those. I do have the elastic bands & just found a place in my house where I can use them for shoulder & arms stretches (steel beam in basement I’m sure I can pull it down 😭). I will be 77 this Fall and have bad disks in my spine and lots of osteoarthritis in my feet. I started changing my diet since my Nov wellness check but it’s never been bad. I get upset with my primary MD as my blood tests are usually a tenth (.1) more than the “normal “ numbers so he says I’m ( for example) prediabetic. . My glucose was 101 and my A1C 5.9. Just over the line. I only take a thyroid med and for the last 2 years Amlodopine ( lowest dose). Try to eat mostly no salt, no refined carbs and little red meat. I am about 10 pounds overweight. I just get discouraged when the doctors go by normal test numbers and tell me I should be taking ( ex) metformin. I refused.