I Am Mortal

She's healthy and beautiful
at 100

But - we're all gonna die!!!  It's a fact.

I just finished reading Being Mortal by surgeon and best selling author Atul Gawande.  In fact,  Being Mortal is currently on the best seller list, with good reason.

This book helps us confront realistically the last quarter of our lives.  Dr, Gawande believes we should have more control over how we spend this precious time.  I agree.

Here's a tiny tidbit from page 40 that could save and/or change your life:

The single most serious threat most of us oldies face is.....falling.  Each year, about 350,000 Americans fall and break a hip.  Of those, 40 percent end up in a nursing home, and 20 percent are never able to walk again.  The three primary risk factors for falling are poor balance, taking more than four prescription medications, and muscle weakness.  Elderly people without these risk factors have a 12 percent chance of falling in a year.  Those with all three risk factors have almost a 100 percent chance.

Yes, that's a 100 percent chance.

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