Really?!

"It's your swimming and your water intake that has kept you healthy," said my 30-something female doctor yesterday.  "That's why you don't look your age.  In fact, you remind me of Jane Fonda, the way you dress and carry yourself."

The first thing I thought was, "What does "my age" look like these days?"  The second thing I thought was, "Really??!!"  Not falsely modest, I'll take her medical compliment and put it right out there.  G-d knows I work hard enough to stay stylish and healthy.  Must be my central Canada-ness when it comes to how I dress 'cause, outside of Stampede week, I'm not really a Western gal.  And it must be my daily 50-lap grind in the pool that keeps my heart pumping and my various other organs functioning relatively-normally.

The last thing any of us boomers needs is to be fat, lethargic and unhealthy.  "I see people all the time who don't drink enough water, who don't exercise and whose joints just dry up and quit working," added Dr. M.  The cost of hip and knee replacements anyone?  Mostly self-inflicted.  "Even with your torn hip whatever(?), you're still a low priority on the waiting list to see a specialist," she said.  Frankly, I think people who keep themselves fit, yet still run into problems, should vault over people who don't look after themselves.  But, of course, that's not the way the system works.  So, for my torn and painful hip whatever, I have to wait four months to be seen.

All I can say is, long live those bloody pool lanes!  Think I'll drink to that.