I love being old but....

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My medicine 'cabinet'--the morning drugs on the bottom, evening on top! I really do love being old and I could give you a list of reasons such as a major one of not worrying about things anymore because it took you so long to realize it was a waste of time! In any case I see my primary doctor 4 times a year for blood work to check up on my cholesterol, sugar level, blood pressure, Afib, COPD, PAD among other things that he reminds me, always with a smile, that I am paying for the wild years of my youth. True I smoked 2-3 packs of cigarettes a day for 60 years (until July 2008 when I had my last cigarette before my aorta valve replacement operation) and I had an alcoholic problem from my late teens until January 1981 when I had my last drink. I could go on but we ended every meeting with my asking him if I could eliminate any meds I was taking and he would answer with a definite, “No!” Oh well it is a small price to pay for being able to say I didn’t miss a thing in my youth and I say it each time I take one of these 16 pills, inhales or creams. Plus it is the meds that make people say that I don’t look or act 82! MEDICINES Advair 250/50 One in morning and one in evening Breo ellipta 100/25 MCG INH once a day Warfarin 5mg 5 days a week--7.5mg 2 days a week--in morning latter usually Tuesday & Thursday Atorvastatin 80mg 1 in evening Lisinopril 5mg in evening Allopurinol 100 mg One in morning Finasteride 5mg One in morning Metformin 500mg one in morning and one in evening Betamethasone 0.05 Once a day in morning (head & ears) Atenolol 12.5mg One in evening Furosemide 20mg tab 2 a day Potassium CL ER 10 MEQ Tablet two per day—one in AM and one in PM AS NEEDED: Lorazepam 1mg tab MethyIPREDNISolone 4 mg tablet OR Colchicine 0.6 mg for gout attack Aleve or Aleve PM or CVS Pain Relief PM Plus: Vitamins: D3 1000IU and a multi vitamin pill