Missing motorcycling

[Nortoon_imp]

When I returned to motorcycling at 68 I had no health issues. But over the last 5 years I have suffered from a number of ailments.

High blood pressure, that I fixed by eating smarter, exercising more, and losing weight.

Four increasing painful gall bladder attacks and finally its removal. I am still trying to convince myself that it was not because I changed my diet.

Kidney stones, after having my gall bladder removed. The medicine prescribed to lessen them gave me stomach cramps, acid reflux, and diarrhea. Fortunately that has been adjusted.

This year a bout of either the West Nile Virus or Cellulitis depending on the doctor I talked to.

And finally surgery on my nose because a dermatologist thought I might have skin cancer. No sign of cancer and the two cuts are healing nicely. But they want me to stay out of the sun. Hard to do when I walk the local nature every winter day to avoid the Seasonal Affective Disorder (winter blues) and spend my summers fishing, running large scale trains outdoors, and riding my motorcycle.