The Peripatetic Geriatric

    The Today Show's resident doctor appeared today in order to refute Dr. Emmanuel's article on wanting to die at 75.  The Today Show doctor,whose name I don't know, said he disagreed, that people are living, longer, healthier lives nowadays, no need to pack it in at 75. To illustrate his point, he cited a case of someone he'd just encountered, a man hale and healthy at the age of 92.  I was amazed---that guy sure does get around.  I know he's been at the office of the ophthalmologist I go to.  Last year, he underwent a  full joint replacement at the hands of the orthopedist who operated on me.  And his female counterpart outlived all pessimistic projections and survived way past the metastatic cancer time line.  Let's hear it for 92!