Oh my goodness Julia, I get you. I REALLY, truly, do. I went to a new doctor recently for a very small matter. But he was having me submit to every test under the sun. I responded by saying that I take no medication, walk every blessed day, lift weights, and stretch, and didn't want to be checked out. But he said something similar regarding age and bodies needing medication.

My response was that I was planning never to use drugs, and to that end, did lots of exercise and ate only good food, that is, NO JUNK FOOD.

But no. We HAD to do the tests. He was determined.There again, so was I!

'Do you know what?' I said. ‘I need a different doctor.' And with that I strode out of his room.

He was 30 years my junior, with a paunch, and I will bet my life that he does NO exercise.