Years ago I had a customer who had morbid high blood pressure. He would get a spontaneous nosebleed with just the slightest amount of stress. He was forced to give up his retail business, and became a handyman doing odd jobs. On his 48th birthday he became the longest lived male from his father's side for generations, including a brother. I moved out the the area and lost track of him a few years later.

Art, not to pry (much), but do you attribute your immobility to statins? Is there no exercise that would help you? Perhaps a recumbent stationary bicycle.

I've been on statins for 14 years, and still feel way better than before the heart attack I had then--I was told the effective life of my bypass was 7-10 years, so I'm on 'golden time' now, and I hope never to need the touch-up. In two weeks I'll be a healthy 71. Yikes!