“You WHAT?!?!” I am pretty unhappy right now. My 81 year old | Follow the Data with Dr Frank

“You WHAT?!?!”

I am pretty unhappy right now.

My 81 year old father was playing tennis last week and experienced a small stroke. They took him to the hospital, where they told him he should recover just fine without any permanent damage.

Today, he was examined by a specialist who told him that there was no need for any surgery (there is a slight blockage in one of his arteries) but that he will want to check him again in six months.

So, I suggested that perhaps since tennis was demanding more blood flow, he should get it addressed if he wants to continue playing tennis and staying in such remarkably good shape.

He said that it would probably not be necessary, that he probably won’t have issues anymore.

I asked him why he thought that.

He told me that the issue had occurred two days after he’d had his Covid booster shot.

“You WHAT?!” I exclaimed.

“Please never do that again, Dad. You are otherwise very healthy, so the jab is riskier for you than actually catching it.”

I am just flabbergasted. Despite all of the lessons, we seem intent on killing off our older folks, and they are lining up for it willingly.

Please. Please, do not let them kill your parents.