A couple of days back, my oldest cousin suddenly kicked the bucket. He was five years older than me and lived a good life. What was surprising was that he never took any medication (not even vitamins), despite having run into a couple of vehicles last year (he said that it happened because for a moment he lost consciousness when driving). He should have gone to a doctor but didn't do so. Maybe he would have lived longer if he had. He even continued driving, even though he could well afford to employ two drivers.
His death made me wonder if I'm taking too much medication. I consume four vitamin pills, two pills for hypertension, four for curbing cholesterol and blood sugar, another two of collagen, an anti-allergic pill for sinusitis, and nowadays a pain-killing tablet twice a day for the (sometimes) excruciating pain in my back and left leg (due to sciatica). The question arises, despite being on such heavy medication, why am I not as healthy as my late cousin was?
Come to think of it, I have another close male relative (a couple of years younger than me) who never takes any medication either, despite being a smoker. I suppose some people are healthy because they inherited the required genes.
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