Sure hope this doesn’t jinx it but….

….wrapped up my annual physical yesterday and got a clean bill of health.  Well, as clean as it can for someone closing in on his 78th birthday.

The doctor is very aware of our interest in grass fed beef and so he’s been tracking certain indicators very carefully.  One, my cholesterol levels, has come down from dangerously high levels five years ago to where it is now firmly in the normal range.

More interesting is a new test he used for the first time: a kind of ultra-sound of the arteries in the neck.  The test reveals the condition not only of the arteries but the heart and can be a predictor of strokes and heart attacks.  My mother and father succumbed to both.

However, this test showed no problem.  In fact, the doctor checked his charts and said I belong in the 57 year-old age group.  As I recall, that was a pretty good group.

My conclusion: pull some more Thistle Hill grass fed beef from the freezer, Wooz!  Trouble is we just finished selling the best cuts.

Of course, my doctor says it’s not the grass fed beef but the two glasses of red wine I drink with it.  Just to be safe, I will continue with both.