This thread is going to get pretty hot and heavy if we're going to start listing all our aches and pains, we got some real serious players in this forum. Heck, I'm only 64 and I've had
1- appendectomy
3 knee surgeries
2 eye surgeries
1 carotid artery surgery
1 double by-pass operation
2 (unsuccessful) arterial stent proceduries (they told me just to live with it)
2 minor surgeries to remove shrapnel and 1 left in there back in '67 (they told me just to live with it)
... but in deference to Black Bart, I don't think I could have held off until I was 80 and then have them done all at once.