That would be nice if the diet and exercise fixes the problem.
Like you said Worst case is you get in better shape for the surgery if needed.
I totally understand about not giving up
My brain is in denial that my body is getting older.
So is mine brother.. And i saw a few old gezzers at the gym and a couple grew haired OG's as in 65 year old gym rats there whole life.. They are what gives me strength..And the fact that i may be older and slower but my will power and my determination have been chisled over many decades..
Today i dont have the distractions that a younger me had. And im at an age that when i do things, i do them for myself, and not another person across the room...
Add that with the fact that the last 10 years when i said, Hoss if you want this then lets get it, and I hit it with everything I got. I live it, I breath it, I dedicate my heart to it... Some would say I have problem of taking things to the extreme. Its the same with growing. I absorbed all I could, thru as many diff ways as possible.. I had to study 10 to 15 things that you needed to know just to understand the lingo..
I googled so much i thought i was sure to set off Alarms as a potential underground anarchist.
Thats just the way im wired.. Maybe i aint normal.. And im glad im not...
Because a normal person who hasnt ran a block in 10 year doesnt run 1.75 miles( TODAY :) ) by start of second week at 46 when he has migraines middle of the night and they said surgery twice was needed..
The little boy in me wouldnt let them saw on my back... My nuts said i could over come these injuries... And I went with my nuts..
Hey they always said thats what we think with...