Friday, March 14, 2008

Getting older is getting more health afflictions

Ibrahim 76, an Army Officer retiree from Jakarta, with 6 children and 19 grandchildren. In his reminiscence during his assignment he decided that one of his favored assignment was as the Indonesia President's guard between 1969 -1980. Then moved to Bali and lastly to Larantuka, Flores a fraught and quiet region from 1987 until his retirement in 1992. After his retirement he chose to live in Denpasar, until his 70th birthday he rarely has serious health problem, after that he caught diabetes but can be treated until he well again, and have a tension and petrified and collapsed for 15-30 minutes, when regained his consciousness everyone peered down him. This condition occurred for one year, until his neurologist cured him. Recently he consulting to geriatric clinic often because his headache, cough and hard to breath. To keep his health he exercising with walk every two days for 3-4 km. He wished for not too suffer health deteriorated before he face the God.

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