Sometimes age brings ailments and sometimes it happens to the younger members of society...All we can do is push forward the best we know how and work on dealing with the bad times when they arrive. It's not matter if they come but when they come. Trouble and adversity visits us all.

I'm not worried so much about myself, it's my wife I worry about because she doesn't deserve more heartache in her life.

Thanks for your kind words. I think your father sounds like a smart fellow, and so I'm sure you'll take his advice onboard and move forward as best you can. :)