Secrets of a Florida man who reaches 100 years old

“What is the secret to your longevity?”

That’s a question that has been asked a lot since I recently celebrated my 100th birthday and celebrated most of my doctors and close friends. If I really know, I’ll be cursed.

One thing is for sure, after experiencing several death experiences, it was a rocky path that reached this peak in life.

At age 5, I crossed the street with my brother and I was attacked by a truck, and landed in the hospital with a broken skull and right arm. For 10 days I was in coma and in danger. I was about to be released from the hospital almost two months later, so I was hit by a ruptured appendix and needed emergency surgery. It left me with a thick, ugly stomach scar.

At age 39, I had a heart attack and locked me up in the hospital’s intensive care unit for 17 days.

At age 79, I lost my eyesight temporarily with one eye while in China. A return test shows that there is an excess of plaque that limits blood flow to the brain. Carotid surgery removed plaque to avoid stroke.

After a triple bypass and mitral valve repair surgery at 89, a pacemaker was placed on my chest. Eleven years later, the small battery operated device is still at work, maintaining the normal rhythm of my mind.

My mother, a 63-year-old diabetic patient, died the day after her second leg was amputated, and my father, a patient with epilepsy, died of heart failure at the age of 77.

I’m not a religious person, but I’ve experienced the Great Pries of the late 1920s and early 30s, and I’ve been involved in 13 bombing missions for Nazi Germany during World War II, and with the exception of the 2020’21 Covid-19 virus pandemic, I can see that I’ve surpassed more than a million Americans.

It certainly acknowledges that Tom Brocau, the American television commentator, who was told as the greatest generation in the 1998 bestseller book, is thought to be decreasing in the number of American television commentators told.

But back to the original paper of this commentary: My longevity secret.

In fact, I was not a smoker. Advances and miracles in modern medicine, active lifestyle, positive attitudes and healthy diets can help. And since moving to Florida 13 years ago, it has become a routine after walking along the beach and swimming in the pristine pool of a building.

With each meal, the daily breakfast is a bowl of fresh fruit and lunch during the season. A small help of unsalted mixed nuts soaked in soybeans and lactose milk and tomato sandwiches.

Above all, I was a lucky man in my relationship for 78 years and in my marriage to a dedicated, caring, adorable wife. And that’s no secret.

Si Liberman (100) is a retired editor of Asbury Park Sunday Press. He lives in Palm Beach.