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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're early 60s, correct? based on your H being "upper 70s" in 15 years.

I wouldn't live further than a 20 minute fast drive from the equivalent of an American tertiary hospital. You are entering peak stroke, MI and head bleed (fall) years, and where you get initial care makes all the difference in an acute event. By my criteria, almost none of the Italian or French countryside qualifies.  For the same reason, I personally wouldn't retire to much of Maine, the Smoky Mountains, Martha's Vineyard, etc. [/quote]

Why so anxious for medical treatment when you’re living no life at all?[/quote]

DP but my seemingly super healthy DH had a heart attack young (50) and it has drastically changed the way we travel and think about access to medical care long term. It's a totally valid concern.

OP - no advice but this sounds dreamy! [/quote]

It's a valid concern but you just need a plan in place, you don't need to live right next to a hospital. My dad had two heart attacks on middle age and will be monitored by a cardiologist for the rest of his life. He just had a pacemaker put in at 75. But my parents live in a place without a coronary care unit. However he has a great cardiologist with privileges at the local hospital and relationships with practices at the hospital an hour away, and the one 3 hours away. He never skips an appointment and he always takes his meds. They do preventative care whenever possible.

It's worth it to them to live where they want (small Colorado mountain town). You need to do what makes life worth living, and not just focus your whole life around not dying.[/quote]

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