29 June 09 Restful Night Essentials Dr. Whitaker
Dear Dr. Whitaker,
I’m a 73-year old male with good health in most ways. I’m a former marathoner, having done 13 marathons, including Boston, Pike’s Peak, and a 50km run-walk (on the 30th of June 1979 in Austin, TX. We should have staged it in winter, but at least we started at 6 AM. On the other hand, I did one marathon, Cowtown, in Fort Worth, when the temperature was 23 to 25 degrees during the 3 hours and 34 minutes it took, resulting in hypothermia (treated with hot beef stew by my wife, Gail). My best marathon was Woodlands, TX in February of 1980, in which I averaged 7:03 per mile, when I was 44 (3:05:01). My latest marathon was in October, 2008. I did it in six hours and four days.
I have been using Restful Night Essentials (RNE) for almost two months, now. For 4 days I took only one, but from 9 May to 28 June I’ve taken two each night. In the last couple of years, I’ve been getting a lot of exercise. I walked the Capitol 10 km run 30 March 2008 and 29 March 2009. Before the run this year, I got up to 25 miles a week, walking, at about 3 mph. I have a balance problem, but on a rubber track as at U of Texas Rec. Sports, or O’Henry Middle School, I can actually run. With a 3-inch vertical jump, it’s hard to distinguish it from walking, however. On the treadmill, I can get up to 4 mph or so with the wind in my hair, hanging on for dear life. I walked 8 miles in a day a couple of times. I got the feeling during that time that I needed to walk 3 miles one day to sleep well that night. And, as I got in better shape, I seemed to need 4 miles. By “sleeping well” I mean getting up only once or twice a night. Well, at my age, it seems to go with the territory. By the way, I drink a quart of water early in the morning and again, as early as possible, each day, with orange juice or decaffeinated tea substituted for some of the water. (I weigh 156 lb.).
Then when I started taking Restful Night Essentials, it didn’t seem to matter whether I had exercised, or not. I sometimes got up only once on days after not exercising at all. Now that’s phenomenal! I still feel that exercise is good, but maybe I can do something else 2 or 3 days a week.
I had had a somewhat sore toe during the last few weeks, and after getting it treated by a podiatrist, I let it rest for almost 2 months. During that time I’ve been swimming for most of my exercise, usually a km 3 or 4 times a week.
Starting maybe ten years ago, I always got up 3 or 4 or more times a night, until 29 Dec 2007. Then, after the Alamo Bowl football game in San Antonio that night, and about 3 miles of walking before the game, I got up only one time that night. Since that time it’s gotten a lot more common, especially when I’ve walked several miles. I went to a couple of weddings in my family, and danced for an hour or two, starting at midnight, in one case, and felt great. I think all of the exercise paid off, at that time.
In the 56 days that I’ve taken Restful Night Essentials (RNE), I’ve gotten up to go to the bathroom 1 time/night 12 times, 2 times/night 35 times, 3 times/night 8 times, and 4 times/night 1 time. The latter night I was worrying about a certain personal non-threatening problem.
I may be prejudiced in favor of Dr. Whitaker. My grandfather was a doctor, Dr. Samuel Davis Wall, and his father was a doctor, Dr. Williams (sic) Davis Wall, and my great-grandmother was Annie Augusta Whitaker. Our family tree, as far as we’ve gotten it, is at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dixon3026