Your Doctor Called: It's Not Time to Retire

David Lemon, MD, has worked as a physician for fifty years. He completed his medical education at the University of Iowa and Duke University. He practices cardiology in central Iowa and has no plans to retire. He grew up in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and now lives with his wife, Suzanne, and their dog, Sophie, in the Des Moines area. He continues to get up each workday before 5 a.m. He exercises twice a day, does his own property maintenance--raking leaves, mowing, and shoveling snow. He still won't sip a beer and would feel guilty if he ever ate a donut, but he does require coffee to get through the day. He wants to live until he dies, and when he does, he wants to simply keel over and drop to the ground. Someone else will have to see his patients that day.