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Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 84-year-old woman in relatively good health. My doctor is concerned that my heart rate is too slow, consistently in the 50s. I have worn a Holter monitor and had an echocardiogram test.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a woman in my late 70s, a 1949 polio patient. For many years, I have been told that because of poliomyelitis I cannot tolerate any preventive inoculations, including flu, pneumonia, shingles, etc.

Dear Dr. Roach: My 77-year-old sister has what she and I believe is vulvodynia. She鈥檚 in horrible pain in her vaginal area and has had every test imaginable.

Dear Dr. Roach: For about the past year, I have had mouth movements that I do not intend to make. I can stop them if I really concentrate on doing so, but as soon as I think of something else, they resume.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 66-year-old white man who is very physically active. Until four years ago, the only real malady I suffered from was a benign enlarged prostate. In March 2016, I went to the emergency room for acute abdominal pain and cramping.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 77-year-old retired internal medicine physician. Last year I started to have asymptomatic PVCs. I also have prediabetes and mild high blood pressure. I am on 100 milligrams of Lopressor twice daily.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 76-year-old male in excellent health. The skin on my heels tends to be dry and callous, and at times develops cracks that can become surprisingly painful and take time to heal.

Dear Dr. Roach: About 20 years ago, I was prescribed amantadine to offset the side-effects of psychiatric medications I was being given. I also have always been predisposed to serious flu complications, even though I did get flu shots.

Dear Dr. Roach: My primary care doctor prescribed a cardiac calcium test after seeing me breathing hard while climbing onto the examining table. I don鈥檛 feel a need for it, as I am over 72 years old and it is common in this age.

Dear Dr. Roach: A recent column discussed shortness of breath on exercise. My aunt had this exact same scenario, and it turned out to be lung cancer.