Marco is 42, lives in Lecce, works as a sales director, has two children. He feels fine.
What he almost never says is that he thinks about his father, who had a heart attack at 58 on the highway, one February morning in 2008. Since then he carries something underneath. A silent calculation every time he runs to catch a train and his heart pounds a little too hard.
At 42 he has no symptoms. Nothing that justifies a private cardiology visit every six months. And yet.
Marco downloads Odin because a friend tells him about it. Not to lose weight, not to book an appointment. He downloads it for a reason he struggles to put into words: he wants a trace. He wants someone to notice if something changes over the next twenty years.
At 50, on a Thursday in November, his family doctor opens his profile for the routine annual check-up. He sees the average blood pressure of the last twelve months trending up. He sees four extra kilos in eighteen months. He sees lighter sleep, energy that's suffering for it. Read together, they tell him something.
He calls him, doesn't wait. "Come in for a check-up, I'll explain."
At 65 Marco is well, has regular check-ups, exercises and follows a balanced diet, supervised by his doctor. The worry about his father's condition is a distant memory.
