29 years ago tomorrow, I turned 40. My family doc, long since retired, told me that he was telling all his men patients over 40, to take 2 a day regular aspirin (250Mg apiece).
I thought it preposterous and have taken 85Mg per day since. Maybe he was on to something who knows?
29 years of 500Mg of aspirin a day is a whole lot of aspirin for the old stomach to process.
I’m almost a year older than you, and take about 5 aspirin a year tops, no drugs whatsoever, and have zero health issues.