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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 4, 2019 12:13:23 GMT -5
Hope this doesn't read as a rant.
Once one reaches a certain age, every morning is new ache, pain or trip to the ER.
My only socializing these days is with you fine folks, and I am truly thankful for that... but even a trip to the mailbox is a chore these days.
I used to be an "outdoor" kind of guy... mountain climbing, backpacking, white-water rafting, fishing... but as age has come upon me I find myself lacking and unable.
I know a lot of you must feel this way, and have a hard time with it. I wish it wasn't this way, but everyone, no matter their age at this moment, will get here sooner or later... the days when you feel "good" become fewer and farther between. Something is nearly always wrong.
Anyway, to our younger members of the 'Patch, enjoy it while you can. I'm glad you're here. To the old farts... you're not alone.
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Post by just ol ed on Apr 4, 2019 12:20:12 GMT -5
Rant? no f.king way from 78 yr old me! Enjoy every word y'all has ever writ. In general, my health is excellent, now time more devoted to wifie. 1st chemo tomorrow (Fri). Hodgkins Lymphoma. Considered one of the more treat-able forms supposedly.
Am sure most of the young'uns reading this will respond in the positive form
cheers, Ed
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Post by exchef on Apr 4, 2019 12:20:24 GMT -5
Hope this doesn't read as a rant. Once one reaches a certain age, every morning is new ache, pain or trip to the ER. My only socializing these days is with you fine folks, and I am truly thankful for that... but even a trip to the mailbox is a chore these days. I used to be an "outdoor" kind of guy... mountain climbing, backpacking, white-water rafting, fishing... but as age has come upon me I find myself lacking and unable. I know a lot of you must feel this way, and have a hard time with it. I wish it wasn't this way, but everyone, no matter their age at this moment, will get here sooner or later... the days when you feel "good" become fewer and farther between. Something is nearly always wrong. Anyway, to our younger members of the 'Patch, enjoy it while you can. I'm glad you're here. To the old farts... you're not alone. DT, I feel your pain, well ok, I feel MY pain but understand all too well what you mean. For the better part of the last few years I have been dealing with degenerative scoliosis and degenerative disc issues in my lower back. Have had 2 knee surgeries on my left knee, almost 0 medial meniscus left and am now facing some of the same issues on my right knee. I have not always been healthy as an adult but as I pointed out in a previous recent posting, today, I have taken steps to become a healthy adult. I am working my way back into my cycling, after my GBS surgery I ramped up to about 6000 miles per year to now below 500 because of back/knee issues. But I am determined and still healthy enough to get back to it, will have to figure out pain management. But yeah, to our younger brethren, take care of your bodies, you need them the rest of your life. To the oldsters, hobble over and kick back with DT and I and a bowl of your favorite tobacco. ExChef |
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Post by sperrytops on Apr 4, 2019 12:23:46 GMT -5
Not a rant at all. Just a statement. I am approaching the big 70 myself and see my range diminishing as well. Just the way of it. Appreciate everyone out here, young and old.
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Post by puffy on Apr 4, 2019 12:27:49 GMT -5
I'm pushing 77 years old. I've had a shoulder and a hip replaced,Part of my colon removed..Actually 3 years later I now feel pretty good.Had blood work a few weeks ago.Every thing looks good.I have a few aches and pains,but nothing major.
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Post by slowroll on Apr 4, 2019 12:35:50 GMT -5
I do appreciate your issues my friend. I'm a geezer myself and have slowed down a lot, also used to be a big outdoors guy, and this is the First year since I was in the jungle waaay back that I haven't skied, and the ski area is 8 miles away. I keep telling myself it's better than the alternative.
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 4, 2019 12:38:26 GMT -5
Didn't come across as a rant... Just an honest expression of how you feel.
I'm glad I'm not there yet, but I do have the odd ache and pain every now and then. I'm sure it won't be long before I'm feeling what many of you are. I'll bookmark this post for then.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 4, 2019 12:42:35 GMT -5
Youth is wasted on the young. I did enjoy my share I suppose, but I could use 2 or 3 more years. I ain't done yet.
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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 4, 2019 12:47:21 GMT -5
I'm happy to be alive, but some days are terrible. Sometimes all I can do is go lay down... not sleep, just putting the body in the bed. Not looking for sympathy, just letting my folks know my current state.
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Post by peteguy on Apr 4, 2019 14:35:23 GMT -5
2 torn rotator cuffs, knee replacement and chronic back issues here. I just try to get moving everyday and hope for the best. You try any medical cannabis yet? I will try it if it ever becomes a reality here.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 14:41:51 GMT -5
I've had my fun, if I don't get well no more
You see, my health is failing me
And I am going down slow.
That's the sad truth Martin, your body betrays you.
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Post by McWiggins on Apr 4, 2019 14:48:52 GMT -5
Not a rant at all. Just wise words for us younger people to listen to. I'm sure one day I'll look back and think of what you and others said about aging and I'll say to myself, "Yep! I was warned!"  |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Apr 4, 2019 14:49:56 GMT -5
I just tried to use the weedeater to cut my overgrown areas outside...discovered that just cause I used to, don't mean that I can now...after getting closer to a heart attack than I want...I'm back in the house where I belong.
Yes, Martin, I know of what you speak.
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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 4, 2019 16:22:05 GMT -5
2 torn rotator cuffs, knee replacement and chronic back issues here. I just try to get moving everyday and hope for the best. You try any medical cannabis yet? I will try it if it ever becomes a reality here. I'm resisting it, though I rec'd some from my daughter last Christmas... but it might be time to give it a shot... |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Apr 4, 2019 16:32:45 GMT -5
Give it a shot, Martin, can't hurt and maybe it will help.
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Post by kbareit on Apr 4, 2019 17:16:36 GMT -5
I didn't see it as a rant Martin, just the reality of getting older. I don't get why they call it the Golden Years. After seeing what my grandparents and parents went through in their final years there isn't much golden about it. My mum in law that just moved back kind of retired at 76 and hasn't worked since Saturday. She's bored and wants to find a job.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Apr 4, 2019 17:45:42 GMT -5
With my job I already have aches and pains. Lower back locks up and gives out at times, knees buckle, hands hurt, wrists feel like they're being prodded with a hot pokers, the list goes on and on. I just remind myself that it's only going to get worse... as if that's something to be joyous about.
I know my pain doesnt touch what some of yall go through, and I feel for you.
Martin, I'd try the MJ. It definitely cant make anything worse.
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Post by unknownpipesmoker on Apr 4, 2019 17:56:34 GMT -5
I am very active for my age, I guess. I mean not in the sense of hiking or climbing trees or anything like that. Although I know people in their 70s who still do that sort of thing.
I've got severe RA that just wrecked all of my joints and heart issues. But I am marrying a woman 30 years my junior and I have been two four countries this year. I am going back to two I've already been to before this month and next month. I still go to a few concerts every year. I still "party" sometimes with a lot of the same group of derelicts I did over 40 years ago.
Its all mind over matter. I just DECIDE to do these things. Even if I spend most of the time in Japan hanging around gardens and restaurants, its Japan, man. The hard part is the flight. Every time I get off the plane, I feel like I am playing with death.
I am going to try to live another 20 years. Mind over matter. I studied a lot of Milton Erickson - he worked with a lot of patients like me. People with chronic pain and health problems who just want to get out of the damned bed. You should look into his work.
Good luck buddy.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Apr 4, 2019 18:01:25 GMT -5
Thanks, Martin. That's why I'm trying to reverse a lifetime of bad health decisions, and, admittedly, lack of forethought. I'm sure you know, when you're young, you're invincible, and your current decisions' effect on your later life are at MOST an afterthought. I respect all you guys, and am sympathetic to what you're going through. Love you guys, and hate to hear that you're feeling poorly.
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Post by scrooge on Apr 4, 2019 18:12:31 GMT -5
Hope this doesn't read as a rant. Once one reaches a certain age, every morning is new ache, pain or trip to the ER. My only socializing these days is with you fine folks, and I am truly thankful for that... but even a trip to the mailbox is a chore these days. I used to be an "outdoor" kind of guy... mountain climbing, backpacking, white-water rafting, fishing... but as age has come upon me I find myself lacking and unable. I know a lot of you must feel this way, and have a hard time with it. I wish it wasn't this way, but everyone, no matter their age at this moment, will get here sooner or later... the days when you feel "good" become fewer and farther between. Something is nearly always wrong. Anyway, to our younger members of the 'Patch, enjoy it while you can. I'm glad you're here. To the old farts... you're not alone. Amen ! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 18:35:05 GMT -5
I'm with ya sir even though my biggest ailment isn't from old age but, it certainly feels that way at 65.
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Post by bigwoolie on Apr 4, 2019 19:29:51 GMT -5
I'll be 52 next week, so I guess I'm just a colt next to some of you guys. My lifestyle, like many of you, has sometimes taken a toll on my body beyond my years. But as I get older, I'm trying to slowly adapt. I used to be 90% work and 10% brains. Now I spend more time thinking and figuring before I do the grunting and straining. I used to be stupid but strong. My goal, in my last years, is to be wise when I become weak. God help me if I end up weak and stupid before I'm gone, which is probably what's gonna happen. I've been nursing sore back muscles all day from having to pick up the hind foot on a crippled mare yesterday while she was being x-rayed, and having her lay most of her weight on me while I was bent over because the other one hurt so bad and she couldn't support herself. I always remember this, everyone I know my age in perfect health has no stories, they've live a life as bland and pointless as tofu. If your ailments have a story, take your meds, sit in your easy chair, remember the story and smile (or grimace) through the pain. Whisper to yourself from time to time what Gus told Woodrow, "By God, Woodrow; it's been one hell of a party."  |
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Post by monbla256 on Apr 4, 2019 20:28:10 GMT -5
Most of us who are having medical problems in our "senior" years seem to have "...rode the horse hard and put him up wet one to many nights" in our youth and now we're paying the price. I know I sure am ! 
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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 4, 2019 21:34:14 GMT -5
I'll be 52 next week, so I guess I'm just a colt next to some of you guys. My lifestyle, like many of you, has sometimes taken a toll on my body beyond my years. But as I get older, I'm trying to slowly adapt. I used to be 90% work and 10% brains. Now I spend more time thinking and figuring before I do the grunting and straining. I used to be stupid but strong. My goal, in my last years, is to be wise when I become weak. God help me if I end up weak and stupid before I'm gone, which is probably what's gonna happen. I've been nursing sore back muscles all day from having to pick up the hind foot on a crippled mare yesterday while she was being x-rayed, and having her lay most of her weight on me while I was bent over because the other one hurt so bad and she couldn't support herself. I always remember this, everyone I know my age in perfect health has no stories, they've live a life as bland and pointless as tofu. If your ailments have a story, take your meds, sit in your easy chair, remember the story and smile (or grimace) through the pain. Whisper to yourself from time to time what Gus told Woodrow, "By God, Woodrow; it's been one hell of a party." ...that really cheered me up... it has been one hell of a party, by God! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 21:38:04 GMT -5
I'll be 52 next week, so I guess I'm just a colt next to some of you guys. My lifestyle, like many of you, has sometimes taken a toll on my body beyond my years. But as I get older, I'm trying to slowly adapt. I used to be 90% work and 10% brains. Now I spend more time thinking and figuring before I do the grunting and straining. I used to be stupid but strong. My goal, in my last years, is to be wise when I become weak. God help me if I end up weak and stupid before I'm gone, which is probably what's gonna happen. I've been nursing sore back muscles all day from having to pick up the hind foot on a crippled mare yesterday while she was being x-rayed, and having her lay most of her weight on me while I was bent over because the other one hurt so bad and she couldn't support herself. I always remember this, everyone I know my age in perfect health has no stories, they've live a life as bland and pointless as tofu. If your ailments have a story, take your meds, sit in your easy chair, remember the story and smile (or grimace) through the pain. Whisper to yourself from time to time what Gus told Woodrow, "By God, Woodrow; it's been one hell of a party." Its not how old you are, it's how far you've gone. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 0:24:15 GMT -5
"The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long." - Lao Tzu
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Post by PhantomWolf on Apr 5, 2019 0:52:09 GMT -5
I know what you're saying and the fact that I'm only 36 doesn't paint a bright future. Haha
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 1:11:01 GMT -5
I do the best I can and try not to tell myself it hurts or I feel bad because that makes it worse. The giant box of prescriptions betrays me of my belief I am bullet proof. The scares are many and real each one tells a story I even have some cadaver bone grafts along with plates and screws. I never wasted a moment sitting in my youth I feel sorry for those who took the safe route. It is better knowing that you have experienced life rather than watch it go by afraid of it. Some might out live me but few will ever live like I have.
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 5, 2019 2:32:46 GMT -5
It ain't limited to seniors. Right knee replacement, arthritis in the left, carpal tunnel in both wrists, left shoulder damage with a pinched nerve, a bone spur on my spine, and two ulcers. I'm 45.
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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 5, 2019 2:44:43 GMT -5
It ain't limited to seniors. Right knee replacement, arthritis in the left, carpal tunnel in both wrists, left shoulder damage with a pinched nerve, a bone spur on my spine, and two ulcers. I'm 45. ...it isn't the age, it's the s*** that comes your way... I don't consider 71 to be that old, but it's the s*** that came my way... |
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