Subject: Are you getting old?
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Jun 18 13
How many 'signs of ageing' apply to you?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2343082/Switching-Radio-2-drinking-sherry-feeding-birds-The-50-signs-youre-getting-old.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
(Non Brits may need one or two explaining to them) :)
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Jun 18 13
How many 'signs of ageing' apply to you?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2343082/Switching-Radio-2-drinking-sherry-feeding-birds-The-50-signs-youre-getting-old.html?ito=feeds-newsxml(Non Brits may need one or two explaining to them) :)
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Skyflyerjen. It does seem to work sometimes. When I was young I sprained my ankle in a bus accident. For decades afterwards my ankle hurt if I bent it but I started bending it and leaning into the pain and now it's gone away completely. I had a pain in my shoulder after an operation and I was rubbing in some pain medication which made me sleepy. I stopped doing that and took up pilates and the pain went. Reply #81. Oct 19 18, 11:28 AM |
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That's just crazy! Hard to imagine how that works, but I'm really glad it can! That gives me hope for my mom. Reply #82. Oct 22 18, 10:10 AM |
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I think it may be because exercising keeps the body in working order. I wouldn't like to comment about your Mom's condition though. I wouldn't want to generalise. I have had problems with my knees which seem to come and go. I've realised that certain shoes are no good for me. Ones with heels, or ones with no backs where I have to keep gripping with my toes (like those heel-less slippers). Eventually they cause me knee or other leg problems so I've given up wearing them. Reply #83. Oct 23 18, 2:15 AM |
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P.S. I lost half a stone in weight too. I'm sure that helped. I aim to lose more but it's slow going. As long as I'm not putting it back on though, that's good. Reply #84. Oct 23 18, 2:18 AM |
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It turns out my mom does have a small tear. Her physical therapist said she's doing the therapy to strengthen the muscles around it, but also to avoid standing too much, so as to not rip it further. Good for you for losing weight, hey! That seems to always help, eh? Reply #85. Oct 23 18, 10:07 AM |
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Skyflyerjen. I hope your Mom's tear can mend in time. Good luck to her. On another ageing subject.... I've been booking a couple of holidays for next year. Normally I have holidays at the rate of about 1 every 2 years but a couple of things have spurred me on. One is that my husband and I are retired and who knows how long we'll be fit enough to travel, so we should make the most of it now. Secondly I've been looking after my neighbour's cats when they take holidays and so far they will have had 4 this year - to Morocco, Greece, Lebanon, and coming up, to Florence in Italy. It makes me feel a bit restless to be sure, but whether it's our age or not, neither of us are really keen to go far now. Neither of us likes sunbathing or doing nothing. Neither of us likes air travel or long hours of travel so and neither of us likes being away for more than a week, so our bookings for 2019 are for The Lake District in England and to Northern Spain. Travel to the latter is going to be long enough for us. More than 9 hours by train (including waiting times and the time it takes to cross Paris to change trains). There are a couple of ferries that go but one is not timely and the other doesn't take foot passengers. Air travel is quicker but not particularly convenient and prices escalate rapidly unless you are prepared to travel in the worst conditions. If I was young I'm sure these factors would not bother me so much. Reply #86. Oct 26 18, 3:00 AM |
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Another reason for my holiday to Spain is that it's a birthday present to myself. I've always wanted to do something like that around my birthday. My poor husband spent his 60th birthday waiting for me to come out of an operation for cancer. All seems o.k now (touch wood) but I felt sorry that it impacted on him so much. Also we had to miss a holiday to France once as I came down with pneumonia. I try to make the most of things now. Reply #87. Oct 26 18, 3:08 AM |
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Very wise! My parents just completed a cruise to Alaska. My grandpa had wanted to see Alaska but never got to. My dad was the same, he had always wanted to go. I'm so glad they went on that cruise. Since they retired they travel much more, and I'm happy for them. Nobody is promised tomorrow. Mix, knock on wood, I hope you enjoy yourselves on your lovely vacations! Reply #88. Oct 29 18, 10:12 AM |
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Thanks Skyflyerjen. :-) Reply #89. Oct 30 18, 10:09 AM |
lesn
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You know you are old when you notice gray hair ....on your kids! LOL Reply #90. Feb 04 19, 6:12 AM |
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I heard a funny one: How can you tell if you're old? Let's say you fall down. If people laugh at you, you're young. If people start to panic, you're old. :) Reply #91. Feb 04 19, 2:28 PM |
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I know I'm old because most of my nieces and nephews are middle aged. Reply #92. Feb 05 19, 9:35 AM |
Cymruambyth
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I've reached the age at which my doctors are no longer the same age as my children - now they're the same age as my grandchildren! Reply #93. Apr 19 19, 3:16 PM |
THartmann9374
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I noticed I started growing white whiskers. Reply #94. Oct 07 19, 12:09 AM |
paulmallon
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I'm not getting old, I AM old, but senility has been an easy transition for me:-) Reply #95. Jul 04 20, 9:18 AM |
Catreona
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LMAO Paul I've been a fuddy duddy all my life. The difference now is I'm an old fuddy duddy. At least, I often feel old. Top ten? I haven't known what that was since around 1984. And forget movies. When they stopped putting out Star Wars and Harry Potter movies, I stopped going to the movies. But other than those, hmmm, let's see, the last movie I saw in the theater was "Nobody's Fool", and that was only because my mother wanted somebody to go with her. She's always been a big Paul Newman fan. Don't have children or grandchildren, so I'm not forced to keep up with the times. Just as well too. To my mind we haven't progressed much since the '70s which was, needless to say, the Golden Age. I was ten in 1974. The first half of the '80s was okay, I guess, but it's all been straight downhill from there. You know what really made me feel old? When Donny Osmond turned sixty!!! Reply #96. Jun 01 21, 7:21 PM |
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Mix, you're quite right about not moving. It's such a temptation. It hurts to move, so you limit your movement and, abracadabra, the pain gets worse. By that time, though, you're so afraid of falling and dislocating a hip or something that you keep restricting your movement. I'm at the point now that everything hurts, whether I move or not. It must be a sign that you're getting old when you actually want to go back to physical therapy in hopes they can make it all better. Reply #97. Jun 01 21, 7:25 PM |
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