My health issues all started surfacing the last few years (just turned 65). Seems like I'm falling apart at times.
lament on old age.
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Don't let the old man in...................Sung by Toby Kith.
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A few aches and pains, otherwise doing OK for 75, I am the envy of a lot of younger people. Slacked off on my bicycling this year, now some of the hills have gotten a lot steeper.
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I turn 73 in July and there is not doubt that I ain't the man I used to be. There was a time that I believe that I could have walked to California, now the 1/4 trip to the mailbox is a chore. Then again, the man I used to be ain't the current me either and I wouldn't swap with him. It is hard to accept slowing down, but I am trying to roll with it.
My health is good but my energy level is low. Part of my aging process has made me a mechanic; I specialize in installing rear ends in recliners. I used to wonder why my Mother in Law went to so many funerals, I am now getting it, it is smug gloating over your contemporaries that you outlived. A good third of my highschool class is dead and buried. (better them than me) The gloating thing is exactly why I have requested to skip a public funeral or a death notice in the newspapers. People important to me will know and everybody else can keep wondering.
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Too soon old and too late smart. At 79 I discovered that my mind and body got divorced without telling me. My mind says we are going to do such and such. My body says what are you thinking? You're gonna kill both of us.
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Same here. I am inexplicably Becoming One with The Power of the Nap. Mind "still on highway at 60 but body wants to do 20 in school zone." Evenings like this I should be doing something useful like loading ammo but I'm lying on the couch with the cat, listening to music.
Time with the family is important.
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I agree! I do the same thing with my 2 collies everyday. Gets a bit cramped with all three of us on the couch though.
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Maybe a couple tips of what seems to be working for me. I'm 80, fully retired (as is the wife who is 77), everything paid off, literally fat, dumb and happy until last year, July 1 to be specific, crushing weight on chest, wife called a crash wagon and I wake up later with heart attack and stent installed. Doc says quit smoking or die, start exercising or die, cut the heavy sugars (A1C), bad cholestrol (LDL) or die.
Believe it or not, the man was right!!!! Have not had a cigarette, or cigar, since July 1, 2024. Bought a recumbent bike (works the whole body), to go along with the stationary bike and Nordic Track Treadmill that we have owned for 25 years (wife uses daily...me never until now). So.....now days, 3 times per week, 5 minutes warmup on the Gold's Gym stationary bike, 10 minutes on Treadmill at 1.5% incline and 2.0 mph; 12 minutes on Sunny Health Systems recumbent smart bike at 70 to 80 watts, resistance level 4 which is all exactly the same as the 13 week mandatory Hospital Cardio Rehab Program that I attended right after the heart attack.
Yea...........getting old sure is a crummy deal, but I actually am 11 lbs lighter than a year ago, feel like I'm back 20 years ago physically, biceps actually looking fairly good again. Food tastes and smells great, especially the no fast food, healthy meals the wife has always made...I just never seemed to notice, dropped two complete jean sizes (waist...not length).....may have to invest in new gun belts!
I know....I know.... I sound like a reformed drunk or born again guy....preaching to the choir.....but it is working for me, could maybe work for you in lessening the effects of getting old...........and NO.....I still hate broccoli, don't eat many salads, love fish (any kind anywhere, any style) and definitely have a filet mignon at least once a week... and pie (also any kind, anywhere). Just backed way, way off from Big Macks, Popeye's, Kentucky Fried, etc and the dozen Krispy Kremes every other day.
Equipment Costs? $600 for the Sunny Health recumbent bike, $200 for the Gold's Gym 290C stationary bike (years ago), $600 for the Nordic Track Treadmill (also years ago)................so a heck of a lot less than some of our prized Smith & Wesson treasures
Believe it or not, the man was right!!!! Have not had a cigarette, or cigar, since July 1, 2024. Bought a recumbent bike (works the whole body), to go along with the stationary bike and Nordic Track Treadmill that we have owned for 25 years (wife uses daily...me never until now). So.....now days, 3 times per week, 5 minutes warmup on the Gold's Gym stationary bike, 10 minutes on Treadmill at 1.5% incline and 2.0 mph; 12 minutes on Sunny Health Systems recumbent smart bike at 70 to 80 watts, resistance level 4 which is all exactly the same as the 13 week mandatory Hospital Cardio Rehab Program that I attended right after the heart attack.
Yea...........getting old sure is a crummy deal, but I actually am 11 lbs lighter than a year ago, feel like I'm back 20 years ago physically, biceps actually looking fairly good again. Food tastes and smells great, especially the no fast food, healthy meals the wife has always made...I just never seemed to notice, dropped two complete jean sizes (waist...not length).....may have to invest in new gun belts!
I know....I know.... I sound like a reformed drunk or born again guy....preaching to the choir.....but it is working for me, could maybe work for you in lessening the effects of getting old...........and NO.....I still hate broccoli, don't eat many salads, love fish (any kind anywhere, any style) and definitely have a filet mignon at least once a week... and pie (also any kind, anywhere). Just backed way, way off from Big Macks, Popeye's, Kentucky Fried, etc and the dozen Krispy Kremes every other day.
Equipment Costs? $600 for the Sunny Health recumbent bike, $200 for the Gold's Gym 290C stationary bike (years ago), $600 for the Nordic Track Treadmill (also years ago)................so a heck of a lot less than some of our prized Smith & Wesson treasures
Getting old is like puberty in reverse. 
YeshuaIsa53
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Getting old ain't for sissies, someone used to say.
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According to several VA ortho doctors all the worn, damaged, and rebuilt body parts I've accumulated over the years have resulted in my body being 25 years older than my real age so next year when I hit 75 technically my body will be 100 years old. 
Oh well......... I've lived far longer than I ever thought I would and had a lot of fun wearing this body out and when people ask me if I'd known that I was going to live this long would I have taken better care of myself I tell them no, I would have travelled to more places and done more things to remember.
Oh well......... I've lived far longer than I ever thought I would and had a lot of fun wearing this body out and when people ask me if I'd known that I was going to live this long would I have taken better care of myself I tell them no, I would have travelled to more places and done more things to remember.
I bought a Nordic Track walking machine, used, about 30 years ago. Used if for a week and was so bored I started walking outside, which, for me, is a whole lot more entertaining...
Feelin pretty spry at 74 until my grandson ask if I fought for the North or the South. Guess I must be ancient to him. LOL. All started when I showed him my Daisy 25 pump from back around 61-62. Thought that was the gun I fought with! Don't think I would have lasted very long.
TRUE..........IT"S #1.........
Just passed the 74 mark this month. Without acupuncture I would be in a world of hurt. Get a treatment every other week and my new normal is pretty decent. Electro-stimulation is the hot ticket, night and day difference over traditional needle only system. I can eat whatever I want, just had my cataracts done this past year, back to winning shooting matches. My only real complaint is that I had my prostate removed twenty-two years ago and back then you pretty much said goodbye to spontaneous sex, thats all. Don't get me wrong I'm able to walk for miles, uneven ground is a bit tough on my back and knee joints but I get around pretty well, I'm grateful, I may be great grandfather this year.
^^^ This.
The memories of an old man are the deeds of a man in his prime.
Ya shuffle in the gloom of your sick room, and talk to yourself as you die...
Ya shuffle in the gloom of your sick room, and talk to yourself as you die...
