Are YOU getting old "gracefully"???

[strollingbones]

I was referred to as "person of advanced age" I think senior is better

so I ask my np who is a friend ...I told her I wanted to live long enough to see the 10 yr old get outta high school...she laughed and said that is very do able..but pushing it...I said how about see the 6 yr old get outta high school...she says "who knows if that child will go on in school" I was taken back

 

[Dr.Destructo]

Scooter'll dump you off real quick.

Well, thats why I need a special one.....and why its so expensive

 

[The Duke]

Well, thats why I need a special one.....and why its so expensive

What about like a recumbent tricycle? At least 3X safer if not 5.
I see you hurting yourself on a scooter, seriously.
Bigger wheels have more centrifugal force to keep you upright.
That's why. And also I've dumped scooters in fucked up manners like 3X. No scooters for me, and I am fairly coordinated. I speak from experience.
Little thing goes goes wrong? Scooters are going right down and throwing you where other things wouldn't.
Something you may want to keep in mind. Faceplanting @ 8mph is probably not nice.
Oh, I could make one of them things a rocket.
I'd rather do it to a big wheel go cart though.
Oh no. I hope I don't come back to this..or do I?

I'm talkin' soap box derby. I'm talkin' 117 volt Soap Box Derby!
24" dirt bike wheels on a go-kart. Yeah, I like it!

 

[San Souci]

I dislike it but there is very little I can do about it.

Yes ya can. Take dope. Get a Doc who prescribes opiates.

 

[strollingbones]

what I love is every doctors appt begets more...and more lab work...last cardio....immediate lab work...and I would love not to see the word "abnormal" on them...blood pressure too high...I am terrified of my cardio guy..so I got an immediate lab order...and an echo on the heart since its been one year

I got outta the hospital days ago and of course all the tests ran there have to be reran etc...and for some reason I have to see my primary within a week...something about insurance..theirs not mine..

seems I lack vitamin D...they told me to start taking it...I pointed out I was already taking it..

I just wished my cardio would not say things like 'we all hate to face our own morality" damn could we prudy it up a bit

 

[strollingbones]

I have started doing the electric bike..so far so good...but they can get away with you

at our advanced age (I hate that term) we need to be a week bit safer (lets all avoid breaking a hip)
since that leads to a visit from the grim reaper

 

[Dr.Destructo]

what I love is every doctors appt begets more...and more lab work...last cardio....immediate lab work...and I would love not to see the word "abnormal" on them...blood pressure too high...I am terrified of my cardio guy..so I got an immediate lab order...and an echo on the heart since its been one year

I got outta the hospital days ago and of course all the tests ran there have to be reran etc...and for some reason I have to see my primary within a week...something about insurance..theirs not mine..

seems I lack vitamin D...they told me to start taking it...I pointed out I was already taking it..

I just wished my cardio would not say things like 'we all hate to face our own morality" damn could we prudy it up a bit

OMFG!!!! I've spent $400 in the past 6 months on "specialists" trying to find out why I fucking HURT all the time, and why my knees keep giving out..........and all I get from them is "You seem healthy to me, can't find anything wrong"!!!!

If I'm SOOOO fucking "perfectly healthy", WHY do I have problems walking???? WHY does my legs constantly HURT LIKE HELL???
WHY do I get dizzy spells???? WHY do I get black spots in my vision?????

I've been to a knee specialist, foot specialist, leg specialist, vascular specialist, and opotomertirst specialist..........and they ALL say the SAME THING............"I can't find nothing wrong with you"!!!!

The only "specialist" I have left to go to is a nerve specialist.
But I know exactly what they are going to tell me!!!

I've had wires hooked up to me of all kinds.
I've had SO many Xrays.
I've had CAT scans as well.

I think if they don't find anything wrong WE GET A REFUND!!!!

 

[Dr.Destructo]

Could it be...............

That I'm just SO PERFECTLY PERFECT, that it's starting to impeed me physically??
Can one BE more perfect than perfect???

 

[TheInfiniteSadness]

Considering that for the second time I'm reading this thread for the first time I can only say i'm accepting it. In less than an hour I'll forget what I wrote here or made a post or even been on these forums. My short term memory is shot and some of my long term memory has been moved to Neverland. Yesterday when I signed in I thought it was for the first time in February. I was wrong.

 

[Woodznutz]

I love to hunt and fish but I can't "run and gun" on the mountain ridges or wade the Shenandoah anymore so I took to flatter land. I bank fish instead of wading, etc. I use the 4-wheeler a lot more.

I'm not having to fill the larder every year to feed the family so I'm enjoying what I can still do.

Now it's just a pastime, not a job. There's something to be said for that.

If there's a tasty meal afterwards, so much the better.

I'll be 85 in April. I have my aches and pains but what bothers me most is that I've lost interest in things that I used to enjoy.