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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2009 13:04:05 GMT
As the aging process sets in we notice the gradual slipping away of processes and functions the body and mind must have just taken for granted when we were younger. For some it's more accelerated due to perhaps genetics or lifestyle. The onset of nearsightedness or the stiff muscle here and there. Forgetfulness,lack of energy. We "ache in the places that we used to play"so says the song.
What are you doing if anything to forestall or curtail these diminishings? Exercise,diet,moderation in former excesses?
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Post by imec on Jun 18, 2009 14:22:45 GMT
Denial.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2009 14:40:18 GMT
Guessing at your age from the concerts you posted having gone to I figure you're several years younger than I . I was in denial then too.  |
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Post by BigIain on Jun 18, 2009 15:26:24 GMT
I have started a rigorous programme of drinking red wine. Sometimes even white. This makes me feel like a teenager and thus immortal again.
I notice ageing with creaky knees and a hip which gets sore after a medium length hike and will most likely need replacing in due course. My body has had a tough old time of it though.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 18, 2009 15:58:41 GMT
 Is there any other way?!
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Post by traveler63 on Jun 18, 2009 18:54:06 GMT
Denial is good!!! I try to exercise a little more than I have been doing. I also am trying keep my mind active. Now, BigIain hs one thing that he does that I have been doing for a long time. Drink red wine.
However, every day is new experience in finding out after you get out of bed what new hurts, aches, or is just flat a pain in the behind.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2009 18:57:40 GMT
I used to be able to sit cross-legged on the floor and to spring to a standing position instantaneously. That doesn't work anymore for some reason.
However, I am still generally more comfortable sitting on the floor rather than in a chair or sprawling on a sofa.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2009 2:11:07 GMT
My knee injuries in Feb. and the subsequent surgery were a "wake up call" so to speak for me. Having to do the physical therapy to gain back full muscle strength again I realized how out of shape I really was. I am a very active person,much more so then most of my friends and acquaintances my age. However, I realized that in order to stay more fit,I have to continually exercise,every single day. There are some dietary restrictions I need to adhere to more closely,but with the onset of the heat here, it's been much easier then when I was housebound. Mentally,there are a couple things that have me a little concerned and one in particular that has me baffled somewhat. I used to be an excellent speller. Prided myself on it. In the last 5 years or so,simple,basic words I never had a problem with,I now don't know how to spell without looking them up.Mr. C. says the same has happened to him but I suspect that given what an incredibly nice man he is,he may just be saying that. I am also more paranoid.   |
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Post by imec on Jun 19, 2009 2:19:19 GMT
Guessing at your age from the concerts you posted having gone to I figure you're several years younger than I . I was in denial then too. Actually, my dogged determination to stay close to the cutting edge of the music scene is my way of staying young. I heard on a radio program the other day that the average age for losing interest in new music is 24. I've more than doubled that and won't be surprised if I triple it. Having said that, it probably is time to start paying more attention to diet and exercise - both of which I can do while still enjoying the coolest tunes available! |
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 19, 2009 5:12:01 GMT
I'm doing things in moderation.
I'm not really much in denial. But I do ignore one thing.
My right rotator cuff hurts me whenever I do anything strenuous but I keep on doing it. It's just throwing a ball and I don't see any reason why the goddamn rotator cuff shouldn't be up to the job. I've always treated it right! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by spindrift on Jun 20, 2009 14:28:41 GMT
I've rectified my eyesight with contact lenses - the best invention ever!
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Post by tillystar on Jun 22, 2009 15:08:23 GMT
I agree!
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Post by happytraveller on Jun 24, 2009 10:42:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2009 12:33:50 GMT
So far, I only wear glasses for driving, although I can do without if I have to. But I like to read the signs from as far away as possible.
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Post by bjd on Jun 24, 2009 13:18:20 GMT
Denial is just as good as contact lenses.
Actually, I only need glasses for distance. I was a bit near-sighted before, though I didn't wear glasses, so now I still read without glasses but need them for driving or movies.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2009 13:32:48 GMT
Same here bjd, which is why I never considered contact lenses. I also don't think I could stand having a foreign object in my eye. As stated here though, and plenty others concur, that they are indeed wonderful. My reading vision has actually improved whereas distance has weakened and I have horrible night vision.
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Post by spindrift on Jun 24, 2009 15:51:56 GMT
Ha! so funny - so true! I was the same until I gave in for the sake of better vision.
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Post by traveler63 on Jun 25, 2009 1:54:03 GMT
Went to the eye guy a couple of weeks ago. He said my eyesight has "improved" which is code for you are getting old and cataracts are starting to appear, along with floaters and lightning strikes. I have worn contacts since I was 18, starting with one of the only types available, called hard contacts. Several years ago my arms started to grow longer, and so I now do what they call mono vision, one eye for distance, one for closer work and readers for anything in between. And so it goes!!!! |
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Post by spindrift on Jun 25, 2009 8:22:03 GMT
I've asked to try Johnson and Johnson soft bi-focal contacts....I'm interested to see how I'll get on with them. As far as I know they're bi-focal in both eyes.
As it is I can read small print with my long-distance contacts and I can see the computer screen quite well too.
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Post by tillystar on Jun 25, 2009 8:29:34 GMT
After wearing contacts for 20 years and being pretty much blind without them/glasses Mr Star had laser surgery on his eyes and swears its the best thing he ever did. I couldn't do it, I couldn't let them near me eyes Nooooooooooooooooooo  I was in denial for years until I tried a friend's glasses on at a concert and could actually see the stage! |
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Post by bjd on Jun 25, 2009 10:34:07 GMT
My sister has the same eyes as me -- slightly near-sighted and astigmatic. She had just one of her eyes operated by laser a couple of years ago, threw away her distance glasses and is thrilled.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2009 11:19:48 GMT
My husband had the laser surgery(wore corrective lenses most of his life) and has been very pleased with the results. I considered it and chickened out. One of the things they stress you not rub your eyes AT ALL ,even during sleep ,and I got to paranoid about that aspect of it.
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Post by happytraveller on Jun 25, 2009 11:24:55 GMT
I would not let anyone near my eyes either unless it was absolutely necessary. But then I would have to be seriously drugged out.
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Post by traveler63 on Jun 25, 2009 12:37:19 GMT
HT:
I am with you on that!!!! That is why cataract surgery is scary for me.
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Post by palesa on Jun 30, 2009 9:15:16 GMT
Well, acccording to the Aztec and Mayan calendars and apparently Nostradamus' predictions the world will come to an end on the 21-12-2012, so I figure I need not worry about aging in the interim.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2009 9:28:30 GMT
At the picnic I went to last night, all of us had trouble getting up off the grass when it was time to leave, and the others were 10 years younger than I. But maybe the wine had something to do with it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 30, 2009 14:00:53 GMT
I have a friend who is 6 1/2 years younger than I. She puts everything down to the aging process in this sort of resigned way. Of course we're all going to get old, but I have a feeling that by the time she is 70, for instance, she will be a very, very old 70.
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Post by spindrift on Jun 30, 2009 17:31:33 GMT
I have a friend who will be 97 in September. He is very feeble now but still walks to the village shop, admittedly leaning on his carer's arm and he gets around his house using handles fixed to his walls and a stairlift. He enjoyed life until he got to 95 and then he tried to give up but didn't succeed. He went to bed and tried to die by just lying there. After a long time he had to get up and start living again. He doesn't realise how lucky he is since he has no aches and pains; he had a cataract removed last year.
None of us on here are near his age!
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Post by tillystar on Jul 2, 2009 9:35:40 GMT
Oh I remember when your friend was ill last year, I am really glad he has decided to tried living again  I have a great Aunt who is 90, she is a keen gardener and used to look after 2 acres of land on her own until she moved a couple of years ago. She has a smaller garden now but still grows all her own veg and enough tomatoes and runner beans to keep the family supplied! She is amazingly nimble and leaps out of her chair and darts about very impressively. Last time I saw her, about a month ago, I was telling her how amazed I am each time I see her how well she is. She put it down to gardening for so many years but said she felt a little disappointed as the last year she has had someone come in to mow the lawn!!!! |
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Post by tillystar on Jul 2, 2009 9:36:29 GMT
I think I am getting old and losing my mind as I think I told this story very recently in relation to someone else. Please ignore my ramblings |
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