Seeing Stars
Jul 24, 2023 07:44:27 #
Jul 24, 2023 07:51:20 #
Ya know, I was discussing this with my wife yesterday. I had my left knee replaced 2 years ago and major back surgery last year and I really, at 75, don't have any aches or pains to speak of. After getting up, for about 5 minutes or so, everything has to fall into place. But after that I'm good to go. I really don't feel 75. In my head, more like 35.
Jul 24, 2023 08:27:21 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Ya know, I was discussing this with my wife yesterday. I had my left knee replaced 2 years ago and major back surgery last year and I really, at 75, don't have any aches or pains to speak of. After getting up, for about 5 minutes or so, everything has to fall into place. But after that I'm good to go. I really don't feel 75. In my head, more like 35.
Right now, I have two stars - a temporary one on my back and what's probably a permanent one on my right shoulder. Bursitis?
I like your last two sentences. For years, I thought of myself as being 37. My birth certificate says I'm 79, and I'm starting to believe it.
Jul 24, 2023 09:02:34 #
At 70 I often said that I didn't know what old felt like. But at 77 I'm beginning to know. 
Jul 24, 2023 11:00:42 #
cliff Hilbert wrote:
At 70 I often said that I didn't know what old felt like. But at 77 I'm beginning to know.
I don't like to admit that I'm physically limited. I'm still able to do what I've always done, but I just don't want to. 🤣
What does concern me is seeing notices about people who have died. They are mostly in their upper seventies.
Jul 25, 2023 07:44:01 #
melismus
Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country
At 95, I am recalling a quip attributed to a former neighbor: "Everything that doesn't hurt, doesn't work"
Jul 25, 2023 07:51:08 #
melismus wrote:
At 95, I am recalling a quip attributed to a former neighbor: "Everything that doesn't hurt, doesn't work"
That's a pretty dim outlook.
Jul 25, 2023 09:00:26 #
melismus wrote:
At 95, I am recalling a quip attributed to a former neighbor: "Everything that doesn't hurt, doesn't work"
Or as my (75 year old) sister responded when asked about her physical condition, "Well, I just never knew so many things could hurt."
Jul 25, 2023 09:10:36 #
fourlocks wrote:
Or as my (75 year old) sister responded when asked about her physical condition, "Well, I just never knew so many things could hurt."
Jul 25, 2023 10:11:14 #
Jul 25, 2023 15:01:28 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Ya know, I was discussing this with my wife yesterday. I had my left knee replaced 2 years ago and major back surgery last year and I really, at 75, don't have any aches or pains to speak of. After getting up, for about 5 minutes or so, everything has to fall into place. But after that I'm good to go. I really don't feel 75. In my head, more like 35.
Yep, reading this I feel about the same. I had shoulder surgery nine years ago, double bypass seven years ago, back surgery just over three years ago. I am 76 and do have the occasional ache or pain but they are nothing compared to what I've experienced in the past. Also I own and frequently ride a motorcycle that weighs around 900 pounds. I don't feel 35, maybe 50, but that's still pretty darned good.
Jul 25, 2023 16:03:40 #
Guyserman
Loc: Benton, AR
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
Yep, reading this I feel about the same. I had shoulder surgery nine years ago, double bypass seven years ago, back surgery just over three years ago. I am 76 and do have the occasional ache or pain but they are nothing compared to what I've experienced in the past. Also I own and frequently ride a motorcycle that weighs around 900 pounds. I don't feel 35, maybe 50, but that's still pretty darned good.
Why so many surgeries at such a young age?
Jul 26, 2023 09:10:15 #
melismus wrote:
Tylenol keeps me going, and life is good.
Nothing helps my shoulder pain, so I've stopped taking pills.
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