robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I got all the same from the people at VA, and the followup is for them to adjust it and spend more time teaching me to do it myself. For one thing, the charger case is programmable to a degree and it keeps turning up the volume after I turn it down.

Plus the earpieces of my glasses touch the hearing aids and sometime move the little switch. I have a new Rx for glasses, so my wife suggested I get the kind with a straight earpiece. But they would still be across the top of the hearing aids. I will just have to be patient while my brain adjusts to them.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Old women too. At 86, I just cannot make myself call my neighbor when I need to move my 100 pound birdbath or concrete flower pots or climb a tall ladder into my 12 foot ceilings. My son can see what shows on my exterior cameras from his house 8 blocks away and yells at me a lot.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Good luck on your check up

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

My wife has been overdoing it lately, with injuries and wear and tear of the hands and ankles from a career as a Surgical RN and OR Charge nurse. Then last week she tripped, pulled a couple of muscles, and bruised some others. Since first met her in the early 70s I and others have been constantly telling her to stop trying to outdo the guys. (She is my height and an athlete in school.)
But she doesn't listen much and when she does she tells me I am full of ... Well today when she admitted she overdid it and needed to stay in her lounge chair a lot I asked "Hmm, who is it who has been telling you to take it easy?" Her answer was, "My Doctor", Pam (a friend across the street) drove me to Kaiser the other day. I tried to get her to acknowledge I had been telling her also but she just smiled and didn't answer me.
Maybe I need to get our daughter Jasmine to visit and tell her. NO Jasmine is the baby of the family and what could she know? Even if she is now an MD (Pediatrician).

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Getting Old can Kill Ya

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Glad to know you are OK. We all just have to watch out for anything unusual when we get old. My problem is that I am so much slower now!!!!

toxdoc42

When we were young, we talked about sports, and sex. When we got married we talked about our kids. Now that we are old, we talk about our illnesses.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

We're just a bit stubborn Robert! Sometimes I just have to rest a whole day after I do so much but quitting is not an option for me. I'm sure I will be forced to slow down though....eventually.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

Using your first phrase, "Back in 2015," December to be more precise, I was in a city about 150 miles from home and staying in a hotel overnight. My wife was with me. During the night I awoke with some discomfort I presumed was indigestion and was able to get back to sleep/ In the morning I still had the discomfort and my wife noticed something was amiss. I told her about the discomfort and she said we should go to a hospital. At the hospital they did several tests and admitted me for observation. The next day, after inconclusive findings, they suggested a cardiac catheter which required me transferred to a different hospital across the city. I had a cardiologist appointment in a couple days and also a PCP appointment about the same time. The doctors agreed I could travel home and keep the appointments. I did and my docs agreed with the cath procedure. It was set up and the cath was performed. As I was coming out of the anesthesia for the cath, the cardiologist was standing beside my bed and stated, "You need open heart surgery." I had the surgery (Double bypass) a couple weeks later and have been feeling well since. I was 69 at tht time and am now closing in on 77. I have reduced my weight some, my wife cooks meals to help keep down my cholesterol and I take seven different medications, two of which are non-prescription. I see a cardiologist twice a year plus my PCP similarly. I am a veteran and also see the local VA clinic for additional follow-up. I am very appreciative of the doctors, nurses, and all the other ancillary personnel that had imvolvement with my care and treatment. I plan to stay around for several more years. With the help of my wife and my medical teams, I think I'll make it.

gener202002

Yes, because I can't remember sports, sex, or kids. It's all I got left.

SnoShuSam Loc: Texas, (ex Virginian)

Yes, it surely does get worse. Heart attack 13 years ago and then new valve. 10 years of good heart health but neuropathy started to worsen and they opened a few valves in my leg but no real help. Stint in my heart last year and it is getting but now need a walker to get around. The bottom of my feet feel like sponges and no feeling of pain. Getting old just has its inconveniences to deal with. BUT, not giving up! Still got lots of things to do with my life and am going to do them. Italy and Normandy in the future.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Tadalafil on board. New Sports Car - but no road to drive it on.

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

Got a pulse/ox and a blood pressure machine as well as a wireless heart monitor in my house that regularly reports to the Dr. Looking at Kardia; have to figure out how to set one up. Dr. didn’t feel it was necessary with the others stuff I have as well as my implanted defribrilator/pacemaker. Still thinking about the Kardia, though, if I can figure out how to set it up on my phone. In 15 years, the defib has only shocked me once legitimately, about 8-10 years ago. Dr. worked on heart after that and it has never gone off again; in fact he has felt confident enough to have taken me off medication for the condition.

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

Wishing you good luck on the next cancer check up.

HamBar06 Loc: Philadelphia, PA

You Betcha! However being still here at 91 is better than the alternative.

Best wishes to us all !!!

Hambar06