I'm old and hungry for life

The past month or so, my feet have been itchy. Time to take a trip somewhere but where??? Have spent most of today looking at working Dude Ranches. Can I still ride a horse? Hike? All that stuff? I don't know but I sure as hell can watch all those studly cowboys doing it! So maybe....
 

GoodEnuff said:
The past month or so, my feet have been itchy. Time to take a trip somewhere but where??? Have spent most of today looking at working Dude Ranches. Can I still ride a horse? Hike? All that stuff? I don't know but I sure as hell can watch all those studly cowboys doing it! So maybe....
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Riding the Saddle is hard on the Spine, so if you ache suggest a ride on an atv instead thru the mud and creeks of your great dreams.
 
I didn't feel old until I had prostate surgery. It was a mess and they had to leave the catheter in 5 weeks longer than normal. Then I thought my life will be WONDERFUL with it out. Then it became worse, I was almost 69. I Just turned 70 and its still bad. Otherwise my health is GREAT and no pains and can actually work out and do stuff. BUT I don't as much because of this incontinence..

I almost feel guilty whining about it. All I have is an inconvenience while others have real pain and problems. As for feeling old and regrets I usually think about all the good things I in my life and there are so many. My relationships my kids my job. It was all pretty damned good. One of the best things is my 17 yr old daughter lives with me much of the time and we spend MUCH time together. Watching hockey or Netflix. I have friends with really pains and health problems and financial problems. I'm blessed just messy at times..........
 
Imogene said:
You have more than ten years left if longevity runs in your family and you donā€™t develop debilitating arthritis.

Just keep moving and keep the muscles fluid. My human chiropractor and a few doctors have told me that is why I am still moving. I have a lot of trauma arthritis in my back and neck from re-schooling horses that were ruined by stupid humans and riding my snowmobile like it was the General Lee on ā€œThe Dukes of Hazzardā€.

I am 77, walk with a cane, wear a back brace, brought this all on myself and I refuse to quit as long as I have a horse or two to care for. Everyone has a passion in this life to keep them sane, or at least they should have; mine happens to be horses since I was two years oldšŸ˜‡šŸ˜‡

Just keep doing what youā€™re doing @hollydolly šŸ¤ šŸ¤ 
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I am 67 and I developed debilitating arthritis in my back and shoulders in November 2023. If I sat on the couch too long, the pain would spread to my legs and thighs and it was painful to get up.

I went to a physical therapist who walked me through various exercises to strengthen the areas. I told her I wore a lower back brace when I walked and she told me it was not a good idea as it would make my back weaker. I practice the exercises daily and still go the gym and the pain has gone away.

I'm sorry you're having to go through all this, but please do persevere!
 
This winter has got me in a strange mood of feeling my life will be over within about 5 years. My Trigeminal Neuralgia has gotten considerably worse and effects my mood and my body strength. I have started to feel old. It is the desire to give up, and lie down. It feels so good not having to strain at gravity now. This has happened several times this winter. It is like a new and possibly the final chapter has started. :)
 
My sig pic is me last year at The Garden of the Gods in Colorado. I'm 67 and don't feel a year over 45. I still go to the gym 4 to 5 days a week and don't feel like an "old person" there.

My main goal is to travel as much as I can while I'm still mobile. We're looking at going to Europe in April or May. We like to hike and walk a lot when we are in various destinations, so I work at staying limber.

Re: decreased muscle strength as one gets older, when COVID hit I was still working so I didn't get nearly enough exercise. We would walk a mile around a lake near our house and my hips would hurt so I would have to stop halfway through. These days I can easily go more than a mile with no pain. I've actually improved my fitness from 62 to 67 years old.
 
seadoug said:
My sig pic is me last year at The Garden of the Gods in Colorado. I'm 67 and don't feel a year over 45. I still go to the gym 4 to 5 days a week and don't feel like an "old person" there.

My main goal is to travel as much as I can while I'm still mobile. We're looking at going to Europe in April or May. We like to hike and walk a lot when we are in various destinations, so I work at staying limber.

Re: decreased muscle strength as one gets older, when COVID hit I was still working so I didn't get nearly enough exercise. We would walk a mile around a lake near our house and my hips would hurt so I would have to stop halfway through. These days I can easily go more than a mile with no pain. I've actually improved my fitness from 62 to 67 years old.
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I love garden of the gods.
 
HermitHogan said:
I'm feeling pretty good for being in my late 60s, so I think I'll be around long enough to witness the total collapse of society and of our economy. It should be interesting. There's nothing worse than being bored.
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I have thought exactly this same thing and then plan for when it happens, how I would survive. Don't think much on it, but it does cross my mind: the "What ifs" ailing society and economy collapse or WWIII....etc.

I feel great in this, my 70th year. My mother taught us there was no such thing as can't or stop going.

I pray EVERY day that my health holds out along with my mind. I still have dreams to make come true.
 
seadoug said:
My sig pic is me last year at The Garden of the Gods in Colorado. I'm 67 and don't feel a year over 45. I still go to the gym 4 to 5 days a week and don't feel like an "old person" there.
I've actually improved my fitness from 62 to 67 years old.
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Garden of the Gods is beautiful. Reminds me of Sedona I lived 7 years in Colorado Springs and Greeley. I was 31-38 and my AF career in full swing; 2/4 of my kids were born in Colorado, and that is where I was deployed to Desert Storm. Huge turning points in my life in CO.

I don't feel over 45, either, not sure I feel that age...but more 35? Perhaps because at 45 my child rearing days were in full swing I just remember beings so TIRED??

I have worked out my entire life, with few exceptions, this is because inside me is a feeling that I don't want to lose the parts and flexibility of that which I need use: WHEN I want to use it, which is when I have time for ME these last years.
 
If you are a feel-tired - rest, tis better to die in ones own sleep
than die in a Hospital ET department hooked up to tubes
to where. Thas my thought. U will get health and strength
thru resting. Work hard at life when you arise. Thas my belief.
Smack em b-tards hard when fresh of your days life here!

Someone once sad Grandma was a physical bitch in her 70's who made Lye in her pot on a fire out there!

It's hard to understand that way of life unless you saw it. I Did. Only thing they cared about was the work and doing it.
So many whiny Fx's out there who have no clue of real survival of the fittest and what it means.
 
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CooCooforCoCoPuffs said:
Only thing they cared about was the work and doing it.

Work IS life; if the work (in surviving) is something you enjoy life is very good.
Physical work makes one stronger longer.
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If you are lucky enough to watch how hard your grandparents would work with you by their side,
albeit safely out of their way then you know what that is, what it all means. "RESPONIBILITY"
I think that is what they can teach us.

It doesn't matter if you sleep 8 pm to 5 am or 2 am until 11 Am. Get your rest and enjoy life at up-mostly.
 
My father lived in a boarding house with two brothers when he was young and my mother lived in a home with an outhouse where she used to gather water by the river for her family. My father worked hard and was intelligent enough to create a better life for himself and for my mother. I will forever look up to them and will be thankful for what I have today.
 
I AM OLD AND HUNGRY FOR LIFE???

old - yea - hungry for life - big question - total fitness [not possible] - young wife ? - not possible [unless you have lashing of cash!}- define what life you are hungry for first - yea mean ya wanna got back to year dot??
 
82 and can still walk the dog with a cane {me cane dog no cane!} - can't play squash no more but who wants too? - woouldn't mind a quick you known want in a while? - do my own shopping with a lean on trolley and chat up all the girls - no tennis or golf or squash??
 
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Paco Dennis said:
This winter has got me in a strange mood of feeling my life will be over within about 5 years. My Trigeminal Neuralgia has gotten considerably worse and effects my mood and my body strength. I have started to feel old. It is the desire to give up, and lie down. It feels so good not having to strain at gravity now. This has happened several times this winter. It is like a new and possibly the final chapter has started. :)
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Yes, I now have to think of a reason to get up. Then I have to countdown from five to BLASTOFF.
 
papa tiger said:
Think Mr. Eastwood sponsors a Chewable Hemp product guaranteed to reduce pain tolerably for the aged. ... :coffee: ...

Not so! https://www.latimes.com/entertainme...-22/clint-eastwood-sues-cannabis-products-cbd

But I am sure wearing clear or smoky safety glasses does give the eyes rest to stuff in the air. Eyesite also improves cause they aren't watering so badly. I figured out long ago, with a career in Industrial Maintenance & wearing safety glasses I seldom had to blow my nose or get sick. Off work, I wore them for the same reason. Take em off and in a couple of hours get to blow nose, feel eyes running. Nasal drip. Air polution & ragweed. All that stuff the eyes soak up into them.
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I just bought some safety glasses. The last time I was in the yard raking and burning my eyes were killing me! No more. Plus, I don't want my eye poked out with a tree limb. I can't believe I never wore them before this!
 
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