Just Looking Good Is Not Enough.

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Lon

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I am well aware of how I look physically compared to my Peers. I get many compliments about how young I look for my age and of course that's nice to hear. I walk a speedy steady line without cane or walker, but I must concentrate and really pay attention or I could fall on my ass. I m fortunate that I have no pain of any kind other than right now on my face and nose due to surgical removal of skin cancers the other day. I'm one of these guys that when you ask "How's It Going", always reply's , "Just Fine Thank You", and quietly thinking to my self, I FEEL LIKE SHIT & THINGS AREN'T GOING THAT WELL RIGHT NOW". As they say----LOOKS AIN'T EVERYTHING. I I am going to a Bar B Q in a few hours after changing the bandages on my nose and upper lip. I am really not feeling that great but will go an engage in social intercourse with some conversation (despite my lousy hearing) and dancing (which I love). I will go and have a good time no matter what. So there!!
 

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Hope you have a nice time Lon, and feel better soon. You're lucky you can walk without an assist, many seniors can't. Enjoy the barbeque! :)
 
I agree with SeaBreeze - count yourself lucky, Lon. I'm only 57 and already I walk like Quasimodo.

Look a lot like him as well. :(
 

I know what those pesky skin cancers are all about , Think I've mentioned in past my father was a red head so i have his type of skin ,Have you ever used Efudix cream Lon ! It's $70 for a 20 gram tube here in Aus .. It's a nasty stuff but gets rid of pre cancerous spots in larger areas ( hubby recently used it on his arms ) I have used it on my face ,neck hands look it up it ! But it puts you out of action for a while you look like you have spent all day in 40+ sunny day with no protection for about two weeks
 
I walk with a wobble. Sometimes use the cane if I think I might fall. Its more of a pain than anything else, but I can't bend over without it. Enjoy what you have, Lon. Its going to get worse. I just looked at a "This is Your Life" video that my son made of me for my 70th birthday. That was almost thirteen years ago. Everyone is there, happy and healthy. Life started down hill at about eighty one and deteriorated steadily. I've been a lucky guy though. Had a good long run. Life is a buffet table. We all have different tastes, but I really did get everything that I wanted out of life. There ain't no happy ending.
 
"Life is a shipwreck, but we must all remember to sing in the lifeboats."

I like your tagline, furry. I have a volume of Voltaire, but never ran across that one. Another good one though.
 
No seriously, I talked to a friend one day who is also "motionally challenged". If you start using a cane other things start not working so good. This is connected to that which balances that...nope cane should be last option.
 
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No seriously, I talked to a friend one day who is also "motionally challenged". If you start using a cane other things start not working so good. This is connected to that which balances that...nope cane should be last option.
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I agree, furry. We had a PT come to the house to try to strengthen my legs and she sold me on using a cane. It's turned out to be a major nuisance. Its something extra to juggle when carrying things, I've tripped over it, and I spent more time walking around looking for it, than using it. I only use it to get the mail or if I go to a restaurant. It gets people to open doors for me.
In line with what you are saying, you become timid, and that's the worst thing you can do.
 
Ok Lon, if I happen to see you down in the flat lands I'm going to trip you. No, no, no, I am only joking. :) I'm glad you are doing so well. I also am doing well except I have a bit of trouble walking and so far have refused to use a cane or walker. I also have trouble with my fingers and drop things a lot. Today I told my next door neighbor who is 56 and wears a back brace and has a lot of trouble walking that between her in her yard hobbling around and my brother and I in our yard people driving by would think this was quite a neighborhood. She said "Yes, they'll think there is something in the water." :) I notice my brother and I get around about the same way except he uses a cane and I just hold onto stuff. He is 6 years older than I am so I figure my day is coming. :( I still like getting old as I think it gives me a lot of freedom. :)
 
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"I still like getting old as I think it gives me a lot of freedom"

My goodness! While I pretend to NOT be "getting old", some are welcoming it? I only wish I possessed such an optimistic view, having had the opposite all my life!

When I "throw in the towel", it will probably disappear in a flash of fire, like a Magician's disappearing act. imp
 
SifuPhil said:
I agree with SeaBreeze - count yourself lucky, Lon. I'm only 57 and already I walk like Quasimodo.

Look a lot like him as well. :([/QUOTE]

Yes Lon, count yourself lucky as everything could be an awful lot worse.
And of course no matter what, there is always someone worse off than you, in any sphere of life.

But eh! Sifu. I do admire your honesty there !:playful::D
Have you rung any bells lately? :D
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Goodness, just read through everyone's comments here and definitely, as soon as our company leaves, pulling out the weights and going to get busy!

I'm 60+ now and I recently helped my daughter pack up her apartment, stuff everything into a van and move to Calgary where we got to unload it and haul all up to the second floor bedroom. And except for my back getting stiff because of the continuous bending, straightening, bending.....I felt great throughout all of it and the next day, only mentally exhausted. And several times I thought how good it was that I'd made such a point of doing those exercises (that I'd rather not do because I am supremely lazy these days) even when I wasn't in the mood.

Just as an aside, I remember when I helped her move TO Whistler, I was so out of shape ten or twelve years ago, that I was almost sick from the soreness. In Whistler, little cozy houses are built up the side of the mountains in some areas which meant stairs (not elevators) and we had to carry all her stuff up those, two loooooong flights in her case. It was kind of special and symbolic that 'mom' helped the kid move in and 'mom' helped the kid move out. I love my kid......but I hope she doesn't move again too soon.

I think that we need to exercise regularly before we get to the ages we're all at otherwise we pay for it. I only wish I didn't hate it so much! I'd much rather do something else.
 
I think Debby is correct, the key is exercise, for some maybe not all people. I have been remiss in exercising and now I have trouble getting around. My husband has to put the polish on my toenails as I can't reach them and I have trouble walking, getting in and out of bed etc. When I was 60 I was able to get around great so it's just been the last few years I've went downhill. My brother has always been active and a workaholic and he still has a lot of trouble getting around but he has taken some bad falls that probably made him the way he is. A few weeks ago my brother, while using a cane, helped my husband build a carport so he's never been one to give up. I did my part by sitting on a lawn chair and watching them.
 
I am not a great exercise person..used to do aerobics and I've always been a dancer , but I do walk a lot and I'm a fast walker. Can't currently do any kind of aerobics or dance due to my torn lumber discs, but I can still walk ... I agree tho' if you don't use it you lose it..
 

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