I wish I could still do this, don't you?

timoc

timoc

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Tony Legg Joints and Arthur Itus have taken their toll with me, but I can still enjoy watching others doing the doing. 😊


I'll bet that some of you fine folks are sad that some of the things you found so easy once upon a time, are now beyond you.

Do tell. 😊
 
Pinky said:
I used to do a back-stand, and yoga. My joints aren't as flexible anymore :(
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Similar. I do yoga but not the contortionist stuff!

I used to be able to do handstands and back flips too but, don't seem to have the upper body strength any more or, perhaps it's getting older and being aware of how easy it is to end up in A&E and having to explain that you were merely trying to wrap your left leg over your right shoulder while balancing on your big right toe! :oops:

I'd love to be able to stay up all night long and still have the stamina to get through the next day, and the next day ....

I'd love to be that kid again, leaving mum sitting on a park bench while I ran from the swings to the roundabout, to the slide, to the pool, without a care in the World.

I know people who hated sports at school but, I would love to be able to run in the relay races and jump in the long jump challenge again.

I just realised that it's mobility that concerns me most and the loss of it. I guess that is why I still exercise and can still run for the bus, even though it's not with the speed or confidence that I could once muster :) 🏃‍♀️
 
I can still dance! 💃 not as much as I used to, and I can’t finish fast dances like jive and salsa, but I can still go at them for a bit.

I’ve never been much into sports or running, but I can still play tennis and golf, go zip lining and aerial trekking, canoeing and kayaking. All of which I go at more slowly than I used to, but I’m still able.

I was losing upper body strength which was annoying so I increased my upper body workouts and it’s slowly coming back.

The only thing I can’t do anymore is ride horses, at least not at a gallop. I used to ride a lot, and I can still sit a horse but it’s gotten to the point that my back doesn’t like it when I ride fast!
 
My wife used to ballroom dance. When she began dancing in her late 20’s, she wanted me to be her partner. I told her very politely, No, but thanks for asking. She had one partner for over 25 years and her last partner for 20 years. I went to some of the competitions, if I was home, but not to their party nights. I was always afraid someone would ask me to dance.

She spent a lot of money on the lessons, but the gowns she bought, wow, I couldn’t believe she wore a lot of them only once and then sent them to the consignment shop. I know the one dress she bought was over $500, worn once and given away to a girl in the neighborhood to wear to her Homecoming dance in high school. The dress was beautiful and bought at Dillard’s.

She stopped dancing when she turned 66. She complained of sore ankles.
 
IrishEyes said:
I wish I could still ride a horse, I do miss that and watching a video of that doesn't compare.
Well, maybe if I got and adult size rocking horse and watched it at the same time while sitting outside feeling
the wind in my face :unsure:
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Gosh I miss riding too. Back when I rode I worried that when I got too old I'd never be happy again, and I think I'm not happy like I was then, there something about the wonderful ride combined with getting off safely (without any unintended 'flying lessons') that put me on top of the world.
 
HoneyNut said:
Gosh I miss riding too. Back when I rode I worried that when I got too old I'd never be happy again, and I think I'm not happy like I was then, there something about the wonderful ride combined with getting off safely (without any unintended 'flying lessons') that put me on top of the world.
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Nothing is as Beautiful as seeing the world between the ears of a horse
 
Over the last 3 decades i'd mostly come to terms with things i couldn't physically do any more,(like acrobatics, full lotus position to meditate) but it was spread out and i had time to adjust and accept. My recent medical crisis has changed that.

I'm dealing with 3 potential 'losses' or at the very least considerable restrictions on my physical movements:
1) can't lift heavy logs (or heavy anything) any more, will probably still be able to do some splitting but won't be able to move bigger ones around to do so.
2) Right now even when the ground is dry i'll have to move cautiously on outside especially when daughter not home. In the house i have doorframes and furniture to steady self on.
3) i may not be able to dance again, even tho in recent years i've only danced at home.

My balance is off for a couple of reasons. Still adjusting to how the injury impacted nerves and is affecting my awareness of how my lower extremities are positioned and moving. Then there's the fact that a drug i was put on to facilitate normal urination after the first attempt to remove the Foley catheter resulted in grossly abnormal retention, effects several other things. Including lowering BP which increases hyporthostatic tension (creates dizziness if stand up quickly).

Hoping that second one will stop in a few days after i take the last prescribed dose of that drug tomorrow. One less hindrance to take into consideration. But i drove my daughter to work today, and plan on it tomorrow too. Tuesday we'll go stores tho i may not go in all three of usual stops. However, i'm comfortable with that because we're such a small town. Will use my insurance companies transport affiliate for appointments in the city.
 
Ronni said:
I can still dance! 💃 not as much as I used to, and I can’t finish fast dances like jive and salsa, but I can still go at them for a bit.
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Hi Ronni, how long have you lived around Nashville? There was a venue, I think it was called HeartThrob's or Heart something, it was very popular. Our friends took us there back in the 1980's. There was a huge queue, and someone from the club was telling those in the queue that it might a long wait. Luckily our friends had some sort of VIP pass card, we jumped the queue. All I can remember was how packed the place was.
 
When I was 19 and 20 I was was doing a lot of surfing. A buddy of mine and I went in on a 9'11" Greg Noll Longboard. We paid $60 bucks for it. $30 bucks each.

About 5 years ago I decided to get back into it. I picked up a nice used 10' Walden Magic Longboard on Craigslist for $500. I thought it would be like riding a bicycle. Once you learn you can always pick it back up. But it wasn't. I tried and tried but I could not stand up on it. My agility and balance were gone. :( There are a few people in their 70's that still surf. But they have been doing it continuously since they were young.

Ended up giving the board to my daughter who now lives in California. She's in her mid 40's but she's been surfing since she was 20.
 
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