At what age do you think infirmity really sets in?

StarSong said:
I'm edging toward 70 and am still quite active. Not too many aches and pains.

I notice that my balance isn't what it once was, and carrying my 6 month old grandson around isn't nearly as easy as it was to tote my own babies back 35 years ago.

At my 40th HS reunion (2010), most people were in pretty good shape but a number were older than their years. Some were in wheelchairs, others used walkers. These people were only in their late 50s!
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I was always surprised when Paxton's doctor weighed him....surely, he must weigh more than that!
 

Murrmurr said:
In 2015, I fell off a full sized ladder while trimming tree branches that were scraping against my roof. I landed well, and only had some skin shaved off my leg, but it scared the bejeezus outta me like never before. I'm pretty sure that was the last time I used a ladder.
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Twenty five years ago I made the stupid mistake of having the extension ladder on our wooden deck. I had tools in both hands and right as I stepped off the ladder onto the roof it slid out from under me. I fell between the rungs and slammed down onto the deck, no broken bones but it put a hurtin on me. I hit hard enough it bent and cracked the side rail of my aluminum ladder. That was a lesson learned.
 
C50 said:
Twenty five years ago I made the stupid mistake of having the extension ladder on our wooden deck. I had tools in both hands and right as I stepped off the ladder onto the roof it slide out from under me. I fell between the rungs and slammed down onto the deck, no broken bones but it put a hurtin on me. I hit hard enough it bent and cracked the side rail of my aluminum ladder. That was a lesson learned.
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Yes, same. That's what took the skin off my leg; that cross-rail there. And it was a brand new ladder, too, so I was really bummed about dinging it up. But luckily, I fell on a thick layer of leaves and the ground underneath them was rain-soaked, plus I rolled as well as I could with one leg in a ladder.

I pounded the ladder back into shape ok, but went and bought a longer chain saw. Branches were thin so I was using a 14" mini, but I had to reach a good 3 to 4ft for some of them.
 
Always thought it would happen about 10 years on, no matter my age...

I am not a good example, 69 and will be 70 in September. I have gotten stronger and healthier in the past few years.

However that is due to losing a lot of weight and starting to exercise regularly. Pretty sure that effect won't last much longer.

It does show that you can turn things back a little.
 
You folks are really KIDDIES! I'm 87. Just getting out of bed is now a major problem. I have arthritis everywhere and can barely walk. Plus, at my age some doctors even physically abuse me. However, my 83 year old wife is doing a great job being my care giver.
 
Mitch86 said:
You folks are really KIDDIES! I'm 87. Just getting out of bed is now a major problem. I have arthritis everywhere and can barely walk. Plus, at my age some doctors even physically abuse me. However, my 83 year old wife is doing a great job being my care giver.
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Still young enough to poke those doctors in the nose, though. Might not break anything, but it would adjust their thinking.

When I was caring for my mom, one of her doctors was incredibly disrespectful to her, lectured her like she was a child when she opted for a safer surgery (that didn't pay as much). I didn't poke him in the nose, but he was sure glad to see us leave. I found mom a much kinder doctor, a female one, who obviously like my mom right away and was soon telling everyone she was her favorite patient.
 
I turned 74 in May, most of my friends were in the Military, most of them died in1967, and 1969, when me, and my second wife were first married, she use to pick the shrapnel out of my back after each shower , I have a few new friends now, I go to coffee every Wednesday, and Sunday with friends, I walk everyday, walked 4970 steps today, watch my diet, I think everyone, just does the best they can with the life they have
 

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