I don't feel old

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My wife and I are now 74. I seldom think about our age. We are still able to do all the things we have ever been able to do. We, of course, realize that at some point we will have limitations, but again, we just don't waste time worrying about this stuff. We both watched our parents grow old and they model the way for us, in that they just took things as the came and continued to live the best life they could right up until they passed. I am not suggesting that as we age, we don't make some decisions without considering our age. But life goes on...
 
Timewise 60+ said:
My wife and I are now 74. I seldom think about our age. We are still able to do all the things we have ever been able to do. We, of course, realize that at some point we will have limitations, but again, we just don't waste time worrying about this stuff. We both watched our parents grow old and they model the way for us, in that they just took things as the came and continued to live the best life they could right up until they passed. I am not suggesting that as we age, we don't make some decisions without considering our age. But life goes on...
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Ah, to be 74 again; I'll be 80 in a few months and I have noticed my bodys limitations to some degree. I am probably spoiled as I've never been hospitalized - still have tonsils, appendix, and so on. Other than cataract surgery recently and an occasional stiff joint, old age hasn't affected me much. Of course, this can't go on forever and I fear making any long range plans. I still buy green bananas.
 
pwdobson said:
I've been retired for 15 years. My body is slowly fading, but my mind is still sharp. I'm concerned that I may not be doing this 'Elderly thing' right.
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I'm experiencing this as well in the arena of exercise. I want to exercise like I did in my forties and expect my body to just "suck it up," like it did in my forties. But, it's not. Frustrating.
 
pwdobson said:
I am probably spoiled as I've never been hospitalized - still have tonsils, appendix, and so on.
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I was just talking to a friend in Blind River, Ontario and he essentially said the same thing. I told him "See, that's how it should be. You get 100% Free Healthcare and you never need it. I have to pay 20% of my Medicare coverage (until I meet my yearly deductible) and I have some many health problems it's pathetic.

Then he says to me, "Yeah, but all of your health problems are self inflicted. You smoked for 40 years and now you have COPD. You spent 20 years doing one night stands with your band and now you have Cervical Stenosis from carrying all of your gear in and out every night. Need I go on?"
 
Axel Slingerland said:
I was just talking to a friend in Blind River, Ontario and he essentially said the same thing. I told him "See, that's how it should be. You get 100% Free Healthcare and you never need it. I have to pay 20% of my Medicare coverage (until I meet my yearly deductible) and I have some many health problems it's pathetic.

Then he says to me, "Yeah, but all of your health problems are self inflicted. You smoked for 40 years and now you have COPD. You spent 20 years doing one night stands with your band and now you have Cervical Stenosis from carrying all of your gear in and out every night. Need I go on?"
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well that's a bit unfair...perhaps you would have been better off not liviing a life.. and then you would never have eeded medical treatment...

No-one knew donkeys years ago that smoking was bad for you.... and certainly you wouldn't have known that carrying things would have caused you Cervical Stenosis....
 

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