Risk Taking

Shalimar said:
Ike, I would need IV sedation also, noo way am I going in that box otherwise.
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Good morning.

Maybe it's partially a not being in control thing also.......I actually tried getting in a small hall coat closet after the first MRI and I was fine.
 

more risk as I have aged. With the exception of financial and alcohol.
Still jump on a motorbike every summer, have zip lined, have travelled abroad to meet a handful of strangers in another country, still have ties to the biker world, still love to jump in the car and take to the open road. Still camp, still hike the woods, still live in the city (lol). I would put me at a healthy 8.
 

It's sad, even something like roller skating. I used to enjoy that even just running into walls to stop. But the idea of breaking something significant...haven't skated for quite some time. Even the oldest taught me to ride his skateboard centuries ago...same thing, yes I'm more afraid. Too bad though, I'll often see kids practicing. Would that be so cool if I could stop my car and take a skateboard and show them how it's done?:cool:
 
I've always been a Big risk taker...I've travelled widely on my own, worked and lived in several different countries on my own , learned new languages ...driven fast cars and motorbikes both here and abroad, climbed mountains, .....and loads of other risky adventures that are too numerous to mention...so all my life even with my fear of heights..I'd say I've been a 9...without question!! However, since my accident in July this year..I've been a little more canny , and tend to think before I do anything...so although I still fly , drive...and take risks a lot in all different ways ...I'm a little bit more careful when it comes to anything too physical, so in the last year I've probably dropped to a 6...
 
fishfulthinking said:
more risk as I have aged. With the exception of financial and alcohol.
Still jump on a motorbike every summer, have zip lined, have travelled abroad to meet a handful of strangers in another country, still have ties to the biker world, still love to jump in the car and take to the open road. Still camp, still hike the woods, still live in the city (lol). I would put me at a healthy 8.
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Same here, fish. I spend as much time as I can on my road bikes, my dirt bike, and my tractors and love every minute. Also play racquetball in the Senior Olympics and it gets pretty intense on the court. Everything can change very quickly, as you know, so I take every opportunity to do the things that really let my soul come out to breathe. Give me an 8 on this one.
 
Agman said:

Same here, fish. I spend as much time as I can on my road bikes, my dirt bike, and my tractors and love every minute. Also play racquetball in the Senior Olympics and it gets pretty intense on the court. Everything can change very quickly, as you know, so I take every opportunity to do the things that really let my soul come out to breathe. Give me an 8 on this one.
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Agman you are so right, everything can change very quickly. This past summer I took a spectacular spill on my bicycle and it laid me up for 3 months with fractured ribs and hip. But I will return to the trails again next summer. The key is to keep moving and enjoy life.
 
IKE said:
I never knew I was even a little bit claustrophobic till I was in my mid 40's and had to have a MRI done on my shoulder. The gal slid me up in that thing and I only lasted two minutes max and that was a fight......I had to be pulled out and reschedule with IV sedation.

I've had to have two more MRI's since and they've both been done with IV sedation.
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Tho a bit claustrophobic, I do OK with normal things, like small elevators and such, but I don't think I would last in that tube, either. I'd have the great and venerable granddaddy of all panic attacks. That tube thing is too much like a coffin.
 

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