What are you most worried about as you age?

Why worry about anything concerning your future?
Worry is detrimental to your health.
Whatever happens, happens, and we cope then.
Life has it's way of sorting things out good or bad and we have to accept.
I have things in my life which concern me and which I cannot do too much about
but I am not worrying myself sick about it

Folks ...Make the Best of what you have now.
Cheers
 

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Veronica said:
I too have always planned for the worst and hoped for the best.
I agree worry is a waste of time and doesnt change anything.

I live alone. Im an only child with no siblings and Ive outlived all my friends and relatives including the husband.
One thing I do ponder is who would I get to take me if I have to go to the hospital or have a test or something.
I have been looking up options just in case and hoping theres no in case. :D
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Some insurance covers rides to medical appointments. Mine does not.
 
OldOld said:
I most worry about any long term serious illness such as spinal or nerve illness or mild stroke that may result in partial/mild paralysis (I would rather have a big stroke that kills me instantly).
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Having a debilitating stroke is top of my worry list. Both my dad and favorite uncle(mom's brother) had strokes that took away their independence and mobility. Each spent the last 10 years of their lives in a nursing facility, living not much beyond a vegetative state.
 

Nathan said:
Having a debilitating stroke is top of my worry list. Both my dad and favorite uncle(mom's brother) had strokes that took away their independence and mobility. Each spent the last 10 years of their lives in a nursing facility, living not much beyond a vegetative state.
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As you know some supplements increase risk of stroke and some may help prevent a stroke .

Has your Doctor recommended anything ?

''Higher intakes of calcium from foods are associated with a reduced risk of coronary artery calcification (a form of atherosclerosis), while the use of calcium supplements is associated with an increased risk.

Higher intakes of vitamin K2 from foods are also associated with a reduced risk of coronary calcification — while this benefit has not been shown from vitamin K supplements.

''Eating one to two servings of fish per week may lower the risk of ischemic stroke. Taking a particular prescription fish oil product has also been associated with a reduced risk of first-time heart attack, stroke or other major cardiac event.

Getting more magnesium from your food can help reduce the risk of stroke: One study found that people who consumed more magnesium per day than average had an 8% lower risk of strokes of any kind and a 9% lower risk of ischemic stroke. However, this does not mean that magnesium supplements necessarily have the same risk-lowering effect.''

https://www.consumerlab.com/answers...oke-and-which-increase-it/supplements-stroke/
 
Mizmo said:
Why worry about anything concerning your future?
Worry is detrimental to your health.
Whatever happens, happens, and we cope then.
Life has it's way of sorting things out good or bad and we have to accept.
I have things in my life which concern me and which I cannot do too much about
but I am not worrying myself sick about it

Folks ...Make the Best of what you have now.
Cheers
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Why worry about anything concerning your future?
Worry is detrimental to your health.''


I agree but it is human nature especially if something runs in the family or you had problems in the past so again agree but not easy to turn off the worry gene .
 
NotCompSavy said:
Has your Doctor recommended anything ?
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I haven't discussed the topic of strokes with my physician, but I do follow a healthy lifestyle, a lot of exercise and making healthy eating choices. I do take some supplements, pretty much got all the bases covered there. But, even with a healthy lifestyle a stroke can still come and get you anyway, so that remains as something to be concerned about, nonetheless.
 
Nathan said:
Having a debilitating stroke is top of my worry list. Both my dad and favorite uncle(mom's brother) had strokes that took away their independence and mobility. Each spent the last 10 years of their lives in a nursing facility, living not much beyond a vegetative state.
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:(🫂Do you have advanced directives? I've worked with stroke patients as a dietitian in both acute and long-term care. Tube feeding is something to think long and hard about with your family history.

There are several things to consider for tube feedings and advanced directives. The first is that if there's a potential for meaningful post stroke rehab, tube feedings should ideally be started within 36 hours after a stroke so that malnutrition isn't adversely impacting rehab and brain recovery. Next is that most rehab gains and healing following a brain injury occur within six months and pretty much max out at a year. For life sustaining interventions like tube feedings and mechanical ventilation, you can specify a time limit at which you want the intervention stopped if you decide you want it at all.

We recently had a physician as a nursing home resident who had made out his advanced directives years ago without updating. He indicated that he wanted tube feedings with no time limit. After a series of strokes in his 80s, his physician had to continue the feedings even though he pulled his feeding tube out several times and would grimace at feeding times. Was very hard on his family because they knew he didn't want the feedings but he'd specified he did in a legally binding document.
 
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Amanda76 said:
I understand your concern, ... who would take care of you when you're sick or other major health issues.
My acquaintance who rely on 'Home nurse' to take Dr's appointments and other minor house chores. She has an adult son who lives out of state and seems to busy on his own life.
I have no idea how much she's paying for, but if you are not a 'Church people,' it might be a good solution to your concern.
Finding a reliable and truthworthy care-giver/house nurse might be a challenge.
Try to contact AARP or local senior-citizen club and the like might help your concern or direct an appropriate people to help you out.
Also, if you have adult children and live further away from you, they are unable to provide an emergency-situation. Nowadays, they are all busy on their own lives.
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We have something like that here. Theres also something thru the senior center.
I contacted one of the aides who showed up for the husband. That aide retired last year and is open to trips on his schedule. .
I also found some independent house cleaners who will do it for hourly pay.
Clean a whole house or sit in the waiting room for the same money. They were interested. :D


officerripley said:
Also, another thing that I sometimes think some people don't realize is the effect that the trend (which has been increasing for several years now) of people having fewer and fewer (and sometimes no) kids has on things. Even just as recently as 50 years ago, if an elderly person needed help, seemed like there were several relatives who might be able to help; in these days of only children or no children, there just aren't that many relatives to go around. And people living longer and longer has an effect too.
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This is very true. Im kinda the last person in the chain. The ones Ive taken care of are all gone now. Theres nobody left.
So I guess I will need to close the door on the way out. :D


Babs2u said:
Some insurance covers rides to medical appointments. Mine does not.
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I will need to check that out further. I know they have a lot of aftercare like home visits and meals.
 
Going to be 74 soon. I'm in good health, but every ache and pain I get starts me thinking that this is the beginning of the end and then I go thru everything you all talked about.
 
OldOld said:
I most worry about any serious long term illness such as spinal or nerve illness or mild stroke that may result in longterm partial/mild paralysis (I would rather have a massive stroke that kills me instantly).
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l worry about spinal stenosis which l think l might have,but it's curable.
As far as mental health that's questionable. l woke up yesterday morning asking my room mate why was he asking about the inside ladder. He said he wasn't. l was puzzled until l remembered l had that convversation witn him before l woke up (ln a dream).
 
I worry about dementia, especially after having taken benzos for so many years. The other day I drew a complete blank about my doctor's name while I was chatting with some friends. I actually had to ask one of them to remind me. It totally freaked me out. It was eerily similar to an early scene in the movie (and book) "Still Alice."

I've been under a lot of stress lately, and that's probably why the name slipped my mind, but it was unsettling.
 
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