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Getting Old - Inevitable problems

capguncapgun Member Posts: 1,848 ✭
edited July 2013 in General Discussion
I am 66, never had any health problems. Never had a surgery, broken bone, or hospital stay. Rarely ever get a cold. I have been real lucky with my health. But all of my friends my age and into their 70s are having heart problems, prostrate problems, cancer problems, and other health problems. Into the hospital, surgeries, rehabs, back and forth to the doctor, lifestyle restrictions. As I get older, I know my time is coming. I am not in the least afraid of dying. Not one bit. But all this medical stuff and lifestyle restrictions do not fit for me. I guess I just hope when I start to go bad, Mother Nature just lets me fall over when I am out at the range or hiking in the mountains.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    You are indeed fortunate, at least so far.

    I am not quite as old as you, and I have had one life threatening issue, and a number of health problems that could be described as very inconvenient.

    Getting old beats the alternative, but it isn't for sissies.
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  • 1BigGuy1BigGuy Member Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've had two oral cancers cut out.
    I'm waaaay overweight.
    Joints getting stiffer all the time. And I'm merely 52.
    But my Dad who is 80 pees into a bag because of prostrate cancer.
    He can't/shouldn't drive anymore.
    His hearing is getting worse.
    For some reason he's not all that happy anymore. . .

    There's something to be said for a nice, quick heart attack while doing what you love.
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm 61 and have been shot, stabbed, clubbed, blown up, 2 knee surgeries before I was 20, and 14 broken bones including my skull, jaw, and pelvis(none of which happened while playing sports or riding motorcycles BTW). Right now arthritis and back injuries are my biggest problems although the results from the broken pelvis are always in the shadows.
    I take only a couple of meds, eat mostly what I want, work as much as I can stand, hunt and fish as I have time, and get further behind with what I need/want to do daily. My biggest concern is working alone as I do, if something goes wrong, I'm likely DRT. No one will look for me or find me for hours. Three weeks ago a guy about my age got in a bad spot with his ATV and it rolled over him. He had a heart condition and the strain of trying to get loose from the machine and get it upright again was too much. He wasn't found for 8-9 hours.
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  • capguncapgun Member Posts: 1,848 ✭
    edited November -1
    Having never had a health problem, I always felt bulletproof. Seeing all my friends with very serious health issues that make their lives unfun, I realize how fragile we are. We are all wearing out our body parts, some faster than others, but we are all wearing out. At my last physical, my doctor described someone my age as like a car with 100,000 miles on it. I got the idea, each individual part has a lifespan.
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  • bambambambambambam Member Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My grandpa is 81(retired farmer), he goes to our doctor & says, "Doc, I got cabbage disease."

    Doctor says, "I don't know what that is, your going to have to tell me what that means."

    Grandpa says, "Root won't hold up the head..."

    This coming from a guy that always tells me take it easy when I leave his house, then tells me he takes it anyway he can get it.

    TMI Grandpa!!
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,637 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've been quite fortunate, health-wise, for being 73. I have no family history so feel like I'm a ticking time bomb. I'll make the best of what unknown time I have left.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • JunkballerJunkballer Member Posts: 9,307 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
    I'm 61 and have been shot, stabbed, clubbed, blown up, 2 knee surgeries before I was 20, and 14 broken bones including my skull, jaw, and pelvis(none of which happened while playing sports or riding motorcycles BTW). Right now arthritis and back injuries are my biggest problems although the results from the broken pelvis are always in the shadows.
    I take only a couple of meds, eat mostly what I want, work as much as I can stand, hunt and fish as I have time, and get further behind with what I need/want to do daily. My biggest concern is working alone as I do, if something goes wrong, I'm likely DRT. No one will look for me or find me for hours. Three weeks ago a guy about my age got in a bad spot with his ATV and it rolled over him. He had a heart condition and the strain of trying to get loose from the machine and get it upright again was too much. He wasn't found for 8-9 hours.
    Is this ^^^^^^^^ why your called "Lucky" by your friends ? [:D]

    "Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee

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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think a lot of people feel the same way as you do when it comes to old age, health, and dying. It was always my mother's wish that once her health began to fail that she would not be a burden to any family member. Unfortunately, she did suffer with health problems for a bit more than a few months. Hopefully, your health will continue to hold. One of my old classmates is still working and running marathons!
    What's next?
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  • rongrong Member Posts: 8,459
    edited November -1
    Keep yourself fit and you'll
    prolly live longer-If you have the right genetics.
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  • HappyNanoqHappyNanoq Member Posts: 12,023
    edited November -1
    Growing old is mandatory.
    Growing up is optional.


    Have all the fun you can, while you can. :)
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    limped all over the middle east with a bum knee. Got back and it was still bum. Doctor, then MRI: torn maniscus. Can't see the specialist 'til the end of the month. Probably another month or two before surgery. Like Nunn says it beats the alternative but Petra was about 3.4 kilometers down hill going in, and about 12 miles up hill coming out.
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  • capguncapgun Member Posts: 1,848 ✭
    edited November -1
    I really feel sorry for the young people coming back from all our recent wars with medical/injury/mental injuries that will cause them pain and life limitations for the rest of their lives. A lot of young peoples dreams will never be realized. A friend of mine was hired by CHP and ready to go into the academy when he was drafted and sent to Vietnam. He came back missing one leg, and his lifes dream of being a police officer dashed. He drifted away, and I never heard from him again.
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    About the same here; I've been blessed with pretty good health. At almost 68 I'm right at my "Boot Camp" weight and still wait until the heat of an East Texas day to go out and edge, trim, and mow our 1 acre of grass! Most of our friends that are the same age have some type of leg, hip, or back problems! I seem to be "doing good" so far!

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • ltcdotyltcdoty Member Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My grandmother lived to 101 and never used glasses.....she drank straight from the bottle..
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    disability and disease are mostly self induced....many quietly trying for a Darwin award...this I have learned maybe not to late ...maybe
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cbxjeff
    I've been quite fortunate, health-wise, for being 73. I have no family history so feel like I'm a ticking time bomb. I'll make the best of what unknown time I have left.


    ....and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep......Kenny Rogers
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