Just Whining about Getting Old!

[JFrank]

Ever notice that when we dream we’re always a younger version of ourselves ?
“In contrast” I had a dream/ vision awhile ago viewing myself from behind like a portrait view, my hair was gray and long with a similar elder next to me holding a two piece cane pole extending to the ground near a smoldering camp fire, when I asked what that meant he replied that pole represented my journey and the fire was also mine and still burning yet slowing down, neither was completed or out.
There was more to it but that’s the overview.

Jim

 

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[jelenko]

Ever notice that when we dream we’re always a younger version of ourselves ?
I had a dream/ vision awhile ago viewing myself from behind like a portrait view, my hair was gray and long with a similar elder next to me holding a two piece cane pole extending to the ground near a smoldering camp fire, when I asked what that meant he replied that pole represented my journey and the fire was also mine and still burning yet slowing down, neither was completed or out.
There was more to it but that’s the overview.

Jim

Wow. I almost never remember my dreams

 

[UrsusMagnus]

I will be turning 64 this September. Retiring next year from my day job. Yes as I get older, time seems to slip through my hands like water! However, I think of my parents who lived long and fruitful lives [Mom lived until she was 89, Dad lived until he was 93 = he was one of the last living Bataan Death March Survivors in the Philippines in WWII]. So I have at least some longevity in my genes.

I am still relatively healthy, normal blood pressure, slight gut, but I still ride the indoor cycle everyday. Can I hike 5 miles while carrying a pack and rifle, probably. Would I still want too? Probably not! 1 or 2 miles is enough for me. My Dad always said that you CANNOT STOP MOVING. So I suppose that is pretty simple and effective advice.

God bless you, your dad was a STUD!!!

 

[madmixerman]

Definitely shouldn't be called Golden Years , more like Rusty Years everything is startng to break down and wear out.

 

[BHP9]

I turned 77 last month.
I've served in 2 armies and a mercenary in another ending 1978.

An auto mechanic and a military vehicle tech on military vehicles and the special purpose vehicles.

Standing on concrete plus being outdoor in winter repairing said vehicles has taken its toll on my diseased frame (as one of my DI would say).

Screwed up back, hip replacement, shoulder problems, and I will have (hopefully this year) a knee replacement.

Other than that, not withstanding losing my wife 11 months ago, I'm not doing too bad.

 

[butchlambert]

Don't let the Old Man in......

Dave, that song and Alan Jackson's The Older I Get.

 

[NF1E]

77 here and hoping to talk the body into allowing me some of the things in life the brain still enjoys.

 

[Liven The Dream]

80 come June . Life is good retired twice .
Biggest trouble my 39 year old Mind .
Like pointed out the body is not in tune with the mind .
We travel more because we know it to will end .

I think one trick is have some plains for thing for a couple years a head .
The News read or watch less . Save your oxygen don’t waste it arguing about stuff .

Find time for God and Church.

 

[nmkid]

People I meet say, "You don't look like you are 80." If they only knew!

 

[jackieschmidt]

My cardiologist looked at me with that “you have to slow down look” and said……”forget about that you are getting old stuff, you are old”.

 

[K22]

My world keeps getting smaller and smaller due to declining physical conditions. However, this is part of the aging process for most of us. One has to learn to adapt and overcome but I will openly admit that this is easier said than done. However, I try to remember my blessings instead of my ailments.

I have lost so many family and friends. That's the difficult part for me of growing old. The finality of these losses makes it even harder to deal with declining health issues.

I know all of you have heard this and it is somewhat of a cliché, but it really does have value, "try to take one day at a time."

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Welp, 78 here. I am at the point that if a I drop something I decide whether or not it is important enough to bend over and pick up. Lotsa cases and stuff on my reload room floor. When I get enough stuff down there I'll sweep it up.

 

[Murray Brook]

Getting old and having memories is I guess what it is all about. In 1968 my Dad, his friend, myself and my brother built a hunting camp 70 miles in the middle of nowhere. Today all those that hunted there except myself are gone. Sometimes when I am alone at the camp, I will say their names out loud hoping that they can somehow hear me and know that they will not be forgotten as long as I'm alive.
My son recently asked me if I would like to be 20 again. I told him certainly not, but I wish the hell it was 1969 again.

 

[338 Mollett]

Man you guys are downers , think I will go brush my tooth .

 

[hoz53]

I have been here so long that I don't remember when I started! That's a great thing. Over the years I have watched many good people come and go. Well now it's my turn to step up on the soapbox to start whinnning about not being able to do this or that like I used to.
I have (like everybody else) a very long list of I can't do this or that anymore things that nag me every morning when I try to get up.

I think I used to be able to jump up out of bed and just grab that 25lb pack and 10 pound rifle and race to where ever I was hunting and hike 5 miles to my spot and then walk another few miles just scouting around tracking for new sign.

Now I wonder who the hell that young fool was? Yes, it was me and no matter how much it hurts now as an old man, the only thing worse I can think of would be to not have done it when I could.

Feel free to share your whine, the soapbox is empty.

well- altered—- i am almost 70 and i feel fortunate to have been given the time i have been so far. The body i took for granted so long has been breaking down. i hope to have some things fixed and some new parts installed. cant fix it all though- i know that!
last fall while cleaning the house me and my ladder fell down and i got a compression fracture in one of my disks. still dealing with that but it spurred me on to make a list like you speak of - things i need to get help doing—- I think of the many things from the past these days. i find its good to remember the experiences but doesnt help to beat yourself up over things i wish iddone different. i just hope to take care of the body best i can and run this train to the end of the line. take care and try to make the most of it.

 

[hoz53]

Man you guys are downers , think I will go brush my tooth .

that is funny!!!!——- hows come u got that one left?

 

[hoz53]

Don't let the Old Man in......

i remember being 18 and a 60 something machinist at work said to me—“ Im 60 but my brain is the same as when i was 18”. now i know what he meant

 

[JTEX]

I have no clue who that old haters looking at me in the mirror when I shave is! He doesn't look like someone I'd choose to be friendly with.....

 

[farmerjohn]

Hey Fellers , be 81 this coming August, first time in my life since I was 6 and Daddy gave me a bull calf and SOLD me two heifers (paid him back with labor and the money from the increase of my little herd) I don't own a cow. Sold out last fall, too old and broke down to tend to them myself. Son and son in law have cattle and wanted to take care of mine but if I can't do it I don't need the cows. Many broken bones, most all my ribs , hands, and feet, back been broken twice, been shot twice, quit drinking and smoking at 62 when I got stents in my heart, beat prostate cancer at 76 with surgery and radiation, got 30 percent hearing in one ear and none in the other one, get cut on at least twice a year for skin cancer on my face and arms, none of my original teeth, BUT I can see good because of cataract surgery AND I am still here, the good Lord still has plans for me and thank Him for every day that He lets me get up and get my feet on the floor. As for making plans, I tried that a few years ago and discovered noise I heard in the background was God laughing. So now days I just try and go which ever direction He points me and as Minnie Pearl use to say "I'm so proud to be here"!!... John