I have a friend that just endured heart surgery and is doing well…thank goodness I’m taking care of my heart so that doesn’t happen…how scary…getting old can be kind of scary I think…just the possiblity of getting something serious…breaking a hip or something…extra careful when I walk around.
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Growing old, means finally facing your fears. Good or bad. Some of us on here have had right crappy life experiences, but it’s important to focus on the good stuff.
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To be honest I am lucky to be the age I am
Try to give back where I can, as a select few pulled me from the brink at a young age
Credit to them for believing I could change how I learned to behave from others and contributed to suffering for the next ones in line
A short time after I got clean, and old friend who was a few years younger than me specifically thanked me for showing him ‘the way’ and he was on the same troubled path
Puts things into perspective how destructive paths don’t just affect the person but everyone around them
That was the first time it registered to me the amount of damage my choices had caused
Then there is the list of those gone far too soon
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My wife: We need a new winter activity.
Me: We’re reaching the age where our hips break easily. How about skating?
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Yeah, it’s particularly scary when I see so many people younger than me (63) dropping dead from strokes and heart attacks or rare conditions.
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My mom’s about your age jukebox and the stuff she goes through sucks . I have my share of issues but that dirt nap is the ultimate fear…
Or just arthritis in the knees and hips which is common with aging… And then total knee or hip replacements. It’s like sending an old car to the mechanic… 
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If I’m skating and I fall and break a hip and get a new one for free…
THAT IS WHAT I CALL A WIN.
@shutterbug you can also get infected and die…so there’s that to think about…my grandpa died after he broke his hip.
Sure can. Or I can sit at home trying to be careful and have my heart toss another blood clot into my brain and kill me this time, anyhow. Better to die outside while having a life than to die inside (physically and spiritually) from playing it safe. Everyone dies of something.
“Right up until the very end, life is to be worn gloriously. Because, until our last moment, the future’s what we make it.” ~ Captain Pike
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My dad and mom are both past the average lifespan. My mother is severely crippled and my father is severely crippled but he is still 100% there mentally for being his age. They both are presently in good spirits for the ailments they are dealing with. My father is still as productive mentally as he was when he was working. My mother still enjoys good food as always and a well kept house. They continue to enjoy whatever health they have left for someone thier age with the ailments they have.
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well you are admired by me by your valor. I’m a chicken boy.
My parents run around like their in there 20’s and there 70 odd yrs old. I wish i had a different mind and body but im stuck being me an overweight, unstable exhausted 40 something. I guess i can’t change it ?
Your parents sound like my mom. She is 81 and just got back last week from visiting the Grand Canyon. I hope that I will still be active when I am that old.
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Do you have mental illness @Vinegar ?
Yes, I do. I struggle with it every day.
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Do you mind me asking your dx?
Schizophrenia with seasonal affective disorder
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Have you had it long? Ive been sz since teens i think but was dx 32.
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