Laugh All You Want

[mthieme]

I figured you guys wouldn't be quite as harsh as the group of 8-balls I work with...so....Why hasn't someone written a manual for middle-aging ???
I'm at a point that it is frustrating. I'm in between pant sizes and have succumb to stretchy pants - Haggar Comfort line (and they are!). I don't have a 'beer belly' - seems the increase is around the haunches. I've been the same weight for the past 20 years too. I figure it's gravity (?).
I'm finding out about middle age the hard way. My chiropractor laughed when once I told him the bottom of my feet hurt. He said my arches were falling and it's a middle age thing...along with some other typical things (eyesight & reading). I just keep my mouth shut about now.
I am paying close attention to old-age maladies...the things happening to my parents, aunt, etc. so I have a clue when (and if) I get there. Nobody has told me about things that run in the family and the like.

Is there a "Middle Aging for Dummies" book out there?

Mods - doubtful you have control over thsi, but I just noticed there is no 'eek' post icon available.

 

[JB]

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The best manual for any age is your Dad at that age. Second best is your Mom.

Now that all my children are middle aged they quiz me and their Mom a lot about what it's like to be where we are at the time and what we did to deal with whatever age they happen to be.

 

[Bob_VT]

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You will find that when you have a pain or two and ask the Dr if it is serious??? No it is just part of getting older!

My brother who is 4 yrs behind me uses me as his "book"!

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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I've been told to keep you mind active with activities. These keep you distracted from the fact that we all get old (or ask Joan Rivers )

 

[mthieme]

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SS, LOL - That part is not a problem.
I'm just finding everything out the hard way!
Of course, all the normal activities provide new aches - especially when they are done irregularly.

 

[Vlad D Impeller]

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Find a comfortable spot to your absolute contentment and totally relax for a while, physically the weight of time inevitably only gets heavier, the mind never really gets old, it has been known to abandon some, but it truly never ages.

 

[angus63]

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I've chosen to live with the inconveniences, fix the maladies, and enjoy the rest of the downhill ride!

 

[mthieme]

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I hear ya.
It would be good to be able to see the potholes up ahead though.

 

[eaglejim]

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Heck my Dad walks everyday 2 miles(fast walk)he is 72 years young, I spend 1 hour in the gym or when weather is good walking 5 miles everyday that is to keep the diabetes in check, outside of old injuries I fell great

 

[chiefalen]

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I find what i took all night to do, takes me now all night to do.

 

[mhlbnghm]

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At 64 I can still do just about anything I ever could. It just hurts worse and takes longer to get over it

JMB

 

[lowkee]

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I find I have a gut forming where none ever existed (never breached 165lbs @ 6'1" in 30 years) and although I still haven't breached that weight, I find my once skinny frame beginning to see signs of sag in areas once bowing with muscles. It seems no matter how many home improvement projects I do (most retardedly large) I still seem to be losing muscle. I suppose this is what tons of office work and too little play causes . I used to moutain bike up and down a mountain at least 4 times a week as a kid, now I have a large motorcycle to sit on, a car to sit in, a boat to (soon!) sit in and fish off.. it seems my hobbies are beginning to form a really bad pattern and my body is following their lead.

I think the biggest reason of all is.. as I get older, I can now afford to rent equipment to replace the days of backbreaking labor I used to do myself. Saldy, using your brain doesn't keep you muscular.

 

[mthieme]

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Lowkee,
That's pretty much my same situation. Although I polish a seat with my butt most of the day, I'm very active once I'm home. Maybe I should pay more attention to the baby boomers around me; they have a just a couple more years than me.

 

[tashasdaddy]

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when you get up to pee 2-3 times a night, you now you are getting old. you get out of the chair and your knees do not want to straighten. you thumbs hurt to bad to open the jug of milk, or a soda bottle.

 

[redfury]

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when you get up to pee 2-3 times a night, you now you are getting old. you get out of the chair and your knees do not want to straighten. you thumbs hurt to bad to open the jug of milk, or a soda bottle.

What if it's only once a night, a couple of times a week? I'm only 37!

Maybe its the late night coffee and Mt. Dew's I drink on occasion @ 11pm

 

[chiefalen]

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How about you can't remember what you had for dinner last night but can remember what car takes what oil and what wrench.

You get up to get a snack and when you get to the kitchen you forgot why you went there.

Your at your favorite place to eat and you say to your wife what do i want to eat.

You drive all the way home and you can't remember one second of the drive.

You tell the kid to bring you a cold glass of water, and when he hands it to you, you say why you bringing me that.

And it goes on and on and on.

 

[gstanton]

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Wait til your first prostate exam...

Then they want you get a colonoscopy....

Then your old high school knee injury comes back with a vengance...

It ain't for sissies!!!!

 

[mthieme]

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Guys...middle age - not old age !!!
One step at a time. You're starting to scare me.

 

[DJ]

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The best manual for any age is your Dad at that age. Second best is your Mom.

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Whew! Mom and Dad are approaching 90 and doing just fine.

 

[OldePharte]

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When you get up there in age, aches and pains are just mother natures way to tell you that you are still alive. Enjoy each day as it comes.