It's not every waking moment that we think about being old. There are several instances that "I am old" enters into my self-consciousness such as when anniversaries or birthdays of my friends of my generation who have died. In how many ways do you feel this business of being old?
Just about every way. Aches, pains, limitations on mobility and diet. not to mention, most of my old pals are dead.
My only limitation is my back and it's not that bad. I do avoid anything that could make it spasm though.
I agree with Ike on this - other than that, I really liked the way I was in my thirties so I won't budge from there - I'm stuck !
I feel as if I am thirty and have no pains. I know I am getting older when I look in the obituary and every one there is younger than me.
I don't want to feel 30, I was at my best in my 40's. Nobody in my family died younger than 83 and most lived into their 90's, like my father and his mother. I take after my father so we shall see. Don't know if I want to though.
It hits me when I don't feel the energy that I used to have. When I remind myself that I am 57 it rathet scares me. I want to yell, "No. I still have so much to do!' And I often have to take a long look at my face in the mirror to sort of get use to what I look like now. I still carry around my younger image in my head.
I seldom feel pain when I wake but sometimes that cramp on my leg would attack without warning. With my age, I don't feel conscious but my husband would always remind me that we are not young anymore. That is to caution me of my movements like when it starts to rain and I have no umbrella, the tendency is to run for cover - so many cases of accidents were caused by that scenario. He would always tell me that we should remember that we are not young anymore so our movements should now be calculated unlike before when we could be reckless. I couldn't agree more with being conscious of my age. When we go abroad - the last time was end of June in Hongkong - we always abuse our feet with the walking. There were times that I would complain of aching feet even before lunch. Unlike before when we would retire at night with the excitement for the next day's stroll, now it is different. It seems that my body is always wanting a good rest after an hour of walking.
a long life really is a privilege that we are given, compared to dying young. Our limitations exist when we are younger.....we just are able to ignore them. As we age, our body learns to ignore our desire for eternal youth, but can no longer ignore the limits that time has set for us. Growing old gracefully is our best hope.
When I feel my bursitis pain I feel old. I just applied for my social security and I now am officially old, lol!!! Well it's time to get on with life and enjoy life to the fullest for the strange and the new is behind me for I am a Senior Citizen. Now I look forward to my Senior discounts, my social security and let's hope not much senior moments.
Painful shoulders undiagnosed for cause, assumed to be similar to the arthritis in my hands. My fingers are not deformed and twisted, like some sufferers I've seen, nor is there much pain. Rather, it's an aching feeling which becomes annoying when we walk: my arms hanging at my sides produce shoulder pain! I am still messing with my cars hobby, carefully grasping and twisting various screws and bolts, which years back miraculously went in and out. Sometimes, lately, I find that twisting some offending part is easier if pinched between my middle knuckles rather than by the fingertips. And so it goes. The alternative? Not ready yet. Frank