Getting Old

[Profpointy]

"do not lament old age", the wise man said, "for it is a privelige denied to many"

 

[alans]

Jesus, am I the only one not on drugs?????

No

 

[Falwheeler]

I have to self inject twice a month at a cost, so I'm told £500 a time plus quite a lot of medication daily.This is for Psoriatic arthritis

 

[Cush]

Just had my bi-annual tube down throat to see if ulcer has got any bigger (it hasnt) bloody uncomfortable but at least Iam stillaround to have it done

 

[col]

Makes me feel lucky reading this thread.

 

[colly]

Makes me feel lucky reading this thread.

Me too.
Whenever things get tight (moneywise) or perhaps things in general don't work out as I'd hoped I consider how much worse things would be if I and in fact my family were not blessed with good health.
All the money in the world and any amount of ''stuff' would not compensate.

 

[roadrash]

25 microgrammes an hour of fentanyl ,the( legal version of china white) administered by patch ,changed every 72 hrs . its no fun degenerative disc dissease ,trapped nerves sciatica etc.....still get out on the now and again but going over to the dark side soon, (recumbent) to make things easier

 

[redcard]

To quote one 'Joe Pesci':

"“I never see the point of old people; they’re nearly farking dead anyways.”

 

[Pat "5mph"]

At 49 I should have a few (medical ) things wrong with me. If I do, I'm blissfully unaware, as I never go to the doctor's, because I don't have time to get aches and pains investigated, because I can't be bothered, because they will go away eventually, because I'd rather drop while I feel ok ....

 

[PaulB]

Me wife said to me last night, she said, 'Paul, will you still love me when I get old?' and I said, 'Go on love, you get 'old and I'll tell yer.'

My mother-in-law, she's so fat....

 

[Pat "5mph"]

My mother-in-law, she's so fat....

He, he ... how do your older male relatives fare?

 

[colly]

Me wife said to me last night, she said, 'Paul, will you still love me when I get old?'

Just as well you didn't say ...........' 'When?? ''

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Always?

I'd live to live long if I stay well and active. Any sign of that not being the case, and I'd rather shuffle off.

It's not getting old that sucks, it's being unwell.

My sentiments exactly, as long as I'm fit and healthy long may life continue, if my physical or mental state, or both, gets to the stage where I'm a burden on my family and I've no quality of life, with little or no hope of improvement, then I would rather shuffle off this mortal coil than continue.
I'm 60 years young now and on low dose Aspirin and Symvastatin. I had angina in 2008, had my arteries cleared and stents fitted, earlier this year I had major problems with the water works, I needed two operations and leaned heavily on my family while I was ill, events like those tend to change what you think is important in life and make you appreciate it more when your health and fitness returns.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I dont need any medication but I am having trouble withdrawing from the medication the gp said i needed but was wrong and i dont need

 

[vernon]

Jesus, am I the only one not on drugs?????

Depends....there's drugs and there's drugz