OT: I'm Getting Old

[pmulcahy11b]

I just joined AARP, and in two years, I'll be old enough to eat off the senior menu...

[LT. Ox]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I just joined AARP, and in two years, I'll be old enough to eat off the senior menu...

Being the Senior (age only) active member, Welcome to the good life.
When I got out of the Service in '70 I went into the Oakland Ca. VA.
I very nicely listened to the "old" guys tell their war stories, I got my tests done and signed up for my group. ( some may know what kind that was)
NOW I Tell the stories and the young guys nicely listen.

[Olefin]

Just hit the big 50 myself - including the fun fun of my first colonoscopy (which should be used as an interrogation technique)

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Olefin

Just hit the big 50 myself - including the fun fun of my first colonoscopy (which should be used as an interrogation technique)

I get one on the 17th. I've been getting them since age 43 every 5 years since my biological father died of colon cancer.

[LT. Ox]

Went in with blood coming out the PP and found I had bladder C. They had me in the surgery in five days and in the chemo that next day after the surgery.
But we have a very good one here and the Town is not all that large so better and more personal care.

And fifty is not OLD! heck you can make your dex roll no sweat.

[Olefin]

At least its easy to remember my birthday - its the day the game starts - still remember how surprised I was to find that the game start date was my 35th birthday

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I get one on the 17th. I've been getting them since age 43 every 5 years since my biological father died of colon cancer.

I've been getting blood tests annually since I was 39. Avoided the colonoscopy to date as apparently it's unnecessary unless the blood test comes back abnormal.
5 years between seems like a VERY long time. I've known people (and family) to be diagnosed, go through chemo, etc and be either in remission or dead in less time than that!

[Bullet Magnet]

Originally Posted by Olefin

Just hit the big 50 myself - including the fun fun of my first colonoscopy (which should be used as an interrogation technique)

Maybe it was banned for use in interrogations by the Geneva Convention?

[swaghauler]

Always remember that it's not the age...It's the mileage!

[LT. Ox]

Originally Posted by swaghauler

Always remember that it's not the age...It's the mileage!

Perhaps the number of stitches or replacement parts might be a better indicator.
Nurse well “LT. Ox. We have to go over your file and make sure it is correct.” This said after the young lady had asked how WE are. I am not a crabby old man, cause I ain’t old, but I hate that sweat soft voiced and we garbage.
I say ok and think I am going to enjoy this no matter what.
“First thing is Dear, How old are we?” OK now I am ready to use her in my next hand to hand class.
“I have no idea, sweetie” I smile back. She looks down at the case file that says CRAZY in code all over it and nervously smiles back.
“Oh well we can figure it out how…” At that point I interrupt her and tell her I know when I was born and can add and subtract just fine, but. Now I give her the straight face serious look.
“ My teeth are fifteen years old, my left knee is but two and my ears are almost twenty-five, my eyes are less then six months and my left shoulder nearly ten, I have to add them all up and divide.”
YEP it’s the parts that give you away.

[Targan]

I had my first big motorcycle accident when I was about 23. Had a handful of moderate accidents over the decades since then. I had my last big accident in June last year at 42. In winter time the old injuries come back to haunt me. My son was born 6 weeks ago and I'm going to have to make some hard decisions about riding, I think. I don't heal the same anymore.

[Legbreaker]

I feel your pain and share it. Came off the bike about 8 years ago and screwed up my ankle, and now at near 43 I'm up for my 4th (and probably not last) op on it.
Had a baby girl early last year too (making three kids - the other half wants at least one more).

If only our bodies were more like machines - break a part so you head over to the shop and pick up a replacement to bolt into place.

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

I feel your pain and share it. Came off the bike about 8 years ago and screwed up my ankle, and now at near 43 I'm up for my 4th (and probably not last) op on it.

Part of my compensation payout from last year's crash was meant to cover some of the costs of a knee replacement within the next 10 years. I suffered (among other fractures mostly in my foot) a tibial plateau fracture, and apparently once you've had that sort of fracture, knee joint replacement surgery is all but inevitable. Not looking forward to that

[Sanjuro]

Targan, if it makes you feel any better, my dad fell off his motorbike aged 16 and broke his leg, rode it again before he was healed and broke it again. For the next 45 years he had a steel pin holding that knee together. It stopped him doing National Service (potentially all the fun of the Malayan Emergency) and made him pretty unfit.
Fast forward to 1997: both knee joints were replaced (he'd ruined the other one by that time, just by favouring one leg for all his adult life) and while he was in, gave him a triple bypass. Within weeks he was looking healthier than I remembered since I was a kid, and after a few months (and some physio) he was walking further than he had in a couple of decades. He's still going strong (both knees were done again about 5 years ago).

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Sanjuro

Targan, if it makes you feel any better, my dad fell off his motorbike aged 16 and broke his leg, rode it again before he was healed and broke it again. For the next 45 years he had a steel pin holding that knee together. It stopped him doing National Service (potentially all the fun of the Malayan Emergency) and made him pretty unfit.
Fast forward to 1997: both knee joints were replaced (he'd ruined the other one by that time, just by favouring one leg for all his adult life) and while he was in, gave him a triple bypass. Within weeks he was looking healthier than I remembered since I was a kid, and after a few months (and some physio) he was walking further than he had in a couple of decades. He's still going strong (both knees were done again about 5 years ago).

Great outcome!

[mikeo80]

I think I am the second oldest person on the board. I Turned 62 in May. I retired the day before my birthday. (That was a very different day.) And as you know, I married Lisa back in February.

Hell, my life is as wide open and crazy as every. I still enjoy the discussions and thinking about both T2K and Morrow.

My $0.02

Mike

[lisa]

Poor, poor baby!

Age is relative.

Fifty is the new thirty.

[LT. Ox]

Originally Posted by lisa

Poor, poor baby!

Age is relative.

Fifty is the new thirty.

If I can have the Fifty back

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by mikeo80

I think I am the second oldest person on the board. I Turned 62 in May. I retired the day before my birthday. (That was a very different day.) And as you know, I married Lisa back in February.

Hell, my life is as wide open and crazy as every. I still enjoy the discussions and thinking about both T2K and Morrow.

My $0.02

Mike

Married men live longer. They have an "external conscience" known as "wife, dear, or sweetheart." Married men with children have the longest lifespan. Not only do they have an "external conscience;" They don't have any money to get in trouble with....

[Draq]

Too true.

[pmulcahy11b]

I'm getting my -- let me see, one colonoscopy at 43 after may father died of colon cancer, two more two years later after nearly dying of colitis, and now another. Can't wait to see what he finds -- I have a lot to report about my digestion. Weird things going on.

[Legbreaker]

Just as long as it doesn't resemble a storm drain with an old burnt out car, several shopping trolleys and a fallen tree I think you'll be fine...

[lordroel]

I am only 33 years old and like my father who had at my age already grey hear, my first grey hear has appeared.

[lisa]

My first grey showed up at 21, as a result of my caregiving for my dad.
Twenty-nine years later, I have 90% grey, and I'm okay with that.

I earned them, but I'm certain Miss Clairol will restore my original shade.
(or maybe, I'll dye it pink.)

[stormlion1]

My grey hair started about 35. I'm ok with it though. I had a 50/50 shot at premature balding or Grey Hair. I'll take the grey hair.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by stormlion1

My grey hair started about 35. I'm ok with it though. I had a 50/50 shot at premature balding or Grey Hair. I'll take the grey hair.

My father was virtually bald in his early 30s. I have a definitely receded hairline and gray hair around the temples. I figure I ended up halfway.

However, I've always looked young for my age -- most people guess me mid-forties now, and I was carded until almost 30.

[Adm.Lee]

I was at a boardgaming convention this week. Lots of people of all ages, until I went into the wargaming room (they had a separate room, so they could leave up their games all week long).

I was the 2nd youngest person there. And possibly the most politically liberal.

[WallShadow]

I had my first colonoscopy about 5 years ago, on June 6. I got a real funny look from the attendant when I woke up from the Versed and asked if he'd been able to see the Invasion fleet. Not a history buff, I guess.

Yeah, gettin' old sucks.
Until you consider the alternative.

[pmulcahy11b]

And I'm off and running!

[Legbreaker]

Hope they don't run into any toxic gas pockets....