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  • john17427

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    Shingles, lol. I'm not sure which is worse, it or the shot, but Shingles goes on for a long time and the shot effects maybe 2 or 3 days. People laugh when I say, you know your Shingles are getting better when the 24 hour a day needles start feeling like just cigarette burns.
     

    Kraut

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    When I was young, we always lived in single story homes, and I always thought two story homes were awesome, loved visiting family and friends that had an upstairs, even cooler visiting family up North that had an upstairs AND a basement. When I married and we were ready for a house, I convinced my wife for the two story model. Now, 21 years later, I'm looking forward to selling and getting a flat house with no more than a threshold bump to step over. F#@k them stairs!
     

    Cajun Camper

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    Shingles, lol. I'm not sure which is worse, it or the shot, but Shingles goes on for a long time and the shot effects maybe 2 or 3 days. People laugh when I say, you know your Shingles are getting better when the 24 hour a day needles start feeling like just cigarette burns.
    My Dad had shingles a couple times. The last time he was hospitalized & never recovered; left in a body bag.
     

    Emperor

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    Even though I loved playing sports almost my entire life (up until about 30); I blame a good bit of my joint pain on that. Does playing sports build character? Promote competitive spirit? Give you stamina? Support drive? Yes! All of that; and then some. But it costs. If I had to do it all over again with this 60 year old knowledge, tackle football would be a no go. Particularly the tackle football games in the park on Sunday without equipment. We could barely walk the next morning, and that's when I was in my late teens. I was not unhappy when my kids decided that football wasn't for them. They will be better off when they grow up. They just won't have anything to relate it to.

    Diving for baseballs and softballs in the outfield because I could? Probably not so much if I had to do it again.

    Then there is my work ethic throughout my life. Never shied away from hard work, or play.

    I must say, I seem to be much better off than some of you here, but I feel your pain too. To this day, I will perform a lot of physical labor in my yard, at my hunting property, for others, whatever. I just started feeling less naturally energetic and enthusiastic about physical chores around the beginning of this year.

    This is not a paid endorsment, but one thing that has definitely helped my body for the last 20 years is a Sleep Number Bed! It has changed my life!

    I will echo what was already said here; TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODIES! You ain't getting another one!
     

    Trailboss

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    I was going to post about my pain from Shingles but wasn't sure till all of you started whining. Tongue in Cheek.
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    Getting older is not for wimps but your attitude about your adversity is everything. ...
    My Grandmother was born in the 1880s and she said there was an old saying: "If everyone tossed all their troubles and pains in a pile, you would be quick to snatch yours back!"

    I could eat anything and as much as I wanted until I reached 40, then started gaining a pound each year until 60, when I started watching my diet. Now it's only a 1/2 pound a year, but that's still 25 pounds I can't get rid of.

    I stopped riding green-broke horses when the "bounce" when I hit the ground turned into "splat/crack." So I took up dual-sport motorcycles at age 65 to keep running the woods and trails. When you stop moving, and stop keeping your mind active by learning new things or challenging it - you start dying.
     

    Stonehenge

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    At 39 I've accepted the fact that after years of doing construction work, being a heavy diesel mechanic, and now working in a granite/marble shop, disability is my most likely option to retire. I already have one leg I cant lift past 90 degrees, a shoulddr that snaps when I reach overhead, and a back that occasionally leaves me crawling to the toilet lol. I refuse to let some doctor turn me into a zombified pillhead.
     

    Manimal

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    @23 = Life starts speeding up, never to slow down again.

    About 28 = bones harden in men and we stop bouncing when we fall.

    @28 was in a life changing car accident. I was nice and didn't sue for more than the insurance. It is hard to not regret it at times. Someone's carelessness cost me my way of life, the athleticism that I dedicated years to create, and my life has never been the same. It has caused me perpetual financial and physical hardship, the financial part which will hopefully not last for the rest of my life.

    30ish = stopped caring about other people's opinions of me as much, was amazing and it keeps getting better the older you get (good thing).

    33-37 = pinnacle of your manhood years, enjoy it. Even though my physical capabilities were a fraction of my pre-accident self, the coordination and strength were more naturally present than any time before.

    I'm in my 40's now, grunt when I get in/out of the car/chair, and will have to let you know how it all goes later.
     
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    rocko

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    At 73 after racing anything with wheels and a motor, body was saying slow down. Saw a kidney doctor and he said kidneys would last the rest of my life, one year later I was on dialysis, now at 76 I call the dialysis center my happy place, it keeps me alive. Can still do most things but I am very careful, the years sneak up fast.
     

    rk06classic

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    At 64 I have been battling cancer for the past 8 years. I had sarcoma tumors removed from both thighs, had my thyroid removed because of thyroid carcinoma, right adrenal gland removed due to adrenal carcinoma. I currently have bilateral renal cell carcinoma re occurring. I have had 3 partial nephrectomys on each kidney. I had both hips replaced and both shoulders replaced. I had an open incision partial nephrectomy that was done on August 15 2022. The recovery from this surgery had me laid up for 6 weeks and was extremely painful for the first couple of weeks. But currently I am back to doing light weight training and biking 13 miles a day. Modern medical advances has allowed me to continue to have quality of life. Advice I have for anyone reading this is to take care of your body. Maintain a healthy lifestyle, keep your weight down, exercise, consume alcohol in moderation, and quit smoking if you do. Having new joints is like replacing worn out joints in your vehicle. I have been participating in a trial study at NIH and my hope is that we can find a cure or some type of drug that helps fight renal cell carcinoma.
     

    Abby Normal

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    Cajun Camper, so sorry to hear about your Dad.
    I wanted to add that with all my health crap, when I feel really down God has a way to put things in prospective for me. My Feet & legs were hurting & inflamed, I thought I would need a wheel chair. I felt so sorry for myself as I waited in an orthopedic’s office when a young woman came it with a serious foot & leg deformity to wear she could barely stand & walk. Everyone in the office was glad to she her, she was so happy, she just got back from her honeymoon. And I’m feeling like a real Dumbass cause my feet & legs hurt.
    When you start boo hooing about how bad you have it, someone is alway dealing with much worse. You just don’t see it. And with all the modern drugs & medice we have now, I think about how the poor soul that came before use delt with their pains.
     

    T-boy

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    Turned 50 earlier this year.....2 weeks later woke up at 2am and ended up in emergency room, giving birth to my first kidney stone. It was a boy, we named him Rocky.

    2 weeks after that, had a toothache Sunday afternoon. Got bad overnight, went to dentist Monday am, had my first ever root canal Monday afternoon.

    So far, my opinion is, f%^k fifty!

    Is it the end of the world? No.

    Do some have it way worse? Absolutely.
     

    krotsman

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    Turned 50 earlier this year.....2 weeks later woke up at 2am and ended up in emergency room, giving birth to my first kidney stone. It was a boy, we named him Rocky.
    My buddy gets kidney stones all the time. After his last one I asked him how big was it THIS time?
    His response..."about the size of a frackin school bus!"
    Perception is everything :dogkeke:
     
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