Depressed over the over use of doctors and procedures..approaching 80

Posted by margaretob @margaretob, Sep 20, 2023

I am becoming a medical marvel and a walking target for EVERYTHING OLD. A support group for OLD AGE might be helpful. ANY TAKERS OUT THERE??????

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@kndaustin71 I LOVE your first sentence...I also have wondered about its close-kin: GROWING old is so often seem getting wasted on the old.

As old fold we ought to know what is a 'good life.'
And that is a life that is 'good' despite the infirmities of good life.

I am working eaxh day on this ...as my 82nd year winks at me!
Wish you luck, wish me luck.

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GOOD LUCK AND BLESSING FOR YOUR YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS...just staying alive and keeping a sense of humor is a PLUS that I need to develop....THANKS @sisyphus

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Count me in!

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@me TOO....mikaylar

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I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO HELP IF I CAN PEOPLE LIKE ME. STILL CANNOT SLEEP PROPERLY...AND HAVE MANY QUESTIONS WHILE APPOINTMENTS ARE BEING MADE FOR MORE WORK AND ANOTHER CARDIOLOGIST AND ANOTHER ULTRASOUND AND NURSE PRACTICIONER WHO TOOK MANY PAPERS TO HAND ME TO FILL OUT....WHAT IS NORMAL AND WHAT IS NOT//////THE SURVEY SUCKS BIG TIME..

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I am really really old. I am 91 years old. But I do not let myself be a target. I fight back. If the other person is offended or embarrassed, so be it. I have learned to be strong and I will not be labelled because of my age. In truth, I am probably healthier than they are (most of them are fat) and have better intellectual and mental health than they do. I have learned that I am one of a group they call superagers.

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good for you...I am 81 and qualify as the lower part of the superager group. OVER EIGHTY starts this. It is only because a part of the CORTEX in the brain has an extra covering that is thicker than most others. SCIENTISTS are trying to figure it out. LET THEM. BIG PHARMA has a lot of PHONY SO CALLED MEDS to extend the lifetimes of people and it is all FAKE. No one has found anything that does one iota for the aging process. All I studied about it says do not drink smoke or worry and you will live longer and eat a lot of vegetables to keep the weight down. I do that. 81 and having fun. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR LONGEVITY...Margaret O

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I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO HELP IF I CAN PEOPLE LIKE ME. STILL CANNOT SLEEP PROPERLY...AND HAVE MANY QUESTIONS WHILE APPOINTMENTS ARE BEING MADE FOR MORE WORK AND ANOTHER CARDIOLOGIST AND ANOTHER ULTRASOUND AND NURSE PRACTICIONER WHO TOOK MANY PAPERS TO HAND ME TO FILL OUT....WHAT IS NORMAL AND WHAT IS NOT//////THE SURVEY SUCKS BIG TIME..

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@me TOO....mikaylar

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I was diagnosed with severe depression with psychosis as well as severe PTSD. Over the years I have worked hard to overcome what I had went through that put me in those 2 stages of my life. I am a 60 yr old female. In June I was assaulted at my job by an employee, as I was the GM of a fast food restaurant, them terminated on June 23, after investigation of the unemployment had no justifiable reason to terminate me. Ever since I was assaulted and went through this transition of termination from my job I loved, I have not been the same. I was put on a choke hold and body slammed about 5ft, hitting my head as well as bruising my hip pretty bad. 2 days later my husband took me to the hospital to be told the only thing wrong with me was I was in shock still. No exrays or anything. As of today, my depression is really bad and PTSD is just as bad. I can't even hold a job due to the depression and PTSD .Any comments on what to do.

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Speak with an attorney - your employer or the person who assaulted you may bear some of the responsibility for your medical bills, and perhaps more.

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