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Coping with age & serious illness. Anyone positive want to share?
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So, at 77, I feel as though I am a juggler and the balls are osteoporosis, high blood pressure, low thyroid function and more. I know I can't keep all of these balls airborne but which one is going to hit the ground.
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@gravity3
Dear @gravity3 , I don't have time to reply to you post (I am supposed to be somewhere else right now!) but I want to encourage you to be accepting of your New Normal situation, and try to live one day at a time. Take the time to enjoy the little things in life, your family, friends, the beauty of nature and the night sky - notice little wonders which we didn't notice when we were young and rushing around living busy lives. Try to involve yourself with others in your community. I have found my local Probus Club to have many enjoyable activities, and at 72 I am
making new friends through Probus. One thing I have learnt is that doing little things for other people - like greeting and smiling at the driver on the bus or even a stranger in a cafe -
can life your spirit and theirs. We all travel our own roads in life, it is satisfying to acknowledge and support fellow travellers. Wishing you a joyful and peaceful holiday season, and good health and happiness in the New Year. @ellu
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@gravity3
Good morning gravity 3: None of the balls are going to hit the ground: That is, they might, if you can't change the way you perceive your daily life. Most folks our age have all these plus additional health risks and my thought along these lines at my age follow:
Forget about gravity: it was here at the origins of the earth and without it, none of would even be here. What I am trying to say is, one usually cannot do anything regarding health issues other than changing a lifestyle or rethinking your diet. It is what it is. After my wife and I got through a colectomy, a permanent Ostomy, radiation enteritis, and frequent blockages, a few years later , I underwent a triple bypass: no stents, straight transfer to artery replacement from my own body. That was in 2017. Currently, both of us have atrial fibrillation...who knows what is next.
So my Wife and I, just get up each day, make our bed, do our laundry, get groceries in and climb on our trikes, recumbent, and ride off, sometimes 20 to 30 miles per day. If our time comes, I would rather be enjoying myself with my gal. I realize that you have faced challenges that definitely put you down, but attitude, can play a big role in ones lifetime. Your on our prayer list so write anytime so we can lift up each other. Remember, growing older is not for the faint-hearted. Be who you are and just do "one more thing for you, each and every day. Then, every other day, do something nice for a stranger. It's a grand life as long as we keep moving.
Jofree