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Shocked by aging process

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@galere Oh my, that is so sad. What exactly is keeping you at home?

My quite young (mid-50's) next door neighbor has recent-onset spastic disorder that makes him appear to be always staggering all the time. He had to retire from coaching/refereeing, but does not let it stop him. He could have chosen to hide in the house, but instead now he gets around with braces, a walker, or canes and is driving a school bus to be around kids. Another friend has chronic, disfiguring lymphedema in her legs - so she wears longer pants, not shorts, does story-telling, volunteers, and swims in our community pool.
These are two of my "quiet heroes."

My wrinkles, crooked hands, chronic bruises, not-so-trim-and-firm body, and other signs of aging don't seem like much compared to that. So I just keep doing what I can.

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@sueinmn Being self conscious of alot of things, which is silly. I think the worse was missing teeth, but today I was able to get a partial, I can handle the wrinkles better.
Thank you for replying. I appreciate you

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YOU GO GIRL ! You have said it all...thank you.