Hi Fiesty, I'm already 81 and also was very active in my earlier life. Thanks for mentioning the Walking thread which I had no idea existed. I am curious about it although I really have lots of opportunities for walking (with my cane, depending on the terrain). I love your words "I was deeply offended" when you realized you couldn't do as much as you were accustomed to doing. From one viewpoint, kind of funny as in how dare your body to not allow you to do that which you have always done. I certainly can identify with what you say! I was always a swimmer and only in the last 2 years did I have to realize that when on an ocean beach I could not just walk into the water to go for a swim because of my poor balance. If I want to feel completely in control when I'm in the water, it can't be in "nature's water", it has to be in a pool. That was a weird thing to have to realize, speaking of "deeply offended"! I have lately been wondering if there are "guidebooks" out there about what to expect when growing older! There are probably a zillion writings about it but I just never paid any attention to them because of course they didn't apply to me! It is only recently that I have to realize that given my age I have no choice: the word "elderly" applies to me even though I really cannot own that word! 🙂