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How do you accept change as you age?
Aging Well | Last Active: Nov 7, 2020 | Replies (277)Comment receiving replies
What I've noticed lately with getting older is that I heal more slowly. I recently hit my hand against a surface (not very hard) and a few days later saw a big round bruise that's still there. I also still have a red mark from a minor burn. In the past, this would not have happened. I'm 75 and able to get around okay, but when I walk outside, I'm careful so I don't trip on anything. I know falling now could cause problems. Not like in the past!
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Thank you Beatrice for making me aware of something that I was only subliminally aware of - healing more slowly. Although I had heard about that....of course it didn't apply to me! 🙂 But hearing that from a peer makes it register! It is helpful to be crystal clear about that! I had a fall on April ! which resulted in a fractured wrist/arm. And since then, I try never to take my eyes off of the terrain I am walking on. I guess the fall was like a "shake awake" to the realities of my "elderliness"! - at age 81