Finally reached that age...

[GeauxHomeLittleD]

I turned 55 back on New Years Day. I didn't realize that this was it- I have finally reached "that age".

I started becoming suspicious when I woke up one day last week with severe nerve pain in my back. I thought that maybe the weather changing was what had caused it. After a few days of hugging the heating pad and consuming lots of extra strength Tylenol I felt much better and could move around normally. Unfortunately it only lasted for a day or two and then BAM!!! Right back in the same situation.

A cold front had once again moved in so I concluded it must be the weather aggravating the old bones and putting pressure on a nerve. But then last night I tossed and turned and just when I was about to flip over again....

I caught myself in mid-twist, right as I was about to hit that screaming nerve feeling. It wasn't the weather.... it was turning over in bed!

"That Age". The age where you injure yourself and suffer for days in agony just by turning over in bed!

As my mother always told me "Getting older ain't for pussies!"

Have a great week Rogues!

[guohua]

I do hope you get better very soon.
My husband read this first and said Out-Loud, "Yup, it is bad for us Old Dicks to".
So naturally I had to see what he thought was so Serious and Funny.

[GeauxHomeLittleD]

I do hope you get better very soon.
My husband read this first and said Out-Loud, "Yup, it is bad for us Old Dicks to".
So naturally I had to see what he thought was so Serious and Funny.

When you injure yourself simply by going to bed or even just taking a nap you know that you are there. I' definitely going to warn all the kids about this so that they can mentally prepare.

[kdog]

I do hope you get better very soon.
My husband read this first and said Out-Loud, "Yup, it is bad for us Old Dicks to".
So naturally I had to see what he thought was so Serious and Funny.

I can relate to the old dick comment. Pooping becomes a priority over p*ssy. Not to mention, he, the ,you know, little man , doesn't feel like it , like in the early years. 

But I do give the misses backrubs, and sometimes front rubs.

[Ninurta]

When I was about 55, I had to have some x-rays, and the doctor told me I had the skeleton of a 60 year old. I told him that if he could locate that 60 year old, I'd gladly give it back 'cause it wasn't working all that well for me.

I am at the age that I make sound effects just getting out of bed in the morning. When I try to simply rise to a standing position from a sitting position, my left hip joint frequently tries to pin me to the floor like a professional wrestler. I used to be able to do a hunter's squat for hours on end - now, if I can get down into one, I can do it for days on end, mostly because I can't get back up from it.

In regards to the "old Dick" comments, my Dear Old Dad once told me that what he used to be able to do all night long now took him all night long to do, which I reckon is as good an excuse for retirement as any, on account of being retired gives one more time...

It's The Age of Never - i.e. "these hills never used to be this tall or this step". "My arms never used to be this short when reading a newspaper".

Yeah, getting old can be a bitch, but it sure beats the alternative!

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[kdog]

When I was about 55, I had to have some x-rays, and the doctor told me I had the skeleton of a 60 year old. I told him that if he could locate that 60 year old, I'd gladly give it back 'cause it wasn't working all that well for me.

I am at the age that I make sound effects just getting out of bed in the morning. When I try to simply rise to a standing position from a sitting position, my left hip joint frequently tries to pin me to the floor like a professional wrestler. I used to be able to do a hunter's squat for hours on end - now, if I can get down into one, I can do it for days on end, mostly because I can't get back up from it.

In regards to the "old Dick" comments, my Dear Old Dad once told me that what he used to be able to do all night long now took him all night long to do, which I reckon is as good an excuse for retirement as any, on account of being retired gives one more time...

It's The Age of Never - i.e. "these hills never used to be this tall or this step". "My arms never used to be this short when reading a newspaper".

Yeah, getting old can be a bitch, but it sure beats the alternative!

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I absolutely agree. 

It's funny how you don't realize how much your have aged until you are around a bunch of people your age. I remember a few years ago I went to a Kiss concert . My first concert was to see them when I was 13 years old in 1977. I kept looking around thing, man, there are alot of old people here. Then , I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. It wasn't that 13 year old looking at me any more, it was an old man.

[ABNARTY]

No one told me putting my socks on could cause injuries.

Rolling over in bed. Pooping. Standing up to quickly. 

This whole thing sucks! 

[guohua]

My dance after a good Poop

Then an hour later 
 Nap Time!

[senona]

I hope you get to feeling better.

Tell K-dog to take it easy in bed. LMAO




Jim and his buddy use to talk about getting older and along with it comes aches/pains and more doctor visits.
(although I must admit, my Jim had very little back/leg problems. No arthritis despite years of artwork)


Our friend, John LeBlanc said, "what so effin' great about the Golden Years?! There ain't nothin' golden about it!"


And yep, it takes me a little longer to get motivated in the mornings, especially when my plantar fasciitis acts up.


It helps having a sister who does therapy, because she showed me basic exercises to do, just to keep my joints 'oiled', so to speak. So as I get older (55 yo), hopefully I can keep my mobility longer. I will say, I easily get in 10,000+ steps at work daily and yes, I think of my age and push myself that much more to outdo my young coworkers. LOL

[Ninurta]

I absolutely agree. 

It's funny how you don't realize how much your have aged until you are around a bunch of people your age. I remember a few years ago I went to a Kiss concert . My first concert was to see them when I was 13 years old in 1977. I kept looking around thing, man, there are alot of old people here. Then , I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. It wasn't that 13 year old looking at me any more, it was an old man.

Yup. I ran into a gal a couple years ago that tried to talk me into running off and taking her with me when we were... younger. I though "man, she aged well, but aged all the same!" Then I got home, looked in the mirror, and realized we weren't teenagers any more, neither of us. I gotta say, though, I think she aged better than I have, so she probably got the better deal when I wouldn't Take her with me out into that wild green yonder... hope she realized that!

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[Ninurta]

My dance after a good Poop

Then an hour later 
 Nap Time!

I know the feeling - takes a lot out of ya, don't it? har, har, har...

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[Ninurta]

I hope you get to feeling better.

Tell K-dog to take it easy in bed. LMAO




Jim and his buddy use to talk about getting older and along with it comes aches/pains and more doctor visits.
(although I must admit, my Jim had very little back/leg problems. No arthritis despite years of artwork)


Our friend, John LeBlanc said, "what so effin' great about the Golden Years?! There ain't nothin' golden about it!"


And yep, it takes me a little longer to get motivated in the mornings, especially when my plantar fasciitis acts up.


It helps having a sister who does therapy, because she showed me basic exercises to do, just to keep my joints 'oiled', so to speak. So as I get older (55 yo), hopefully I can keep my mobility longer. I will say, I easily get in 10,000+ steps at work daily and yes, I think of my age and push myself that much more to outdo my young coworkers. LOL

You know, it's that first motivation in the morning that gets me. I push past that, and after the joints loosen up and stop making those creaking sound effects (sounds like an old abandoned building about to collapse), I'm fine.

I'm thinking of installing a derrick over the bed to assist in that initial motivation...

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[F2d5thCav]

None of that is any fun.  And @"GeauxHomeLittleD" is on the money, it seems to start in the mid-fifties.

I keep telling myself to engage in a daily program of gentle stretching before bed and upon getting up.  And I keep ignoring that bit of advice.

Cheers

[OmegaLogos]

Explanation: Getting vertical from horizontal sux and so does the reverse.

My hips, knees and ankles hurt when I lie in bed ... only certain positions bring relief.

I am so full of shit when I awaken that going to the toilet is my main 1st priority.

Personal Disclosure: My 14yr old female cat agrees!

Bowling For Soup - Getting Old Sucks ( ... But Everybody's Doing It!)

[gordi]

...and I thought it was just me!

I'm 57, and put my shoulder out... reaching back over my left shoulder to pick up my phone.
Several weeks later and the pain has worked its way down my arm, through the back of the bicep to the elbow and even my wrist.... reaching for my fecking phone!!! My knees are effed too.
Gettin' Auld(er) sucks.

Here's to us creakies!


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[Ninurta]

...and I thought it was just me!

I'm 57, and put my shoulder out... reaching back over my left shoulder to pick up my phone.
Several weeks later and the pain has worked its way down my arm, through the back of the bicep to the elbow and even my wrist.... reaching for my fecking phone!!! My knees are effed too.
Gettin' Auld(er) sucks.

Here's to us creakies!


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The reason I went to see that doc that told me I had an old skeleton was that the last two fingers on my left hand were going numb. It turned out that I have bone spurs on my spine, and those bone spurs are irritating the nerves at the spine, which is causing pain in limbs farther out than there is a good reason for. It's odd how an injury far from the site of the pain can cause a "ghost pain" where there is no apparent reason for it.

Grace has arthritis in her sacroiliac joint, that triangular plate of bone that joins the spine to the hip bones. That really has to suck, because that means ANY motion, upper body or lower body, has a potential to irritate that junction. Still, getting old together is ok, I reckon - between the two of us, we ought to be able to maintain upright, even if we have to brace each other up to do it!

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[Kenzo]

Hopefully you find something, a solution that helps is some way, other than painkillers .

[Chiefsmom]

I am right there, and it is awful.
I tend to sleep in awkward positions, like an arm above my head, ect.  Then I get the pleasure of not being able to raise my arm above my head for 2 days without screaming pain.

Poor hubby can't get up out of his chair most times, without his knees sounding like a cap gun.