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You were just prepping yourself to have sex with the old lady

I aint even gonna try to lie that big, I kaint hang wit that chick, she's a machine Main.

Gunner

I'm 78 and had I known I was going to live this long, I would have bypassed a lot, or some, of the things I used to do.

Butchered three times on account of cancer and face down of the back surgeon's table for over eight hours really ain't what I call fun but, hey, I'm still alive and able to wander around the Beartooths by myself and catch a stray fish up there once in a while so I ain't complaining. Actually guilty of doing a little bragging!

CaneSlinger has it right......

really sucks when your body decideds its gonna start getting old at 11.....at 31 im half crippled up, last doc that looked at x-rays and such of my back and knees says going by them he would swear i was in my mid 60's.....and that was 3 years ago.....nothing scares the chit out of me more than the thought of if this is how i feel now how am i gonna feel on my 50th birthday

I beat you by one week!

I inquired about surgery to lengthen my arms instead, but was refused.

John

You suck!

The only way that you could suck more if you were writing this during an safari for elephant!

John

Yeah, the nurse kicked my azz about all that stuff, so I'll be going in for that lovely little event in a couple weeks here.

Boy, aint' that the truth! I've been pretty lucky to have good health and no major crap all this time. Now every little ache and pain gets you thinking....

My daughter is in her senior year of high school and has played fastpitch for 10 years now. She's a pitcher and I have been her bullpen catcher for all that time. I never sat on a bucket until this year, but the old knees are feeling the wear and tear a bit. Now I get out of catching whenever we can get one of her real catchers to work for her. The other thing is, she throws so hard now it's kind of taking your life in your own hands to stand in for her.

The wear and tear of sports in your youth can take a toll as you age. I turned 61 this year and the breaks, torn tendons and other issues do start to ache more in the morning and make me work through some of the activities I used to do with eaze. Not sure that with these that the golden years are yet to come.

jpb, I have killed my elephant. He was pink (no fooling!) and I hated the necessity of doing it. I'll never kill another one. I probably won't kill another big game animal, as a matter of fact. If I ever go to Africa, I'll be armed with a camera. I'll love every minute of it, I'm sure.

I'm 73 and full of kinks,but the ARMY tought me one foot in front of the other,keep moving,I live by that tune..

57 here. Recovery from intense exercise, you know, like dragging a deer out is a coupla days, instead of a coupla hours. Still setting world bench press records, so limit strength is still good. I do wonder how long that will hold out, but so far, so good. Looking to set a 181 drug free, all time bench record in April. Of course, I don't remember it being so hard to reach my feet to tie my shoes...Some things are good, others not so much. Interesting stuff. Hope I get to make good observations for at least another 30 years.

I don't mind the 6AM pees. It's those 12, 2 and 4 that bother me.

Of course your doctor should be right.

The stretching exercises I was taught by the PT my doctor sent me to include lifting my leg to the side. For instance if you were lying on your side you would lift that leg as far as comfortable about 5 times. I do this every night.

The pain got so bad years ago that I could hardly move well. I went to my regular doctor and he sent me to an "arthritis" specialist in the city near here. After over a year the pain was so bad and all he offered were pain pills. Then the "arthritis specialist" wrote me a prescription for a hip replacement and made an appointment for me with a surgeon.

I said "no way" to myself and went back to an old doctor I had not seen for years. He is a D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). He examined me and said "you don't need a hip replacement, you have bursitis!"

He sent me to the PT next door and the stretching exercises eliminated the pain right away. I stopped the stretching and the pain came back. This was really a big deal for me and now I can move!

To add that if you need more information then PM me and I will give you the name of the PT I go to and more details.

I searched on the net and could not find the exercises that the PT gave me.

The Dr. told me not to worry to much about old age. He said that it didn't usually last too long.

If you watch animals you will see them stretching. It must be natural and necessary. When a housecat gets up it stretches!

And your lying is improved as well.
47 here, a hard 47 with lots of aches and pains. Still durable once I get warmed up.

Ok thats funny

My doctor loves my Personal Writing. Only a very few very trusted friends have full sets, but my good friend and physician, Dr. Ruggeri, has all of my Personal Writings.

My doc limits herself to TWO PAGES daily, after seeing her patients ... TWO PAGES a day.

About a week ago, she e-mailed me, "I laugh, I cry and I love my two pages of Steve daily."

Lately, Dr. Ruggeri told me that "It would be wonderful if you would write about BEING old."

BEING OLD. Not "getting older." Not "approaching old age." Not simply "aging."

BEING OLD. [bleep].

I'm 70 and I guess I AM old and that sucks in the extreme.

So, I've started a new Personal Writing piece entitled "[i]Being Old.[/i}

In truth, the new manuscript is coming along quite well. Hopefully, I will be able to finish it before I flippin' die

Blessings,

Steve