2 weeks ago I tore my calf muscle at work & was limped around for a few days. It felt OK, if a little tender, after about 5 days & even today, I could feel a little twinge occasionally.
Tonight I took the dogs out for a walk & was running up the driveway after them when I tore it again. I'm sporting a nice knot about halfway down my calf & need a few Aleves again.

Guess I'll go fishing tomorrow instead of walking in the woods......

badger

Getting old may be rough, and I know for a fact it is, but it sure beats the alternative.

Getting older can indeed, be a challange.

Spent some time visiting with the farmer where I dove hunt. He is 61 years old and is getting a new hip in a few weeks then a knee in the spring if all is well enough. Tough life for a great guy.

Not really brother Keith, but I know what you mean...

Penny

Lets face it, getting old is not for wimps!

Old age is the low road...
Keep the Ibupropen handy.

I like that one.....
It could be our collective Campfire signiture!

Casey

Here's a news flash. As you get older yet,it doesn't get better, most of the time it gets worse

Nope, getting old surely ain't a purty thing but if you got grandkids it helps to smooth out some of the rough edges.

Old is no fun, I know because I no longer feel like I am getting older but rather I have arrived! On the other hand I am more relaxed and have a lot more fun than I did thirty years ago. Our six children are grown adults and our grandchildren are true joy. No, I would not go back for anything.

Maybe the aches and pains that start to show up as we get older, are just reminders of our mortality, and we don't like that.

Somber thought........

Too soon olt, too late smart.

Wayne

Take good care and nurse that calf muscle. Fishing sounds like just the medicine. Yeah, I recently did some elk hunting, and the mountain floors are so dry and crackly loud, that I was doing alot of tiptoeing and jumping from rock to rock. This morning my heels and toes are screaming at me, a brand new ache and pain for this old soul. Will have to scale back some on next week's hunt.

Amen brother!!

Gettlin old has been good to me, I quit regular work at 50 & don't miss it at all. My boss is a 100 pound lab that wants to run morning, lunch,dinner & before bed, so I'm in better shape than when I spent my days behind a desk.

Oh I don't know, I keep a .45ACP hollow point available for the alternative. Drives my doctor nuts.

Here's what I think the alternative is: Medical science being to make my wife and me 18 year olds again with all our wisdom in tact. Now that's happiness!!!

Good luck Badger...enjoy the fishing. I'm amazed of late at the number of people younger than me! Simply amazing!

Fishing didn't suck. The weather was great, low 60's with a breeze, water was clean & the bite was fair.........

Great therapy for the body & soul..........

badger

Your signature fits this thread pretty well badger. LOL

Yes you do know what I mean. I mean, I'm looking forward to Heaven, and it's not death I dread, it' the dying.

I'm happy you had a good time Badger,...that's what's most important anyway!

who's old? i'm 78 and still hunt and fish regularly..couldn't do that when i was young, i had to work..

Tell me about the it's hell getting old part of it.

I think I've already arrived as it's a baby asprin and a water pill for the heart along with two Naproxin in the morning followed by two Naproxin and a Tramadol at bed time for the pain in both my shoulders at bed time.

Who ever said these are the "Golden Years" must have figured out how much gold it takes to survive. New right knee about a year ago and about ready for the left one. --- Mel

You're like Woody Allen, who said something to the effect that "It's not death I'm afraid of. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

Penny

2 points on getting old: 1) After age 40, if you wake up in the morning and nothing hurts, it is reason to believe you died in your sleep. 2)It used to hold the center for helping me knot my tie. Now it helps me tie my sneakers.

You can still tie your sneakers? WOW!