Growing older

[Soft*Silver]

Originally Posted by deb0670

was looking around at all the people( mostly elderly or grey(ish) and realized.. I fit in more with them than with the younger crowd .
I remember how agile i used to be, how i was able to do bunches of things that now i am like. yeah no.

I guess i don't have a real direct flow with this post.. just.. old thoughts i reckon

I follow someone on TikTok that does aging of actors and famous people. I am shocked that people I knew in the 80s and 90s are old! The nice thing, though is that I’m not as hard on myself, regarding aging, now that I see how others have aged over the years

[ksrainbow]

I did not connect with growing older until:

when my hair dresser retired
when my plumber retired
when my financial advisor retired
when my physician retired
when my therapist retired
All of the above including myself, are growing older.

May we all give gratitude and appreciation for enjoying our journey with grace!

Ks-

[ksrainbow]

Originally Posted by ksrainbow

I did not connect with growing older until:

when my hair dresser retired
when my plumber retired
when my financial advisor retired
when my physician retired
when my therapist retired
All of the above including myself, are growing older.

May we all give gratitude and appreciation for enjoying our journey with grace!

Ks-

my new hair dresser: Is awesome-compliments on my hair style, its overall health and the *care* I give it!

my plumber: Thankful I have not had to find another one.

my physician: My new PA who has been following my rotator cuff injury-she ROCKS!

my financial advisor: Replaced by his daughter *All in the Family*works for me!

my therapist: Medicare suggested a new provider-appt next Monday!

Overall-Getting older is less stressful in hindsight than it was when I started this journey. Enjoying this trek better than I anticipated.

Ks-

[GeorgiaMa'am]

my hair dresser: Is the same one I have had for 30-something years. We're the same age, so I'm hoping he outlasts me. He makes me gorgeous.

my plumber: Still searching for The One.

my physician: I've been with her for about 20 years and she is awesome.
She's younger than me, so I've got high hopes.

my financial advisor: Younger than me by a good 10 years. He'll do.

my therapist: He's rapidly approaching retirement age. I don't know what I'm going to do without him - except hope he has someone he can refer me to.

Overall: I didn't expect to get this sick, this young. On the other hand, I didn't expect to get this old. I always vaguely suspected I would do something stupid that would end in my demise at a fairly early age. Now I'm older and wiser, and will likely die of some illness. I just hope it isn't awful.

[Stone-Butch]

Growing older certainly is no fun. If you don't fall ill with something life threatening then falling and getting seriously injured is next on the agenda. Last but not least you are in an accident and that my friends is no fun. A moving truck took the passenger side of my van almost totally off while I was parked and he decieded to back up on a one way hill. I myself was not in the van, I was behind it unloading things. Well I will say no more . I have been home recouping since the ambulance took me at the end of May and am getting daily massage and leg exercises done at home with a therapist four days a week. I am hoping my back improves but it does not seem likely.
SO old age is hard to take and hard to look after so if you are young, do it. Look after YOU. Enjoy life as you are able and as my dear sweee mother use to say, If you have a chance to sit it out or dance DANCE. She loved that song.

[Blade]

One of the things I have a hurdle with as I have aged, especially the last few years is inability to or needing help doing things that were once simple. I think some of this is due to my knee situation at this point.

Things I had planned to do in retirement I can no longer do or have trouble doing. I can't bend or stoop for periods of time. I can't get on the floor or ground. I fell last Saturday so I found out I can get up off the ground. I had planned to supplement my income working on small engines and doing a little woodworking and some cheap yard care for the elderly.

So unless some things change for me physically I will have to devise a new plan onwhat to do for fun as I age. But it's all good, I'll figure it out

[Chancie]

I was glad to see this thread pop up this morning.

In June 2022, I retired from teaching math and robotics at a public high school. My poor old body got too ache-y, and the long term social emotional effects of Covid made my job too hard.

I have bad arthritis in my feet, and I don’t know what is wrong with my knees, but I’ve been taking good care of my Type II diabetes by tracking my food, checking my blood glucose level, and going to water aerobics a few times a week.

I never really cared about looking older, but lately, I feel like I need to use more moisturizer. I always had my hair colored, but I’m wearing more makeup.

[Soft*Silver]

I just said today that 2023 has been teaching me to accept my new normal. The aging process has brought about changes that I stubbornly try to ignore or deny. But this year I have slowly begun to conform to them.
My sister is eight years old older than I am, but she has aged harder. She falls often and painfully. I have fallen a few times, but only because I was active doing things like chasing chickens and got my legs tangled up in the chick fence. She falls Standing at the refrigerator. I think it might be harder on me to watch her age than it is to watch me age…

I have really pretty white curly hair now. I keep it long but wrapped up in a bun. I use less make up now, and lighter colors. I just bought my first container of wrinkle cream! And I’m more attentive to my skin care process. I’ve noticed that I have dryer skin than ever before in my life.

I actually think I am beautiful now. I never thought much of my looks except that I was plain or average looking. But as I aged, I have come into my Beauty.


Sometimes when I’m shopping, I’ll see blouse or a sweater that I think is adorable and then I realize that it’s too young of a fashion for me. Is there such a thing? Well personally for me there is.

[GeorgiaMa'am]

My skin has definitely gotten dryer. For the skin on my face, I can use Retin-A and Aveeno moisturizer - but, I have gotten too lazy to do so. For the skin on my feet and hands, I think this dryness may be due to chemo, because I have numbness in both areas. I use Curel for these areas, but nothing really seems to help. I'm considering trying Vaseline nightly.

I have changed my makeup over time as I grew older, to both keep up with fashion and to adjust to my skin changes. I think what I'm doing is okay for now, but honestly, I hardly ever wear makeup any more.

As far as clothing goes, there are some styles that are too young for me, but not really many. Mostly, there are clothes that are not complementary for my body type, and I have always had that problem.

My worst aging problem is my arthritis, which I have in my lower back and my knees. Voltaren (diclofenac 1%) helps, but not enough to help me get up and down the stairs daily. I have to carefully plan when I'm going to leave the house, and I need a helper at home almost all the time.

[deb0670]

Originally Posted by Soft*Silver

I follow someone on TikTok that does aging of actors and famous people. I am shocked that people I knew in the 80s and 90s are old! The nice thing, though is that IÂ’m not as hard on myself, regarding aging, now that I see how others have aged over the years

It is wild to me to look around and see so many people i grew up with look older than i think they should be.
In my mind, i am about 30 ish... active, etc... yeah no..

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Originally Posted by deb0670

It is wild to me to look around and see so many people i grew up with look older than i think they should be.

This is a scary thought, now that you mention it. One of the symptoms of my mother's dementia is that she can't remember people's names sometimes or who they are. She was trying to tell me what that is like, and it sounds so much like what you describe. She told me that she knew her sister was her sister (for example), but her sister did not look to her like she ought to. In my mother's mind, her sister ought to look much younger, so when my mother looked at her sister now, she didn't recognize her.

Of course, I'm not saying you have dementia. I'm just saying it's weird how our minds work.

[Gemme]

I'm restarting Project Runway and it's blowing my mind how much of a baby Heidi is and Tim too. lol

Also, I found myself envying a woman at my salon today. Her hair is a lovely muted white with the very ends darker, like they have been dipped in ink. I wish my hair would wind up like that but it's not greying evenly (I have white patches on one side and the "normal" salt and pepper elsewhere) and I actually felt a wee bit of something because I knew my hair would not look like hers at any point in my life (naturally, anyway).

Even though dying one's hair gray has been popular in recent years with kids, I never had that thought when I was young.

Also, the time frame from when my bladder signals 'incoming' and the time that I have to get to the facilities has reduced quite a bit. I have had a few near misses this year.

[Stone-Butch]

My hair started turning white at the age of 30 or so. My mom said her hair turned around the age of 28 but went grey. My dads hair was pure white as he got older. I dyed mine for many years and by the time I got to be 50 I stopped and it is now pure white. I left it white as it looked like my dads. I like to see others pay to get what I have now LOL. With my dark brown eyes I think it looks pretty good LOL.

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Originally Posted by Stone-Butch

My hair started turning white at the age of 30 or so. My mom said her hair turned around the age of 28 but went grey. My dads hair was pure white as he got older. I dyed mine for many years and by the time I got to be 50 I stopped and it is now pure white. I left it white as it looked like my dads. I like to see others pay to get what I have now LOL. With my dark brown eyes I think it looks pretty good LOL.

I hope mine turns white instead of gray. I would like that kind of silvery white that almost sparkles, but unfortunately I think only blondes get that.

[Bèsame*]

realizing that at our age we have stories of our past that come to light. I'm surprised at what I can recall and how just the little things that can bring a memory to light. But it's not only me. It's taking the time to listen to others' stories as well.