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Fenner

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I realized when I had turned 45 that I am middle aged now. So now I'm 47 and inching closer to 50. It's weird, I don't mentally feel older, physically I'm doing okay, I have arthritis in my ankle and lower back, but it's manageable. I feel calmer, more centered than I ever have in my life.

Does it keep getting better or should I expect a full body breakdown at some point?
 
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It keeps getting better. Ten years ago, I couldn't play either the piano or the violin.
 
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Susanna

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I'm 40 and I'm starting too feel a bit old lol. I guess it's due the life I've been living.
 

blue_ladybug

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I'm almost 47, and I have a bad back, two bad knees, two bad hips, just all-around bad bones in general. In all seriousness I feel like I'm in my 80's. :( I have to use mobility aids. I have 2 canes, 1 walker, another roller walker, a portable bed rail, a shower seat, and I think to myself "I'm too young to be using all this old people's stuff".. LOL :/

I never had a problem with my back until I was in my late 20's. And twenty some odd years later, it's only gotten worse. So yes, Fenner, expect at least a partial body break down. :(
 
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Susanna

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I'm almost 47, and I have a bad back, two bad knees, two bad hips, just all-around bad bones in general. In all seriousness I feel like I'm in my 80's. :( I have to use mobility aids. I have 2 canes, 1 walker, another roller walker, a portable bed rail, a shower seat, and I think to myself "I'm too young to be using all this old people's stuff".. LOL :/

I never had a problem with my back until I was in my late 20's. And twenty some odd years later, it's only gotten worse. So yes, Fenner, expect at least a partial body break down. :(
Oh my, that sounds real bad. I'm praying for you to get better.
 

slave

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I realized when I had turned 45 that I am middle aged now. So now I'm 47 and inching closer to 50. It's weird, I don't mentally feel older, physically I'm doing okay, I have arthritis in my ankle and lower back, but it's manageable. I feel calmer, more centered than I ever have in my life.

Does it keep getting better or should I expect a full body breakdown at some point?
I think of Paul and his thorn in his flesh. We never read what exactly that was but we know it was a burden for him, yet we also know he did the work of many men still. Now that shows me God does care about our physical bodies as well and manifests Himself in doing, for man, what a God of supernatural support in our lives would naturally do for us as His Children.

My story is interesting even to me; I fell 28 feet off a ladder in 2010; I fell off a twelve foot ladder on a gym floor that was the second floor of that school so I fell over the stair well and landed on the lower floors stair. Yeah Ouch right? Definitely an Ouch moment!!

I was told I may never walk, that my shattered right hand would never be able to grasp properly etc etc.; my ankle tendons had snapped all of them except my Achilles tendon, which was stretched out like a rubber band, but because of that I was able to let the surgeries still give me hope. God did a miracle with my physical body!

I went thru many surgeries and many therapies, yet i prayed to my God for healing, I literally asked, and looked for, and knocked for answers all the while I was working hard to recover. And yet I was only getting a little better. Minutely better. God wrought me out in this journey and He and I got so closer than ever. Now, I had a choice in that, I could have gotten more distant from Him, because I had every logical reason to do so, but I simply said, ok God,"Not my will but thy will be done." And I surrendered my goals to Him....

Immediately after that My slow recovery became a miraculous recovery. Not only can I walk but I can run. I have repaired to a point that I fit in perfectly with the human race again. Even my 5 doctors said they couldn't believe the recovery. I have scars from my wrist surgeries, but I just call it my badge of courage. God even allowed it to be a workman's comp case and all my costs were covered - medically.

So I am back in society just livin' the spirit-filled life, once more. I've just turned 55, and I have a soar back still and some nerve damage in my legs, but they don't slow me down anymore. Its been a miracle, so I have to share God's glory with others on that score...:) Smile. Trusting in God, means He is our care-taker and we are to respond to Him as He clearly outlines His purposes and intentions in my life, and I just immediately say yes and do it, even when it sometimes sucks to do it, but even then He changes my perspective on it and I end up seeing it His way.. He is a Spirit with limitless power, if a bird get's his needs met, how much more will He not ignore and supernaturally involve His resources when you ask for help as His beloved Children in Christ Jesus.?

Go ahead and buy a sports car if you need to experience a mid-life crisis, who cares - but, trust me, it it is a waste of time ......God has your back, literally! You have His Word on it! Smile. Rest in the Lord, and let His peace, and His joy be your compass, and your strength. Amen (Let it be so)....
 
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I realized when I had turned 45 that I am middle aged now. So now I'm 47 and inching closer to 50. It's weird, I don't mentally feel older, physically I'm doing okay, I have arthritis in my ankle and lower back, but it's manageable. I feel calmer, more centered than I ever have in my life.

Does it keep getting better or should I expect a full body breakdown at some point?
I'm 23 as of today, and I tell you from my experience. It only gets worse lol.

Once when you were young you had exciting birthdays, lots of fun, stuff to do, but as you get older, you become more boring, you have SO MUCH work to do, you're obsessed about working and money, if you have enough to live and you're self conscious of your looks and getting wrinkles.
 
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I realized when I had turned 45 that I am middle aged now. So now I'm 47 and inching closer to 50. It's weird, I don't mentally feel older, physically I'm doing okay, I have arthritis in my ankle and lower back, but it's manageable. I feel calmer, more centered than I ever have in my life.

Does it keep getting better or should I expect a full body breakdown at some point?
I think life gets better if we walk with the Lord. That doesn't mean things won't go physically wrong with us, but the Lord teaches us how to cope.
 
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I can tell you three things to do. And I am proof-positive they all help.

1. Cut out ALL the sugar and dairy you possibly can. Sugar is a killer, (literally!) and dairy disrupts your immune system.... which is mainly what keeps you disease-free.

2. Drink all the water you can... every day. And eliminate all the other liquids you can. Water is totally a necessity for all your joints, from fingers to spine (lots of water-needing joints in your spine) You should be drinking no less than one half of your body weight in ounces of water. If you weigh 180 pounds, drink at least 90 ounces of water a day. Are you 230 pounds? Then, drink 115 ounces of water a day.

3. Move. Move. Move. Move all the time. Walk, run, reach, bend, stretch, and twist. What you don't use, you lose.
 

Fenner

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I'm almost 47, and I have a bad back, two bad knees, two bad hips, just all-around bad bones in general. In all seriousness I feel like I'm in my 80's. :( I have to use mobility aids. I have 2 canes, 1 walker, another roller walker, a portable bed rail, a shower seat, and I think to myself "I'm too young to be using all this old people's stuff".. LOL :/

I never had a problem with my back until I was in my late 20's. And twenty some odd years later, it's only gotten worse. So yes, Fenner, expect at least a partial body break down. :(

Oh Blue I'm sorry you struggle so much with pain. :(
 
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I realized when I had turned 45 that I am middle aged now. So now I'm 47 and inching closer to 50. It's weird, I don't mentally feel older, physically I'm doing okay, I have arthritis in my ankle and lower back, but it's manageable. I feel calmer, more centered than I ever have in my life.

Does it keep getting better or should I expect a full body breakdown at some point?
Mom died at 44.

Her mom died at 93.

Her dad died at 39.

Her stepdad died in his 50's.

Dad is alive at 86. He had kids in the house for 51 years. (Married twice.) He also ran a mile every day to buy his morning paper until he was 55, and then after he retired, he did 100 laps (2 lengths = 1 lap) in an Olympic pool three times a week until he was in his 70's. He used to go fishing in Canada (10 hours away) every year and hauled the 25 hp motor up and down a steep hill to hook it up to his boat. He had to give that up in his 70's too. Not because strength left him. Because dementia got him. (Alcoholism never slowed him down.) He's now starting Stage 3 of dementia.

His father died in his 50's.

His mother died at 89.

No one knows how old they'll get or how healthy they'll be. We merely think this is within our control. Expect the body to go full-body breakdown, because, at best, 2-3 people got out of here alive. (The other one who got out of here alive, died first, and then rose from the dead.)

It really is all in God's control. So enjoy it while you have it and remember the goal is to enjoy God while we have him -- which, btw, is eternally.
 
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It keeps getting better. Ten years ago, I couldn't play either the piano or the violin.
Well, somebody has to ask? Can you play them now?

(Old joke revisited. lol)
 

blue_ladybug

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Number three.. Bending forward and/or squatting down, is what pulls my back out all the time. I've done things to remedy that--I have 2 pairs of those grabber-reacher things to pick stuff off the floor with. One pair for the kitchen/bathroom and the other for the bedroom/living room. I try to keep everything above waist level, so I don't have to bend down. However none of that helps with having to bend over and clean the cat's potty box. That is incredibly painful for me to do, and becoming more so every day. In fact, and I HATE doing this, but I'm going to have to take her to the HS. I've talked to my spine surgeon, and he says eventually I'll need back surgery soon. :( And THAT will bring it's own set of problems for me.


I can tell you three things to do. And I am proof-positive they all help.

1. Cut out ALL the sugar and dairy you possibly can. Sugar is a killer, (literally!) and dairy disrupts your immune system.... which is mainly what keeps you disease-free.

2. Drink all the water you can... every day. And eliminate all the other liquids you can. Water is totally a necessity for all your joints, from fingers to spine (lots of water-needing joints in your spine) You should be drinking no less than one half of your body weight in ounces of water. If you weigh 180 pounds, drink at least 90 ounces of water a day. Are you 230 pounds? Then, drink 115 ounces of water a day.

3. Move. Move. Move. Move all the time. Walk, run, reach, bend, stretch, and twist. What you don't use, you lose.
 
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Number three.. Bending forward and/or squatting down, is what pulls my back out all the time. I've done things to remedy that--I have 2 pairs of those grabber-reacher things to pick stuff off the floor with. One pair for the kitchen/bathroom and the other for the bedroom/living room. I try to keep everything above waist level, so I don't have to bend down. However none of that helps with having to bend over and clean the cat's potty box. That is incredibly painful for me to do, and becoming more so every day. In fact, and I HATE doing this, but I'm going to have to take her to the HS. I've talked to my spine surgeon, and he says eventually I'll need back surgery soon. :( And THAT will bring it's own set of problems for me.
Why not put the litter box on top of a shelf/drawer/washing machine/file cabinet/its own table? The only thing the cat needs is a place to land before he/she goes into the box. Sure, it's not aesthetically pleasing, but so what? Function over form.

Another alternative is to teach the cat to use the toilet. Sounds silly, but people have done it, and I'd bet anything there are YouTube videos teaching how.
 

blue_ladybug

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She has trouble getting up to high places. I have trouble getting to low places.. lol


Why not put the litter box on top of a shelf/drawer/washing machine/file cabinet/its own table? The only thing the cat needs is a place to land before he/she goes into the box. Sure, it's not aesthetically pleasing, but so what? Function over form.

Another alternative is to teach the cat to use the toilet. Sounds silly, but people have done it, and I'd bet anything there are YouTube videos teaching how.
 

Dino246

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... Does it keep getting better or should I expect a full body breakdown at some point?
Expect the full-body breakdown... but only at one point. ;)
 
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Well, somebody has to ask? Can you play them now?

(Old joke revisited. lol)
I wondered just how long it would take. LOL

No. I can hardly play a radio.... but I feel good!
 
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Can't reach three feet (either high, or low)? Then set things at two feet. But, by all means, NEVER stop reaching and stretching. Totally moving things for complete easy accessibility is a recipe for becoming an invalid.