The Seniors Thread :-)

[darksideofthemoon]

"This is for the Senior members of CS, those born before 1947. Baby Boomers and Generations X & Y are welcome providing you are over 18 🙂

But this is definitely for people who are facing the last long haul.  We have survived babyhood, childhood, being teens and twenties... We have learned to read and write, to drive, have probably been married and the women have survived child birth.

The challenges are constant and the near misses of death are also there.  If we have become a senior we have learned to survive so much, and along the way we have, of course, gathered a great deal of knowledge about life.

The  belief that age diminishes us is not true, it changes us and not all of it is bad.  Yes there can be various forms of dementia for some, but that is also a disease that can happen in younger people.  Alzheimer's can also occur - it is another form of dementia and generally occurs in people over 65, although that can occur much earlier too and not everyone is going to get it.

Most of us keep our mental alertness up to the moment of death, even if we lose our hearing and our eyesight, but of course this can happen at any age too.

What changes is our physical strength, which diminishes but our mental strength and patience grows, it has to of course, to deal with this aging thing.

Arthritis, heart trouble, strokes - all these things associated with age can happen at any time in your life - arthritis can happen when you are a child but they don't like giving out new hips and knees until you are in your 50s and 60s or later.  We can talk about that too.

Cancer can happen any time and that is also something we can discuss here if you like.

The point of this thread is to give the Seniors a chance to talk about how they are coping with age, the challenges it presents and the fears that can come with it... loss of hearing or sight, aging spouses, living alone, retirement villages, even death...

So I will ask that the Juniors treat us in kindly fashion and remember, all this is going to happen to you too - providing you avoid death before you get here 🙂

So, onward and upward.  Let's go...."

[lifechange2007]

Good morning to all the "Golden Oldies"   What's everyone up to today?

[**dilly**]

Even tho Im a 62 baby I am getting all my bottom teeth out today ready for a denture, surely I half qualify 😛

[rosieglen]

My daughter is a 62 baby Dilly.  Hope all goes well today:-x

Well at nearly 70 a whole new phase of my life is starting.

After a long time on the market we have a sale for our home and are moving interstate to be closer to our grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Does anyone know how expensive it is to have the removalists pack for you?  I have always done it myself but its a huge job - I suspect it also costs and arm and a leg.

[jvharrison]

Good luck Dilly

Rosie i know that Toll does all the packing etc for Defence Force personnel and do an A1 job but have no idea as to the cost., they move my son everytime they get a move.  The only thing that the family packs are jewellery cameras and computers the rest is all done for them.

So so glad you sold the house bet you are so excited.

We have had a massive tip out in this place......every cupboard pulled onto the floor and ruthlessly sorted.......gave heaps of linen etc to the salvos.

Its a massive job and once that contract is signed the pressure really is on:(

[lifechange2007]

Congratulations Rosie, For some reason, I thought you had already sold and moved, hope it all goes smoothly for you. 🙂

[serendipityricho]

Good morning seniors.

Rosie---throw out anything that will never be

used again now--not when you get to the new place.

Consider not taking large items like outdoor furnature,

these can be purchased cheap when you get there.

Richo.

[wilneil]

I agree with Richo, I would pack  spare knickers, the small dog and probably the laptop, the rest could go with the house, walk in/walk out.  Sorry would also need to get my broom.

Wilma

[sammee4211]

Morning all. At 65 I consider myself fairly lucky in the health stakes. I don't wear glasses, my hearing and smell are nigh on perfect.

I did have an accident in '89 which left me with a plate and screws on my left leg fibula and the tibia break restricts a little walking down stairs. I do have degenerative spine disease and scoliosis on the neck and spine due to the accident but I don't take anything for the pain. I just STOP and rest.

I and my OH are expecting to be grandparents for the first time in April/May. I have a son who is 40 and single and a daughter 37 who is married and expecting her very first baby after many years of problems. We went baby shopping yesterday, can't believe the amount of stuff bought when compared to the "old" days when life was much simpler and a whole lot less stress.

To say the least, I am proud so many of our generation have learnt to use computers. I worked with computers for many years to it wasn't new to me. To see the older generation taking the plunge to use new technology is fantastic.

Have a great day everyone. Daughter and I are off shopping again today after I finish the washing.

Cheers 🙂

[kwozie1]

Congratulations Sammee, its so exciting shopping for a new baby, my daughter was 35 when she had her 1st baby and the things that were bought amazed me, certainly not like the old days, they have to have everything that opens and shuts now days.

Have fun shopping

[wilneil]

But isn't that pretty much the same with everything, gotta have the lot and all top of the range, no making do until you can afford something better.