The Seniors Thread :-)

"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...."



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morning all.    pretty chilly up here on Sunshine Coast



 


Its not chilly here.  It was only Minus 1

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brrrrrrrrrrrrr.....but then you're all rugged up with heating on......I hope;-)

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brrrrrrrrrrrrr.....but then you're all rugged up with heating on......I hope;-)



 


I gave in this morning and got the thermal underwear out and am wearit plus the ugg boots.  They are forecasting minus 5 's and 6's next week.

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Is there such a thing as age related depression?


I no longer want to get out of bed, in fact it is now 2.19pm and I have just rolled out.


The house is a disaster and I honestly don't care if we eat or not.


My beautiful garden is a mess.


This seems to have happened since my cataract surgery went pear shaped, and I just can't seem to shake it off.


It really is sad when your only social interaction is on a chat board, as much as I enjoy all of your company.


Perhaps just a case of the old fashioned blues.


Anyway I am really feeling sorry for myself.:-(

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<<<<< hugs >>>>>

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Better talk to a doctor Jean....:-x

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Arvo gerries


Jean i hope you are thinking more positively than your last post.


We all care --look after yourself......................Richo.

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hello Jean....you want to talk off here?   message me through ebay if you do:-x

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bbuuuummp!


 


morning all.

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Good morning all---dismal day here in the Latrobe valley............Richo.

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