A couple of reminders that things are only getting worse.
(1) Recovery time for any aches, pains, or injury just keeps getting longer.
I’ve always had a bit of a bad back. As in it’s OK most of the time but roughly every 18 months it just goes on me for no real reason. I don’t overwork it or do anything to put it out, but it just goes. And by that I mean I can’t get out of bed, or stand up straight if I do get out of bed.
Now in the past, and this has been recurring since I was a kid, these flare-ups have usually only lasted 24 hours. After that I’m on the mend. In just a couple of days I’m pretty much full strength. But my most recent attack lasted a full week. I’m still not 100%.
It’s the same for anything that goes wrong. Any pain you used to go bed with, knowing that it would be fine when you woke up the next morning, now takes days or weeks to get better. I pulled a muscle in my rib area last year and it took three months before I could lift anything.
(2) You can’t see or hear as well.
I’ve always watched movies with subtitles on. I don’t know if that’s so much because my hearing is going though or because of poor sound recording. Only recently, however, I noticed for the first time I was having trouble reading a book with some really small print. Or maybe I just thought it was small.
Because I’m shortsighted I’ve never worn glasses to read, But I find with this book I have to hold it at just the right distance to be able to read it comfortably. This is a bit worrying, as I do have a lot of books with small print (all those Penguin Classics Dickens novels!) and I’m wondering how big an issue this is going to be moving forward. I suppose at some point I’ll be having to get large print editions out of the library to manage.
Alex Good 
Though you may be suffering, it will not stop me lamenting being 26.
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I envy you your youth, but at the same time I do feel sorry for people your age because the world is in such bad shape, and it’s only going to get worse. Sorry about that!
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Huh I wrote a similar comment to Young Alex but it has not appeared- might be in spam.
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Hm. Just checked the spam and trash folders and there’s nothing there. Maybe it’s in Internet limbo somewhere. Anyway, I second what you said!
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Hah probably forgot to press send.. memory going, another old age thing!
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Forgiven
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The declination of our physical bodies is a hard cross to bear sometimes, getting old is not for wimps.
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Though this back is still miserable I count my blessings that I’m not nearly in as bad shape as I could be, including many friends I know. Overall I’m doing pretty well.
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Things can always be worse!
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Yep! Much worse even.
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Boo hoo,
But I will admit that I am happy I do not have to deal with a chronic bad back. Dr. Brian says take lots of long baths. Water is amazing.
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Yeah I don’t think bad backs are the worst thing in the world, but they’re no fun. I’ve tried a heating pad and that doesn’t do much. I’m not much of one for baths. The gym I sometimes go to has a hot tub though so maybe I’ll try hydrotherapy there.
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It’s called an eReader and you can get all the classics free on Project Gutenberg. Just saying 😉
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I may end up there yet.
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Just assimilate now. Save your eyes. Changing font size is wonderful and since it’s eink and not lcd, there is no strain like staring at a computer or tablet.
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I’ve had a few people suggest this. And I’ll likely give in sometime before the end. Or else get a big magnifying glass.
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Trust me, learning to use an ereader is going to be a lot easier than holding a book AND a magnifying glass.
I mean, how are you going to eat that pizza while you eat?
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