You know you are getting old when:

[tonyb]

Aches and pains appear throughout the day/night sometimes for prolonged periods of time and at times sharply and briefly. They occur often enough to make you wonder/worry as well as often enough to chalk it up to age.

And then you make the mental note that if it happens again, you'll talk to your doctor about it.

You should talk with a doctor. Am I correct in assuming you are now of AARP membership eligibility age? And have been for longer than you care to recall?

 

[Zombie_61]

Aches and pains appear throughout the day/night sometimes for prolonged periods of time and at times sharply and briefly. They occur often enough to make you wonder/worry as well as often enough to chalk it up to age.

And then you make the mental note that if it happens again, you'll talk to your doctor about it.

I experience aches and pains once in a while but, excluding my lower back problems and "slightly higher than my doctor would like" cholesterol, I think I'm in pretty good physical condition for a 57-year-old. A few weeks ago I helped a friend move for four consecutive days (about six hours per day, more or less), and except for my back bothering me more than usual for a few days after I came through it okay.

And then there are those days when I pull something reaching for the toilet paper roll.

 

[LizzieMaine]

"Hmm, I wonder what this thing is on my arm. It's been there for years now, and it doesn't look like a mole or a bug bite and it never heals, it's just there and it makes me nervous. I really ought to do something abou....OMG HERE COMES A PUPPY!"

 

[GHT]

And then there are those days when I pull something reaching for the toilet paper roll.

You can go blind doing that.

 

[3fingers]

You can go blind doing that.

I was told that was why you only risked one eye. Keep the other one closed.

 

[Zombie_61]

You can go blind doing that.

I bow in the presence of a Master. My mind spends a lot of time in the gutter, and that thought never occurred to me.

 

[GHT]

I was told that was why you only risked one eye. Keep the other one closed.

Or stop when you need glasses.

 

[Touchofevil]

You should talk with a doctor. Am I correct in assuming you are now of AARP membership eligibility age? And have been for longer than you care to recall?

You are correct on both statements. I do talk to my doctor regularly. Fortunately, most of the aches and pains are a result of stupidity/recklessness as a younger’n. Some of the other aches and pains are a result of my stupidity/recklessness/thinking I’m younger nowadays.

 

[Touchofevil]

I experience aches and pains once in a while but, excluding my lower back problems and "slightly higher than my doctor would like" cholesterol, I think I'm in pretty good physical condition for a 57-year-old. A few weeks ago I helped a friend move for four consecutive days (about six hours per day, more or less), and except for my back bothering me more than usual for a few days after I came through it okay.

And then there are those days when I pull something reaching for the toilet paper roll.

I am right there with you, although 52 coming up on 53 pretty soon. I have always enjoyed working outdoors and keeping myself somewhat fit. My overall recovery time is still pretty good, but the aches come more often and don’t leave as soon as they used to.

 

[TimeWarpWife]

Anecdote. To paraphrase Inigo Montoya, I am not sure this word means what you think it means.

Thank you for pointing out my mistake.

 

[MisterCairo]

I really ought to do something abou....OMG HERE COMES A PUPPY!"

It could be worse...

 

[2jakes]

 

[2jakes]

Labor Day Monday

 

[Trenchfriend]

Eleven years have passed since the end of "King of Queens".

Oh my...

 

[LizzieMaine]

You spend more time worrying about why you're not sleeping than you do sleeping.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

The younger I feel, the older I look.

 

[2jakes]

You spend more time worrying about why you're not sleeping than you do sleeping.

You know you are getting old when you stopped worrying about why you're not sleeping
and find yourself posting and replying to Trenchfriend from Germany in the middle
of the night.

 

[2jakes]

When you reply to a thread on the Fedora Lounge from 10 years ago as if
it was only yesterday.

When you go back on something that you posted years ago but the image or photo
is no longer available and you cannot remember what it was that you posted in
the first place.

 

[Fading Fast]

Eleven years have passed since the end of "King of Queens".

Oh my...

You like this show too much.

You spend more time worrying about why you're not sleeping than you do sleeping.

I finally decided to simply stop worrying about it (it was becoming a bit much) and nothing bad happened but the amount of overall worry in my life went down (and, maybe, I even sleep a touch better now that I don't think about it as much).

 

[2jakes]

I finally decided to simply stop worrying about it (it was becoming a bit much) and nothing bad happened but the amount of overall worry in my life went down (and, maybe, I even sleep a touch better now that I don't think about it as much).

Yep!
The same with eating habits!
As you know, eat when hungry in small amounts throughout the day.