Getting old

[WBA1955]

I am 65, I have already lived 41 years longer than James Dean, 25 years longer than John Lennon, 23 years longer than Elvis, 8 years longer than Ward Bond and longer than a lot of footballers i have watched.
I know time is limited. Should I live another ten or fif**** years i won't be able to do the things i could.
At the moment I am in great condition, never had any childhood illnesses or been in hospital, never had any serious illnesses other than a heavy cold, I have drank and smoked and ate whatever i liked. My results from my five year medicals had always been A1. My lung age is 26 and my hearing is that of a young man.
I know it won't last forever, but I have a mate aged 70, who won't eat bacon and eggs, doesn't have butter, has a flu jab every Autumn.
He suffers from poor eyesight and hearing, COPD, Barrett's disease, bad leg's and a dodgy ticker.
Life is a lottery, enjoy it and stop worrying.

[soulman101]

I am 65, I have already lived 41 years longer than James Dean, 25 years longer than John Lennon, 23 years longer than Elvis, 8 years longer than Ward Bond and longer than a lot of footballers i have watched.
I know time is limited. Should I live another ten or fif**** years i won't be able to do the things i could.
At the moment I am in great condition, never had any childhood illnesses or been in hospital, never had any serious illnesses other than a heavy cold, I have drank and smoked and ate whatever i liked. My results from my five year medicals had always been A1. My lung age is 26 and my hearing is that of a young man.
I know it won't last forever, but I have a mate aged 70, who won't eat bacon and eggs, doesn't have butter, has a flu jab every Autumn.
He suffers from poor eyesight and hearing, COPD, Barrett's disease, bad leg's and a dodgy ticker.
Life is a lottery, enjoy it and stop worrying.

My twin brothers the same. Plodded all his life never worked overtime, when he clocked out never thought about worked till he clocked in. Still runs 10 mile a day, not bad for 67.
I made the mistake of working 70 hrs plus a week and wrecking my body.

[WBA1955]

I think health comes from the mind. People who are negative or pessemstic seem to have all the illnesses and bad luck going.
Happy lunatics like me seem to sail through life.

[baggieal]

I think health comes from the mind. People who are negative or pessemstic seem to have all the illnesses and bad luck going.
Happy lunatics like me seem to sail through life.

You may never have visited a doctors surgery much previously - you may be as fit as a fiddle - you may think you are healthy but you never know what tomorrow brings. Nobody should count their chickens!

[Leicesterbaggie]

You are spot on Al. I'm 75, only spent one night in hospital, sort of self inflicted, concussion playing rugby. Never even had the flu. Played my last game of club cricket when 65 but as you say, never know what's around the corner so I never take my health for granted. If that makes me a pessimist, so be it.

[mickd1961]

I think health comes from the mind. People who are negative or pessemstic seem to have all the illnesses and bad luck going.
Happy lunatics like me seem to sail through life.

With respect Des......utter b o l l o x.

You’ve been incredibly lucky and your greatest piece of luck was inheriting your mother’s genes.

Genes are where the most important factor lie.

My mums grandparents lived into their 80’s and 90’s which was incredibly rare for tat generation.

My mums mum was a smoker and still lived until nearly 89 1/2 and never had a day in hospital sick or a major illness.

My mum is 82 and has had no hospital time or illness and walks 5 miles a day..

I seem to follow my mum in physical aspects and I’ve never had a hospital illness other than when I was 18 months old.

I expect my mum to outlive her own mum and easily get to 95-100 and I fully expect to match her although I do think that stress/anxiety might bring me some health issues.

Thank your mum Des, not your sunny disposition.

I know loads of dead, happy people who didn’t make 50!

[ex_pat_magpie]

I think health comes from the mind. People who are negative or pessemstic seem to have all the illnesses and bad luck going.
Happy lunatics like me seem to sail through life.

I tend to agree with you WBA1955. I'm 84+ and always optimistic, do a 4-mile walk at marching pace 5 days a week, no matter the weather, and eat and do most other things in moderation.

I know a lot of it is down to luck and inheriting the right genes and I was lucky in that respect as my Dad lived to 102 and only died before his time as a result of falling downstairs.

As a P.S. I'm only just slightly optimistic about our coming game but the way both sides are performing, perhaps neither deserves a win.

[mickd1961]

I tend to agree with you WBA1955. I'm 84+ and always optimistic, do a 4-mile walk at marching pace 5 days a week, no matter the weather, and eat and do most other things in moderation.

I know a lot of it is down to luck and inheriting the right genes and I was lucky in that respect as my Dad lived to 102 and only died before his time as a result of falling downstairs.

As a P.S. I'm only just slightly optimistic about our coming game but the way both sides are performing, perhaps neither deserves a win.

Again, this proves my point......it’s down to genetics.

Father of 102 who only died due to a fall.

It’s your chemistry that makes the difference.

[WBA1955]

It's also down to stress, people who put careers and income before all else not only have poor health history but also suffer bad luck.
Stress is one of the worst culprits for lowering the immune system.

[kettering_baggie]

Up until about three years ago, I am now 73, I was really fit, lots of cycling and swimming. Then I was invited to the GP surgery for a routine health check where everything seemed fine until the nurse said that my heart rate was too low, 44bpm. I told her that was normal for me but she insisted that I have an ECG, which found that I had an irregular heartbeat, Atrial Fibrillation, as it’s known. I have since had three cardioversions and two ablation, each of which corrected the problem in the short term. The irregularity always returned. I still swim but haven’t done much cycling as riding up hills sends my heart rate sky high! Just shows that you can feel fine but be completely unaware of an underlying problem. It’s probably good that my mild cardiac issue was discovered because otherwise I could have keeled over with a heart attack or had a stroke. I miss the hard cycling but haven’t yet given up on being able to pick it up again; there’s something satisfying about riding up a steep hill!. As for longevity, I don’t know whether I will last as long as the female side of the family or not; my Mum lasted until 93, her sister went to 106 but my Dad died at 64. Who knows, eh?