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Stuff happening lately that reminds you you're getting older (1 Viewer)

Schedule an eye appointment without telling your wife and kids. It's simpler than you think. Eye doctors work out of offices in WalMarts now. You don't have to be afraid of anything. Pay your little fifty bucks, or pretend you're disadvantaged and negotiate a small payment plan. Life is a negotiation, even with doctors. No one is more familiar with the drawbacks and benefits of small business negotiation than the self-employed ophthalmologist renting office space from his local WalMart. Just pop in there real quick and pop out with a prescription for contact lenses. Then - Whomever can wear daily contact lenses the most consecutive days in a row before their wife notices WINS the contest and I'll give you a hundred bucks prize money. Boom. Not only will you land a cool hundo for yourself but you'll also potentially save the lives of others while benefiting society as a safer motor vehicle operator. Thank you my work here is almost done

 
Mrs. Rannous said:
You folks seeing haloes have seen an opthamologist I hope.  Could be a sign of eye trouble that needs tending to.
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I have an eye exam every year plus see a specialist for chronic dry eyes twice a year. Take fish oil, use a lid cleaner and prescription eye drops, and use a heating pad on my eyes twice a day. Trust me, I take care of my eyes.

 
Just turned 61.  True story.  Several months ago I was 1.5 hours into my 2-hour workout.  I was half way through the boxing/sparring part of the workout and the next thing I know, it's 3 days later and I found myself coming out of a coma.  Turns out I actually died from something called Sudden Cardiac Death.  Absolutely everything stopped including my heart, brain, etc.  Only 5 - 8% of people that experience that live, so I guess I now looking forward to other things that remind me I'm getting older : - )

 
gameday said:
Just turned 61.  True story.  Several months ago I was 1.5 hours into my 2-hour workout.  I was half way through the boxing/sparring part of the workout and the next thing I know, it's 3 days later and I found myself coming out of a coma.  Turns out I actually died from something called Sudden Cardiac Death.  Absolutely everything stopped including my heart, brain, etc.  Only 5 - 8% of people that experience that live, so I guess I now looking forward to other things that remind me I'm getting older : - )
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Whoa, glad you are still with us buddy!

 
gameday said:
Just turned 61.  True story.  Several months ago I was 1.5 hours into my 2-hour workout.  I was half way through the boxing/sparring part of the workout and the next thing I know, it's 3 days later and I found myself coming out of a coma.  Turns out I actually died from something called Sudden Cardiac Death.  Absolutely everything stopped including my heart, brain, etc.  Only 5 - 8% of people that experience that live, so I guess I now looking forward to other things that remind me I'm getting older : - )
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Did you get an ICD?

 
gameday said:
Just turned 61.  True story.  Several months ago I was 1.5 hours into my 2-hour workout.  I was half way through the boxing/sparring part of the workout and the next thing I know, it's 3 days later and I found myself coming out of a coma.  Turns out I actually died from something called Sudden Cardiac Death.  Absolutely everything stopped including my heart, brain, etc.  Only 5 - 8% of people that experience that live, so I guess I now looking forward to other things that remind me I'm getting older : - )
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You win?

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gameday said:
Just turned 61.  True story.  Several months ago I was 1.5 hours into my 2-hour workout.  I was half way through the boxing/sparring part of the workout and the next thing I know, it's 3 days later and I found myself coming out of a coma.  Turns out I actually died from something called Sudden Cardiac Death.  Absolutely everything stopped including my heart, brain, etc.  Only 5 - 8% of people that experience that live, so I guess I now looking forward to other things that remind me I'm getting older : - )
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Glad you made it. Wow. 

 
DallasDMac said:
Video games. Loved them for years. My weekend stress relief (I don't turn it on during the week). Lately, not so much. I was never a great gamer mind you. I play absolutely zero online. But single player was always fun for me until lately. Loss of hand eye coordination, lack of reaction time, lack of attention, I dunno. But even games I have played multiple times are kicking my rear. Rather than relieving stress, it just seems to be adding to it nowadays. My PS4 and four unopened games from Christmas are quite likely heading to the grandkids. So my last hobby looks like it is falling by the wayside. Guess I'll start popping the garage open, putting out a chair and yelling at neighborhhood kicks to relieve my stress.
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Yeah, got my kids a Switch for Christmas and while I certainly remember all the secret/hidden things in Super Mario Bros., I am crappy at actually playing.

 
Oh, and I'm forgetting stuff.

Went to play poker with buddies Friday night and got busted out early, so figured I'd turn in early since I was crashing at my parents' place (I was drinking/smokin'.)

Decided to have my Lyft driver go through Jack-in-the-Box for me since I'm a fat slob.  Paid using debit card.  Went to parents', ate, crashed.

Next morning, I can't find my debit card.  Figured I left it in the Lyft.  Called the driver up, no luck.  Had to cancel the card.

Sunday morning, woke up and it dawned on me... I slid it into my flannel chest pocket.  Yup.

 
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nirad3 said:
Oh, and I'm forgetting stuff.

Went to play poker with buddies Friday night and got busted out early, so figured I'd turn in early since I was crashing at my parents' place (I was drinking/smokin'.)

Decided to have my Lyft driver go through Jack-in-the-Box for me since I'm a fat slob.  Paid using debit card.  Went to parents', ate, crashed.

Next morning, I can't find my debit card.  Figured I left it in the Lyft.  Called the driver up, no luck.  Had to cancel the card.

Sunday morning, woke up and it dawned on me... I slid it into my flannel chest pocket.  Yup.
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Your chest is flannel?  cheeky

 
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gameday said:
Just turned 61.  True story.  Several months ago I was 1.5 hours into my 2-hour workout.  I was half way through the boxing/sparring part of the workout and the next thing I know, it's 3 days later and I found myself coming out of a coma.  Turns out I actually died from something called Sudden Cardiac Death.  Absolutely everything stopped including my heart, brain, etc.  Only 5 - 8% of people that experience that live, so I guess I now looking forward to other things that remind me I'm getting older : - )
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Did you meet Ted Danson? 

Glad you made it. Did this result in any changes? For example, can you still workout the same?

 
GoBirds said:
Anyone’s eyes start to go at 40? Always had great vision, now have to try harder to focus on TV and night driving. 👴🏼 
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turned 44 last fall and finally caved.  went for an eye test thinking they were going to tell me everything was fine. walked out with glasses a couple hours later.

 
I had thought that the eyes going in middle age was almost universal. Do you all know anyone that made it to 65-70 with no vision changes at all?

 
I've had the same far sightedness vision since I was 12.  Prescription hasn't changed.  As of now, that's the one thing that's holding steady.  

 
gameday said:
Just turned 61.  True story.  Several months ago I was 1.5 hours into my 2-hour workout.  I was half way through the boxing/sparring part of the workout and the next thing I know, it's 3 days later and I found myself coming out of a coma.  Turns out I actually died from something called Sudden Cardiac Death.  Absolutely everything stopped including my heart, brain, etc.  Only 5 - 8% of people that experience that live, so I guess I now looking forward to other things that remind me I'm getting older : - )
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If the bolded happened to me, I'm not sure anyone would notice! Glad it turned out ok for you. Hopefully you bought a lottery ticket the day you woke up?!?

 
brun said:
Did you meet Ted Danson? 

Glad you made it. Did this result in any changes? For example, can you still workout the same?
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No, not really.  When I was 27 I had my first heart attack.  I was extremely active and athletic, so it was a big surprise.  To combat the effects of the MI I took up long-distance bicycling (did several 200 mile races), triathlons, jiu-jitsu, karate, and had an extremely healthy diet.  I had 2 more heart attacks over the years, but was doing well.

I've always been at the top of the charts athletically and worked out 4 - 5 times per week.  To give you an example, when I was around 50 I entered an old-timers wrestling tourney.  All the other entrants at my weight (150 lbs) were 18 - 21 years old.  I held me own and did very well.

But now I'm screwed.  I have a defibrillator implanted in my chest and I can't do anything with repetitive arm motion, or I will reduce the life of the leads on the diffibrillator.  So, no more karate, no more jiu-jitsu, no pushups, no pull-ups, no planks - -  no anything that involves arms.  

I started taking group stretching and yoga classes, but I'm really bummed.  I think I might start long distance bicycling again, but my docs tell me I can't do that by myself.  So, that's a problem.

 
DallasDMac said:
If the bolded happened to me, I'm not sure anyone would notice! Glad it turned out ok for you. Hopefully you bought a lottery ticket the day you woke up?!?
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As you can imagine, every single day I realize how fricken fortunate I was.  Only 5 - 8 people out of 100 live from what I experienced, and of those that live, almost all of them have severe brain damage.  I have brain damage, but I can deal with it.  For example, I had neurological testing last week and I only tested at 1% for short-term memory.  That sucks.   But, no one seems to notice, so it doesn't effect my day-to-day life.

So, yeah, I should have bought a lottery ticket. I tell people I'm like a fricken cat with 9 lives, and I've used up about 5 of them.  Doesn't seem to make anyone laugh, though : - )

 
gameday said:
No, not really.  When I was 27 I had my first heart attack.  I was extremely active and athletic, so it was a big surprise.  To combat the effects of the MI I took up long-distance bicycling (did several 200 mile races), triathlons, jiu-jitsu, karate, and had an extremely healthy diet.  I had 2 more heart attacks over the years, but was doing well.

I've always been at the top of the charts athletically and worked out 4 - 5 times per week.  To give you an example, when I was around 50 I entered an old-timers wrestling tourney.  All the other entrants at my weight (150 lbs) were 18 - 21 years old.  I held me own and did very well.

But now I'm screwed.  I have a defibrillator implanted in my chest and I can't do anything with repetitive arm motion, or I will reduce the life of the leads on the diffibrillator.  So, no more karate, no more jiu-jitsu, no pushups, no pull-ups, no planks - -  no anything that involves arms.  

I started taking group stretching and yoga classes, but I'm really bummed.  I think I might start long distance bicycling again, but my docs tell me I can't do that by myself.  So, that's a problem.
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Unfortunately, even if you do everything “right”, your genes play a big part in just about every disease. Your heart is likely scarred from the multiple heart attacks, which promoted the arrhythmia causing sudden cardiac death. Glad you dodged a bullet and had an ICD placed.

I’m almost certain the upper extremity exercise limitations only apply to the immediate post-operative period. High impact activities will be off limits indefinitely, but I’d double check with your cardiologist about other exercises. While I’m not an electrophysiologist, I work in the medical field and have never heard of such restrictions, nor do I find anything online suggesting things like push/pull ups or planks are harmful to the life expectancy of the device.

 
Getting Old, Example #1) thinking of refi-ing down to a 15 yr mortgage, and realizing that I’d be 67 when I paid it off. 
 

Getting Old, Example #2) talking about refi-ing a mortgage in "normal" conversation. 

 
Has this happened to anyone else?  You had a Hollywood crush on someone when you were young.  Then you go back now and rewatch a movie they are in and think they aren't attractive anymore?  I mean, they are the same age.  And then there are people who I didn't find attractive that I now see in old movies that I now think are beautiful.  

 
Terminalxylem said:
I’m almost certain the upper extremity exercise limitations only apply to the immediate post-operative period. High impact activities will be off limits indefinitely, but I’d double check with your cardiologist about other exercises. While I’m not an electrophysiologist, I work in the medical field and have never heard of such restrictions, nor do I find anything online suggesting things like push/pull ups or planks are harmful to the life expectancy of the device.
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That's good to know.  It seems ridiculous that I've been told by my rehab tech that I have to limit arm repetitive motion.  I'm going to talk to a real Doc and see what that person says.  Thanks.

 
TheIronSheik said:
I've had the same far sightedness vision since I was 12.  Prescription hasn't changed.  As of now, that's the one thing that's holding steady.  
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My eyes are two different prescriptions.  Left eue is 20/15.  Right eye varies, but somewhere around 20-60 or 20/80.  I stopped wearing glasses in high school because I could function without them and rely on my one good eye.

Around 40 I went to the eye doctor because I couldn't focus on things close up anymore and was getting headaches at work (I suspected because I was straining to look at my computer screen all day).  Eyes tested exactly the same (20/15 and 20/80).  The problem is that when you get older, the eyes have to work harder to focus.

Several years later, I'm still wearing glasses and HAVE to have them when I drive at night for any distance.  Still can ready the bottom line on the eye chart with my left eye though, and occasionally pull out the "do you have anything smaller" line after reading it.

 
gameday said:
No, not really.  When I was 27 I had my first heart attack.  I was extremely active and athletic, so it was a big surprise.  To combat the effects of the MI I took up long-distance bicycling (did several 200 mile races), triathlons, jiu-jitsu, karate, and had an extremely healthy diet.  I had 2 more heart attacks over the years, but was doing well.

I've always been at the top of the charts athletically and worked out 4 - 5 times per week.  To give you an example, when I was around 50 I entered an old-timers wrestling tourney.  All the other entrants at my weight (150 lbs) were 18 - 21 years old.  I held me own and did very well.

But now I'm screwed.  I have a defibrillator implanted in my chest and I can't do anything with repetitive arm motion, or I will reduce the life of the leads on the diffibrillator.  So, no more karate, no more jiu-jitsu, no pushups, no pull-ups, no planks - -  no anything that involves arms.  

I started taking group stretching and yoga classes, but I'm really bummed.  I think I might start long distance bicycling again, but my docs tell me I can't do that by myself.  So, that's a problem.
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Out of curiosity, did you ever take steroids?  Many of my friends did and they are dealing with issues now.  Sorry if that's too personal.

 
PIK95 said:
Out of curiosity, did you ever take steroids?  Many of my friends did and they are dealing with issues now.  Sorry if that's too personal.
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No, never took them. I have a hereditary heart disease that killed my dad when he was 35.  I had my first MI at 27 and have been squeaky clean ever since then.  I keep my weight at 165 and body fat at about 13 - 14 %.   Throughout my entire adult life I have worked out hard, and have been in great cardio shape.  Just a crappy roll of the dice.

 
gameday said:
No, never took them. I have a hereditary heart disease that killed my dad when he was 35.  I had my first MI at 27 and have been squeaky clean ever since then.  I keep my weight at 165 and body fat at about 13 - 14 %.   Throughout my entire adult life I have worked out hard, and have been in great cardio shape.  Just a crappy roll of the dice.
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Well, I guess it's smart to work out in public settings for sure.  Good luck!

 
i.e. glasses - thankfully its just readers.

I did have to bump to 1.5 this past year.

But I went from reading tiny text from miles away to can't read it at all without glasses.

I'm still 20/15 outside my reading range :lol:

 
belljr said:
i.e. glasses - thankfully its just readers.

I did have to bump to 1.5 this past year.

But I went from reading tiny text from miles away to can't read it at all without glasses.

I'm still 20/15 outside my reading range :lol:
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I have to use reading glasses for really tiny stuff, but the weird thing is it's my contact lenses that are causing the issue.  If I take my contacts off, I can read the tiniest of fine print.  But with my contacts or glasses on, the small stuff becomes blurry.  So if I ever did decide to do Lasik, it would fix both issues with my vision.  

 
Yup, still forgetting stuff.  

Got BENT last night hearing that my bonus was "about half of what it was last year".  I've spent the last 12+ hours practicing the conversation I was going to have with my boss in my head.  

Welp, I went and checked my paycheck from this time last year and turns out I forgot to calculate that little thing called TAXES.

:oldunsure:    :whoosh:

 
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nirad3 said:
Yup, still forgetting stuff.  

Got BENT last night hearing that my bonus was "about half of what it was last year".  I've spent the last 12+ hours practicing the conversation I was going to have with my boss in my head.  

Welp, I went and checked my paycheck from this time last year and turns out I forgot to calculate that little thing called TAXES.

:oldunsure:    :whoosh:
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You expect to remember things from a whole YEAR ago?!? What are we, computers?!?

 
Fell twice in the last two days on ice in the driveway.  Last night I fell right on my knee ripping my pants, and ripping the skin off my knee.  In the old days, this would have been a slip, wobble, and catch my balance.  Knee is sore and pants are ruined.

Slipped this morning in a different spot, and would have fallen except the railing caught me as I fell sideways on it.  Back is now sore from the collision.

 
Bull Dozier said:
Fell twice in the last two days on ice in the driveway.  Last night I fell right on my knee ripping my pants, and ripping the skin off my knee.  In the old days, this would have been a slip, wobble, and catch my balance.  Knee is sore and pants are ruined.

Slipped this morning in a different spot, and would have fallen except the railing caught me as I fell sideways on it.  Back is now sore from the collision.
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Sounds like you might need to change your moniker, @Bull Dozier !! 

Feel better.

 
gameday said:
No, never took them. I have a hereditary heart disease that killed my dad when he was 35.  I had my first MI at 27 and have been squeaky clean ever since then.  I keep my weight at 165 and body fat at about 13 - 14 %.   Throughout my entire adult life I have worked out hard, and have been in great cardio shape.  Just a crappy roll of the dice.
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I think it is time to change your diet to beer and pizza.  

 
Bull Dozier said:
Fell twice in the last two days on ice in the driveway.  Last night I fell right on my knee ripping my pants, and ripping the skin off my knee.  In the old days, this would have been a slip, wobble, and catch my balance.  Knee is sore and pants are ruined.

Slipped this morning in a different spot, and would have fallen except the railing caught me as I fell sideways on it.  Back is now sore from the collision.
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You know you’re old when you read a post like this and think “why are you living somewhere where there’s ice and snow?!?!” ;)  

 
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