Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for March 23, 2024

It’s terminal.

I wish my doctor had told me that before the condition had progressed too far.

My aunt lived to almost 103, and outlived 3 doctors. Walked everywhere in Santa Cruz and enjoyed the bus trips to Reno every so often. Not bad for an Army nurse in WWII.

Congress needs to investigate this phenonium, some of its members seem to have near-fatal cases.

Aging isn’t for sissies, but it’s better than the alternative.

And then there is Philippians 3:21.

I’ve got that too. It’s a bummer, man.

DRATS!!! Can I have a pill??

If I’d known that I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of my body

Suffering from excessive time on planet earth

Don’t we all.

I will get older. I accept that. I will never get old. I will not accept that.

We do not stop playing because we get old. We get old because we stop playing. Keep your child alive.

This is the worst thing I’ve heard from my doctor.

He listed off a number of minor conditions that I have and said "We’ve got them under control with diet, exercise and medication and in some cases, surgery.

The biggest threat to your health is your age."

I’ve had RA since age 13. Pain most every day of my life. Now at age 64 I am getting OA, in various joints that also have the RA. Right elbow and shoulder hurt like the dickens, keeping me awake a good portion of the night. Growing old sure t’aint fer sissies, but I would be happy for just one day with no pain.

After a few decades without a pot, I spent more decades in office work and later in classrooms and developed one. Best doc I ever had tapped the bulge and said, ’You’ll wear that until you die.’

What doc meant was that belly fat is a permanent condition and most people won’t realize that until almost too late. I decided to do what I could to get rid of it.

Didn’t happen, no matter what I tried. Diet and exercise helped to reduce it somewhat and to prevent further ‘storage,’ but it’s still there.

As the old Dutchman said, We grow too soon old and too late smart.

There is such a prejudice against old people, even though it’s a status that everyone is going to acquire—if they’re lucky.

Getting older beats the alternative. At least so far :^)..

It may not be contagious but it’s certainly genetic.

That’s it.

“I’d say you have 40-45 years left. Get your affairs in order.”

Many years ago when I was much younger I was at the doctor’s office for my annual physical. My doctor came in and asked me how I was doing. I looked at him and told him I was dying. He paused a moment looking at me and asked me why I thought I was dying.

I explained to him that from the moment I was born and the delivery doctor slapped me on the butt, I had been dying. The important part was how my journey to death proceeded over the years and how I took care of myself.

He thought about it for moment and agreed and proceeded to ask my how my dying was going so far. I told him pretty good, I was feeling just fine. His exam resulted in him agreeing that I was dying just nicely and would in all probability take a good long time.

It has since become a joke between us at my annual physical for him to ask me how my dying going.

I hear it’s going around.

The thing about life is: no one gets out alive.

And everything is a comorbidity.

Reminds me of the story about the leading man who retired, and a story was writtten in the paper about him “aging gracefully.” A friend asked him how he felt about the phrase. He replied, “Beats the hell out of ‘services will be held Tuesday’!”

Watching my old baby grandson assemble daily, all the stimulus around him, is truly amazing. He comes to the “wrong” conclusion sometimes, where in we hide our laughter. The other day, he was watching his mom use a spatula while preparing his breakfast. He kept reaching for it, so his mom gave him his own. He wouldn’t put it down and proceeded to use it as a spoon while he ate.