Thought i'd resurrect this thread as I definitely had a "getting old" feeling this morning. The cause ? Well, I've started to get regular visits from the District Nurse and it was my fourth this morning. This only happens to old people right ? I'm only 69 !!!. I've had ascites for twenty months now (cause still undiagnosed - not drink related) and I had a permanent drain fitted on 9th Nov so the nurses have been coming in to show me and the wife how to do the drains. We drain two litres of fluid at a time(the maximum allowed), three times a week. Anyone else had one of those "getting old" episodes ?
Well in reply to Andy's post, sure my own age related problem causes me to lose two litres of fluid allmost everynight but I expel this personally, but it's a bloody pain.
Yeah, have to admit I’m feeling it these days as a consequence of a health issue that hit me out of the blue. That said, I’ve started exercising again, and it’s made me feel a whole lot better about myself. Anyway, at 63 I’m hoping for another couple of decades yet, so no chance of just accepting things.
I'm finding I just can't get my legover like I used to.....the dirt bike that is. It's quite a stretch these days!
My annual bike mileage is much reduced these days and I have to confess I'm very much a fair weather biker now. That's more to do with not wishing to spend hours cleaning a bike after being out in the wet than riding on a cold day tbh as modern clothing for bikers is excellent in both keeping you warm and dry. Being out on the countryside roads and back lanes in winter time also means dodging mud and soil brought out onto the road surface by agricultural vehicles so that's far from pleasant. Having said all that I'm still looking forward to the 2024 riding season and I'll be continuing to ride powered two wheelers for as long as I'm able. I'm 65 next month.
Agree about modern bike clothing, it's very good. Plus I think as you "mature" you are able to afford and appreciate better quality gear. It's also a dangerous time of year to ride what with all the leaves falling and getting wet. Then for those that live in rural areas we've had farmers harvesting and leaving mud and squashed produce on the roads. I know of one guy who left a bike meet one night on his sports bike, went round a bend and crashed on a layer of squashed potatoes that had fallen off a farmers trailer. He spent a considerable amount of time in hospital.
My problem is that I still have the mind and heart of a teenager. I just turned 71 in October. I try to do things that I used to only to find it takes a much longer time, and I end up hurting when it's over (yes, that too). A few years ago, I was getting ready to go out at 10:00 p.m. Now I'm getting ready for bed at 10:00. The denomination of the coin on the ground determines whether or not I'm going to bother to bend over to pick it up. In high school there was this stout rope hanging from a rafter in the gym, probably about 30 ft. up. You had to climb the rope, slap the steel rafter then shinny down. I remember thinking when I was 65 that I could probably still do it. Now, six years later, that rafter might as well be on the moon. One starts to lose physical abilities exponentially. The cold bothers me a lot more. Riding in 35 or 40 degrees was no issue. Yesterday it was 52 degrees when I took about a 24-mile round trip. JEEZ!! Got off the bike shivering.
