Getting Old

[Zooberwerx]

Yes; Sentara has worked for me and wife their MyChart is effective and Humana did great with recent Medical event with my wife 32 days in Hospital, 20 in Nursing rehab and 30 day Home Rehab; Plan I have pays 100 towards Medicare Part B monthly premium

Which Humana plan? You can PM me if desired. Just got back from the broker and there's a new plan for 2026. I live on First Colonial which is Sentara heaven...virtually every practice, lab, etc. The only thing they DON'T own is the IHOP and the funeral home but just give 'em a chance! Susan had 2 covered hospitalizations over the past 2 years and my OOP was next-to-nothing.

BTW, we owe you a visit next trip to Duck / OBX...or lunch at Frog Island!

Riis

 

[KenSmithFan]

Getting old sucks mostly for people who didn’t plan for it. I know a lot of people who spend more time thinking about what they will have for dinner than how they will retire.

I started maxing out my 401K in my 40’s and I’ve been exercising 4-5 times a week since I turned 50. I lost 40 lbs. and have kept it off for almost 20 years. I know that everyone can’t do that, but when I see people 100 pounds overweight glomming down a double cheese burger while whining about their diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, I just don’t have any sympathy. Life laughs at your excuses. I save my sympathy for people who have actual medical conditions that are out of their control.

Now spit out that cheese burger, get off my lawn, and get down to the gym!!

 

[ryco]

The best part of being old is that I actually made it this far!!! w00t!
a lot of my musical friends didn't

Also it beats the alternative

Still gigging after all these years!! 𝄢

 

[SoonerBill]

*Old habits die hard: up every AM before 6...or so sayeth Daisy the cat.

We also have an alarm cat. Dusty.
Sometimes he lets us sleep in until 7.

 

[Neil Folkard]

Yep, I can relate. I'm 63, but when working out I still think I'm 23. Two hours after working out, I feel like I'm 93. A whole lifetime in one afternoon!

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm a little surprised and puzzled to hear this. I'm also 63, and sure I can't lift the same amount of weight or have the desire to lift as many days a week as when I was 23, but I still work out hard and two hours later I feel fine. Man, you must be really pushing one heck of a hard workout!

 

[Gaolee]

Yep, I can relate. I'm 63, but when working out I still think I'm 23. Two hours after working out, I feel like I'm 93. A whole lifetime in one afternoon!

I'm 65 and turn 14 again every year. Keeping up with the kids in the gym is fun, but yeah, it hurts a bit. I can go harder and longer than most of them, but there are a few I have learned not to keep up with. The hard way. It's that turning 14 every year thing coming into play.

As far as work, I like what I do and the money is good. I'll probably cut back to part time in my early 70s. It isn't like there's nothing else to do, though. I could easily fill every day with things I want to do and still have to not do something. I have a stack of unfinished projects as high as the moon. And it keeps getting higher. Something about turning 14 again.

I'm not all that concerned about the future. I know whole lot of young people, and I think they will clean up the messes we have made just fine. They will make their own messes, and that's the way it should be.

Only one thing - my knees are several centuries older than I am. Medicare means I can actually have new ones one day.

 

[Gaolee]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm a little surprised and puzzled to hear this. I'm also 63, and sure I can't lift the same amount of weight or have the desire to lift as many days a week as when I was 23, but I still work out hard and two hours later I feel fine. Man, you must be really pushing one heck of a hard workout!

I'm 65 and can lift more than ever. Not that getting bigger and lifting heavy weights is exactly the point. I fit in the same size clothes I fit into at the end of high school. It makes buying clothes cheaper, since anything that's still around still fits reasonably well.

Sometimes the cardio gets me. I can always tell when I haven't eaten enough or haven't recovered completely. I don't like getting tired, which means going as hard as I can for as long as I can to make sure I get really tired so I don't get tired. Yeah, something about that logic and turning 14 again.

 

[Neil Folkard]

I'm 65 and can lift more than ever. Not that getting bigger and lifting heavy weights is exactly the point. I fit in the same size clothes I fit into at the end of high school. It makes buying clothes cheaper, since anything that's still around still fits reasonably well.

Sometimes the cardio gets me. I can always tell when I haven't eaten enough or haven't recovered completely. I don't like getting tired, which means going as hard as I can for as long as I can to make sure I get really tired so I don't get tired. Yeah, something about that logic and turning 14 again.

Great take. I have an inspiring friend, who is 67 and an avid cyclist. He swears by the fact that he can ride as hard and be in as good a shape as people 40 years younger than him. The only differences is that you need more recovery time, and if you take a week, or two off, you are almost back to square one.

I don't care how much I can lift anymore and am long past having interest in being a gym rat. I like a fast, clean workout. I just want to be healthy and increase my odds of active senior years, by not defeating myself with inactivity and unhealthy eating habits. Controlling the things that I can control.

Plus I want to be better at bass.....there is always that, lol.

 

[Gaolee]

Great take. I have an inspiring friend, who is 67 and an avid cyclist. He swears by the fact that he can ride as hard and be in as good a shape as people 40 years younger than him. The only differences is that you need more recovery time, and if you take a week, or two off, you are almost back to square one.

I don't care how much I can lift anymore and am long past having interest in being a gym rat. I like a fast, clean workout. I just want to be healthy and increase my odds of active senior years, by not defeating myself with inactivity and unhealthy eating habits. Controlling the things that I can control.

Plus I want to be better at bass.....there is always that, lol.

The guys at the gym who strut around make me laugh. Who am I going to impress with my Greek god physique, anyway? My wife? She is completely unimpressed with me these days, as she should be.

 

[FilterFunk]

My musical take on the subject:

 

[murphy]

My musical take on the subject:

OMG!!!! I'm crying!! That is just Brilliant!! Love it

 

[BassicJazzy]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm a little surprised and puzzled to hear this. I'm also 63, and sure I can't lift the same amount of weight or have the desire to lift as many days a week as when I was 23, but I still work out hard and two hours later I feel fine. Man, you must be really pushing one heck of a hard workout!

Just turned 71 and go to gym every day, and proud to say I can still bench my age!

 

[spiritbass]

We also have an alarm cat. Dusty.
Sometimes he lets us sleep in until 7.

Only one of the reasons that I don't have an indoor cat.

 

[Major Seven]

What does this mean?

Of course it sucks to be poor, if that's what you're referring to. But very little of the OP's list requires a lot of money. Maybe none of it.

None of it.

 

[SoonerBill]

Only one of the reasons that I don't have an indoor cat.

He makes up for it in 1000 ways.
He's hilariously entertaining. And a big soft ball of love!

 

[turf3]

Great take. I have an inspiring friend, who is 67 and an avid cyclist. He swears by the fact that he can ride as hard and be in as good a shape as people 40 years younger than him. ...

I'm a 63 year old cyclist. My problem is that I can't train like I could in my twenties, because a lifetime of cycling and hanging saxophones around my neck has given me enough arthritis in the neck that I can only ride a couple hours at a time max. But for a guy who never rides more than an hour and a half at a shot, I'm in pretty good shape.

It's the same thing with running. I can't train back up to 15ks or half marathons, because of my feet. I'll start out, but once my runs start to exceed about 45 minutes, the plantar fasciitis lights back up, and I'm hobbling around for weeks.

 

[roccobass]

I’m 65. The main PIA these days is remembering that I can’t just jump out of bed and hit the ground running without even thinking about it.

Rolling out of bed now takes some planning and precision otherwise I’ll might be hitting the ground on some other part of my body except my feet.

All is not lost though. I try and stay in shape. Right now, I’m texting this from the treadmill.

 

[BassicJazzy]

I’m 65. The main PIA these days is remembering that I can’t just jump out of bed and hit the ground running without even thinking about it.

Rolling out of bed now takes some planning and precision otherwise I’ll might be hitting the ground on some other part of my body except my feet.

More dangerous than getting out of bed is pulling up the covers when you make the bed, before you are warmed up. You can do serious damage pulling things there. Gotta keep your body tight, arms in, motions small and slow, until after your first 2 cups of coffee. Ouch, I think I just sprained my typing finger writing that!

 

[Pep]

I’m not getting old . . . . . . . I’m there!

Will be 77 in one week and still playing every week, 1-3 times per. I still stand during the whole gig, every gig. Pretty stiff the next day but that’s fine.

 

[edmidlifecrisis]

Injuring yourself while sleeping.