< ![CDATA[I remember back when I was in my early 30s, and I went to the doctor for a checkup.
Me: "I notice I've been gaining a lot of weight lately. What could be the problem?"
Doc: "The problem is that you're in your thirties."]]>
I’m 43, and yes, this is exactly what I fear. Minor stuff that I easily recovered from, now doesn’t seem to go away. I better be more careful for the next 30 years.
< ![CDATA[I'm 43, and yes, this is exactly what I fear. Minor stuff that I easily recovered from, now doesn't seem to go away. I better be more careful for the next 30 years.]]>
As a person with a fairly active job (climbing ladders, etc) for the last 15+ years, it’s been all too easy to track, with great chagrin, the dissolution of my body. The small injuries that heal in minutes. Then days. Then weeks. The increasing reliance on painkillers. Running out of sick days when the company used to have to force me to take them at all. It sincerely makes me worry about how I’m going to make it to retirement age without collapsing.
< ![CDATA[As a person with a fairly active job (climbing ladders, etc) for the last 15+ years, it's been all too easy to track, with great chagrin, the dissolution of my body. The small injuries that heal in minutes. Then days. Then weeks. The increasing reliance on painkillers. Running out of sick days when the company used to have to force me to take them at all. It sincerely makes me worry about how I'm going to make it to retirement age without collapsing.]]>
Just yesterday i wrecked my shoulder picking up a handcart I’ve picked up probably a thousand times. It was all but useless for the rest of the day. Thankfully (and after a bunch of exedrin and a cold pack) its ok today, but that could easily have been two solid weeks of pain just for attempting a casual motion.
< ![CDATA[Just yesterday i wrecked my shoulder picking up a handcart I've picked up probably a thousand times. It was all but useless for the rest of the day. Thankfully (and after a bunch of exedrin and a cold pack) its ok today, but that could easily have been two solid weeks of pain just for attempting a casual motion.]]>
Can I just point to the knee brace I need to wear 8 hours a day, the 4 prescriptions and 6 supplements, the cane within arms reach, etc. and say 40 was a long time ago…
Surprisingly none of it is from catastrophic injuries. Some’s genetic, some is wear and tear and too many years of jobs that had their share of manual labor (“Hard Work never hurt anyone” is a LIE your parents and society tells you before they realize the damage they did to themselves will be the damage they did to you that will come back to haunt you when you’re a few years past when they said it).
< ![CDATA[Can I just point to the knee brace I need to wear 8 hours a day, the 4 prescriptions and 6 supplements, the cane within arms reach, etc. and say 40 was a long time ago...
Surprisingly none of it is from catastrophic injuries. Some's genetic, some is wear and tear and too many years of jobs that had their share of manual labor ("Hard Work never hurt anyone" is a LIE your parents and society tells you before they realize the damage they did to themselves will be the damage they did to you that will come back to haunt you when you're a few years past when they said it).]]>
Yuuup.
I’m a couple years out from 50 and there are some injuries that will just never go away.
< ![CDATA[Yuuup. I'm a couple years out from 50 and there are some injuries that will just never go away.]]>
I remember back when I was in my early 30s, and I went to the doctor for a checkup.
Me: “I notice I’ve been gaining a lot of weight lately. What could be the problem?”
Doc: “The problem is that you’re in your thirties.”
< ![CDATA[I remember back when I was in my early 30s, and I went to the doctor for a checkup. Me: "I notice I've been gaining a lot of weight lately. What could be the problem?" Doc: "The problem is that you're in your thirties."]]>
yeaaaaaa…got no words.
< ![CDATA[yeaaaaaa...got no words.]]>
“Aging sucks but it beats the alternative” seemed like self indulgent boomer shit, and then I had a kid at 42. It’s brutal!
< ![CDATA["Aging sucks but it beats the alternative" seemed like self indulgent boomer shit, and then I had a kid at 42. It's brutal!]]>
yep, at times it’s TB IRL.
< ![CDATA[yep, at times it's TB IRL.]]>
Yep. Louis CK has a bit that is basically this comic.
< ![CDATA[Yep. Louis CK has a bit that is basically this comic.]]>
https://youtu.be/ey4WSb-BVDQ
< ![CDATA[https://youtu.be/ey4WSb-BVDQ]]>
Yup.
< ![CDATA[Yup.]]>
Old people are just young people but with lower back pain.
< ![CDATA[Old people are just young people but with lower back pain.]]>
yup. It’s all downhill from here… but it’s a lovely ride 🙂
< ![CDATA[yup. It's all downhill from here... but it's a lovely ride :)]]>
I’m 43, and yes, this is exactly what I fear. Minor stuff that I easily recovered from, now doesn’t seem to go away. I better be more careful for the next 30 years.
< ![CDATA[I'm 43, and yes, this is exactly what I fear. Minor stuff that I easily recovered from, now doesn't seem to go away. I better be more careful for the next 30 years.]]>
As a person with a fairly active job (climbing ladders, etc) for the last 15+ years, it’s been all too easy to track, with great chagrin, the dissolution of my body. The small injuries that heal in minutes. Then days. Then weeks. The increasing reliance on painkillers. Running out of sick days when the company used to have to force me to take them at all. It sincerely makes me worry about how I’m going to make it to retirement age without collapsing.
< ![CDATA[As a person with a fairly active job (climbing ladders, etc) for the last 15+ years, it's been all too easy to track, with great chagrin, the dissolution of my body. The small injuries that heal in minutes. Then days. Then weeks. The increasing reliance on painkillers. Running out of sick days when the company used to have to force me to take them at all. It sincerely makes me worry about how I'm going to make it to retirement age without collapsing.]]>
Just yesterday i wrecked my shoulder picking up a handcart I’ve picked up probably a thousand times. It was all but useless for the rest of the day. Thankfully (and after a bunch of exedrin and a cold pack) its ok today, but that could easily have been two solid weeks of pain just for attempting a casual motion.
< ![CDATA[Just yesterday i wrecked my shoulder picking up a handcart I've picked up probably a thousand times. It was all but useless for the rest of the day. Thankfully (and after a bunch of exedrin and a cold pack) its ok today, but that could easily have been two solid weeks of pain just for attempting a casual motion.]]>
Let’s not even talk about the painkillers question. Guess I’m glad I arrived at middle age with intact kidneys and liver.
< ![CDATA[Let's not even talk about the painkillers question. Guess I'm glad I arrived at middle age with intact kidneys and liver.]]>
Can I just point to the knee brace I need to wear 8 hours a day, the 4 prescriptions and 6 supplements, the cane within arms reach, etc. and say 40 was a long time ago…
Surprisingly none of it is from catastrophic injuries. Some’s genetic, some is wear and tear and too many years of jobs that had their share of manual labor (“Hard Work never hurt anyone” is a LIE your parents and society tells you before they realize the damage they did to themselves will be the damage they did to you that will come back to haunt you when you’re a few years past when they said it).
< ![CDATA[Can I just point to the knee brace I need to wear 8 hours a day, the 4 prescriptions and 6 supplements, the cane within arms reach, etc. and say 40 was a long time ago... Surprisingly none of it is from catastrophic injuries. Some's genetic, some is wear and tear and too many years of jobs that had their share of manual labor ("Hard Work never hurt anyone" is a LIE your parents and society tells you before they realize the damage they did to themselves will be the damage they did to you that will come back to haunt you when you're a few years past when they said it).]]>