I had something similar happen 10 years ago. Due to a genetic condition the veins under my retina bleed and cause scaring under there, so I have a huge blind spot in the center of my vision on my left eye and pretty intense distortion in my right eye. Haven’t driven since then. Took a while to adjust but have learned to live with it.
As a spry 500 month old, I think I’m doing pretty ok. Wife and I had our child later in life when I was 38. Never felt age until I had a newborn. He keeps us on our toes, he’s my little workout buddy, chasing and carrying him around. Back sometimes hurts like a MF.
thanks for the insight, coincidentally, my mom was just telling me all about how they were getting those things organized. shes very much on top of that stuff and significantly more cognitively healthy.
Oh shit. Well, when changing my oldest son’s diaper (a long time ago ) a noise outside made him swing around. Razor sharp nails, and he grazed the lens in my right eye. Had a red-brown patch top-right of my visor for some time. It healed by itself, but now when I focus on something straight ahead I notice an ever so slight ‘warp’ in my vision top-right…luckily it’s very small and it’s not in my direct view, you only notice it when using ‘peripheral vision’.
we need to get a separate over 50s meds ‘setup’ thread going.
Found I was really low in Vitamin D in 2010. I was getting insane anxiety and brain fog which at one point I thought I was cracking up. Docs put me on beta blockers at first (which were awful) until they found it was low Vitamin D after bloods…the difference was unreal after I started taking it. Nothing as serious as some of the stuff in this thread but still worth getting it sorted!
My mate also said he was knackered all the time and it turned out to be Vitamin D deficiency. Dont you have to take another pill with it for some reason (cant remember what he said).
I just turned 62 (seems like a lot of that is going on around here). In a recent “getting ready for retirement group” I attended online, the facilitator asked, “when you were growing up” what did your family or culture tell you about retirement? I answered, “with the way I grew up, no one expected to live long enough to retire” (grew up in group homes). So, I have this kind of boyish wonder, part gratitude and much of it just plain surprise that I am even here, alive, that I am relatively sound (Type 1 diabetes, but fairly well managed), that I am still very curious about many things, just like I’ve always been, that I have the means to pick up new gear when the desire strikes (for now). That I’ve settled into a comfort the likes of which I surely never thought I’d see in my own life.
As others have said, in my mind, I often forget how old I am, still feeling quite young (let’s go to the club and dance to this old song on Apple Music), but my body reminds me frequently that things aren’t what they used to be. My mind itself, though, is less flexible. I can tell. Learning new things doesn’t come nearly as fast as it used to. In a way, I don’t mind this. It forces me to slow down and actually read the manual (okay, at least the part of it that I am trying to figure out). Thank God for Perplexity–just get me to the part I need to learn. I do wonder though how much my mind will begin to avoid learning new things due to the difficulties of it. So far, not a problem as far as I can tell. Today, I spent two hours loading Ableton Packs and folders from Samples From Mars onto my newly upgraded Standalone Push 3, and was having a blast playing them. Gratitude for that and all that it entails about where I’ve ended up in my life!
I’m turning 52 this year. Not really noticing any major signs of aging physically but I do realize that maybe I should start excercising regularly. School gym class made me a lifetime hater of excercise - I was always one of the last ones if not the last to be picked into a team etc.
I’ve always been tall and lanky, but nowadays I’d just describe myself as big. I’m 196cm tall and there used to be a time when I weighed 65kg and couldn’t get myself to gain weight no matter what I tried. I guess I had an exceptionally efficient metabolism. Nowadays I weigh around a 100kg and that’s kind of normal for a dude my height but it tends to gather on my waistline and nowhere else. We’ve been vegetarian for most of our lives and just started our sixth year as vegans so that helps a lot health wise.
Before we got our dog, we used to cycle everywhere and every day. Our dog - which I love like crazy - doesn’t enjoy travelling by bicycle so we rarely do it anymore. I’m a firm believer in functional excercise for example walking or cycling to work every now and then but during the winter months and snow storms etc. it’s hard to keep it going.
Otherwise I’ve never been happier in my life. I’m in a good place relationship wise and very content with my worklife too. It really is great when you realize that life is short and there’s no point in spending time with people who you don’t get along with. Concentrate on things and people that make you feel good and comfortable. Don’t waste time on trying to please assholes.
You could possibly avoid statins with (high dose) Vitamin B3, it lowers cholesterol, also OPC clears out the arteria. (I am no doctor - but from my expierience it helps.)
I am 51, and i have commited myself to intermittend fasting this year - maybe 1,2 days a week. Surly would be good if i also cut out mobile phone scrolling - but i was very productive last year, and i will strive to do so this upcomming year. Conciously choosed to slop a little during the winter break. (Playing Neightreign all night long.)
Thanks, I don’t really want to be on them long term so really worth trying alternatives, alongside including improving lifestyle. I’ll give those a try.
stepped into 4’s yesterday. another lonely bday. life still sucks and feeling tired of being myself. today I’ve just accepted that this is the top that I could achieve. Wish there was a turn off button though. There’s no point in keep going. it’s just buttons we press, and then sleep an then wake up to push buttons.
) a noise outside made him swing around. Razor sharp nails, and he grazed the lens in my right eye. Had a red-brown patch top-right of my visor for some time. It healed by itself, but now when I focus on something straight ahead I notice an ever so slight ‘warp’ in my vision top-right…luckily it’s very small and it’s not in my direct view, you only notice it when using ‘peripheral vision’.