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Post by alf on Nov 1, 2017 12:49:34 GMT
Indeed - I used to think that you could exercise a lot and eat what you want and not put on weight, but not as you get older. A lot of science suggests that limiting intake is the only real way to control weight, and that just being active as much as possible in the day makes a big difference to weight, more so than the odd intense gym session. I've tried to go lower carb in the last few years, without being obsessively on any specific diet, and cut out sugar in tea and sweet drinks in my early 30's. When I worked in London in my 20's I had a Starbucks large Frappuccino almost every day, that's over 500 calories - of crap - and not the sort of thing I could get away with now. Not drinking for years - and drinking moderately now - was a real help for my weight. Scary calories there...
I have put on a couple of kilos of mostly muscle in the last few years, but am basically the same weight and physique as when at school. Besides the odd ache and pain and having to actively manage my joints a bit, and a slightly reduced sex drive (which is handy when married - I only want it most of the time now, not all of it) the only thing I have really noticed about getting older is my eyesight, as I now need reading glasses, something that happened quite suddenly around age 41. Mrs ALF got it at the same time. It is still 20/20 for anything from about 2 metres away, but it is a surprisingly massive PITA suddenly needing glasses to read a phone, laptop screen, book text, etc. I'm assured this happens to all of us at some stage so Racing, you are lucky, but your time will come!
Edited to add - I was also diagnosed with Asthma a month ago, though from the number of symptoms I was dimly aware of that have now cleared up, I have clearly had that for at least a decade and possibly forever.... not sure if I can blame age on that!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 15:30:32 GMT
My sight's the same as yours. I have a phone with a six inch screen and 'can you read this then, grandad?' font size...
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Post by LandieMark on Nov 1, 2017 15:41:03 GMT
I can read for short periods without my glasses, but it tires my eyes. I have managed to avoid the massive text size on my phone for the moment.
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Post by johnc on Nov 1, 2017 15:52:20 GMT
A 56 year old client was in to see me today. He was diagnosed with a cancer which started in his hip, about 18mths ago. He has now been given the all clear but has been told that those who have his kind of cancer (he didn't go in to detail) normally have a life expectancy of only c 4 to 5 years.
I was at a party on Saturday night and one of the guys there, who is in his mid 60's told me he had cancer and had been given 3 to 4 years with no chance of them being able to operate.
So guys, just live life and enjoy it because if you have your health, you are one of the lucky ones. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 1, 2017 15:53:42 GMT
I can read for short periods without my glasses, but it tires my eyes. I have managed to avoid the massive text size on my phone for the moment. |
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Post by Ben on Nov 1, 2017 17:26:01 GMT
You guys are scaring me here... I've been told that I have mild high blood pressure, which apparently is a bit unusual for a 30 year old. That said I am not really the most active person around, but where I can I've been trying to go to the gym and exercise lately, or simply take a walk. :/ I assume your doctor is keeping an eye on the blood pressure. Undiagnosed high blood pressure was the primary cause of my MI in 2011. Yeah. I have a few tests coming up in the months ahead. Meanwhile I've been advised to watch my diet and exercise more. |
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Post by PG on Nov 1, 2017 17:40:17 GMT
Good luck with the hip Bob. People I know who've had the hip operation are really glad they did and it has made a huge positive difference to them.
Re glasses and sight - I didn't think that really counted as a problem. I'm on 4.5 prescription contact lenses for short sight. But also need reading glasses for near vision. I am at the point where even attempting to read without my glasses is a complete no-no. I need to put my glasses on now to read the satnav or change radio channel and so on. I remember the Top Gear years ago where JC was ranting at the 4 year olds who design car interiors with loads of tiny writing on everything. Well, that's me now.
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Post by grampa on Nov 2, 2017 10:03:37 GMT
Wow, I never think of myself as being fit, but you lot are making me feel a lot better!
I don't do scheduled exercise - I've tried many times over the years but I just find it so boring - although at nearly 57 I can tell I'm no longer 18 and carrying maybe a couple of stone more than I should, when I need to, I can run the mile or so into town with no problem, can swim a mile, can walk 10 miles or so without giving it a second thought (maybe more, I've never tried) and don't have a problem doing things like polishing three cars in a row, carrying stuff up and down six flights of stairs at our holiday flats, hauling a dinghy up a slipway etc etc.
I've needed to wear glasses for both long sight and short sight since I was in my early 40's but almost every working day since I was 24 has been spent in front a a computer screen, so that probably hasn't helped.
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Post by chipbutty on Nov 13, 2017 16:21:11 GMT
An update
Had a cortisone injection in the tendon just before it inserts into the elbow bone.
It's fine now and it's worked very well - but hol-eee fuck, the initial insertion of needle into tendon was spectacularly painful.
Physio to follow.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 16:27:52 GMT
I had one of those after tearing the tendon playing squash. It's a brief glimpse into how giving birth must feel, I suspect...
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 13, 2017 16:44:09 GMT
I had a phone call from the hospital asking if I can come in for my hip op a week Saturday, which was a bit of a shock as I wasn't expecting it so soon. I've delayed it a few weeks as I'm going to Malta for a few days the first week in December.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 17:49:34 GMT
An update Had a cortisone injection in the tendon just before it inserts into the elbow bone. It's fine now and it's worked very well - but hol-eee fuck, the initial insertion of needle into tendon was spectacularly painful. Physio to follow. I had a steroid injection or two into my knee, one episode of which was a particularly new Army doctor, he managed to gouge a line into the underneath of the knee cap. He also used the largest bore cannula he could find thinking it was needed but as he had not 'seen one' went with gut feeling. The Colonel (Consultant) had him apologise in his presence and tore him a few right in front of me. Not something you see often. Most doctors are far better than that and the nhs is far too sensitive to do that anyway. The Army is another ball game. |
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Post by scouse on Nov 14, 2017 11:30:21 GMT
Aside from the obvious cancer and it's complications/side effects of surgery, I'm:
Mostly deaf in my right ear. Had an implant in it years ago to fix it and it did work for while. Just didn't read the post operative advice about not flying for a least a year afterwards. Did and the pressure caused it to shift.
Have Ankylosing Spondilitis (arthritis) in my back - all the lumbars, some thoracics and some cervical. Had it in the lumbars for years and had gotten used to it for the most part. The others it has spread to over time.
have Arthritis of some sort or other in most major joints, the most painful being the big toes, thumbs and knees. The injection I get every month to control the cancer seems to be making the arthritis worse, but hey ho.
One thing I will say is that although cortisone needles are bad enough, the somatostatin gel needle is fucking horrendous - not so much the length, but the bore. Fuck me it's like being injected by a ball point pen!
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Post by Blarno on Nov 14, 2017 11:38:30 GMT
Turns out my wrist pain is caused by Tenosynovitis, which is an inflammation of the sheath surrounding the tendon at the base of the thumb. Pretty much nothing to help it other than physio and wearing a wrist strap when it gets sore.
I'm also about to apply to have a vasectomy.
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Post by scouse on Nov 14, 2017 11:39:42 GMT
Turns out my wrist pain is caused by Tenosynovitis, which is an inflammation of the sheath surrounding the tendon at the base of the thumb. Pretty much nothing to help it other than physio and wearing a wrist strap when it gets sore. I'm also about to apply to have a vasectomy. May as well get it done whilst the hand is out of action..... |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 14, 2017 11:55:12 GMT
Turns out my wrist pain is caused by Tenosynovitis, which is an inflammation of the sheath surrounding the tendon at the base of the thumb. Pretty much nothing to help it other than physio and wearing a wrist strap when it gets sore. I'm also about to apply to have a vasectomy. To be honest I would have though an accomplished self-spannerer like you would be able to do that yourself... I think it just involves loosening two nuts. |
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Post by Blarno on Nov 14, 2017 14:02:54 GMT
Turns out my wrist pain is caused by Tenosynovitis, which is an inflammation of the sheath surrounding the tendon at the base of the thumb. Pretty much nothing to help it other than physio and wearing a wrist strap when it gets sore. I'm also about to apply to have a vasectomy. May as well get it done whilst the hand is out of action..... It's my 'good' hand as well. |
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