It seems like we were aging so well and then we just fell apart! I think about Vince’s heart scare and it wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been but yet, it’s been life changing. He’s going from taking one or two meds to taking . . I don’t even know how many. It’s like . . we’re suddenly old. I know we’ll find our new “normal” but yesterday he had to go to the hospital to finally get registered and set up for cardio rehab and I went with him. As we drove into the hospital parking lot, Vince said “It seems we’re here every day for one thing or another!” In the past few weeks I had to go and pre-register for a thyroid ultrasound, go back for the ultrasound, pre-register for the colonoscopy, go back for the colonoscopy. Vince was in the ER here, then a couple of nights here, then back with me for the colonoscopy, then back to pre-register for the cardiac rehab. Next week, he has to go for some kind of heart test, then he’ll start going to rehab three times a week. He had part one of a sleep study at another hospital and has to go back for part 2. It’s all really so weird. And, this morning I went to the hospital in Comanche for my mammogram. Next week (or maybe the next week) I go to Abilene to see the knee doctor.
I still feel young . . if I don’t look at my calendar and see how many medical appointments I’ve had recently.
Once I see the knee doctor, I should be done . . til I have another thyroid scan in six months.
I’m so thankful that all my stuff is minor and fairly routine but it is all happening at once and at the same time as Vince’s issues, which aren’t routine and normal but he’s on the road to recovery.
The other day I was talking to a friend and she said “Do you remember when we were in our teens and we thought people in their 60’s were SO old?” We laughed and I know young people look at us and think we’re ancient but I don’t feel that old.
Speaking of old and being grandma, I was in Aldi the other day and there was a little girl and she kept saying “Granny!” and it sounded exactly like when Addie says it . . kinda always with a question mark at the end of “Granny”. That little girl must have said “Granny” 10 times and I couldn’t believe how much she sounded like Addie.
Terri Schanz says
That’s the hard thing about getting old. In your heart you still feel like you’re 18. I think about things I would like to do, like take my granddaughter shopping for school clothes, go visit my son in Ohio, fly to Florida to get away from the winter weather, do some spring cleaning. And then I remember, I need a walker out in the community to walk any distance. I can’t ride more than a couple of hours in the car without being in pain. I need to travel wtih a C-PAP and oxygen and a walker,I’m exhausted after cleaning 2 bathrooms, and all of it just tires me out so much I can hardly function. I feel sort of betrayed by my body that won’t do the things I still want to do. I told someone yesterday that if I knew this was what it was going to be like when I retired, I would have had a LOT more fun when I was younger!!
Judy D in WA says
I remember when my mom turned 30..she was OLD! And when Gramma turned 63, I kept her at 63 forever. I hope my grands do that with me. LOL It’s good that you are doing all of your doctor stuff and so glad Vince is on the mend! Because you need to go see Miss Addie say Granny to you! Hugs to you both.
Sherrill Szumik says
When my husband had his heart attack he was brain damaged due to lack of oxygen…he has gone from a man whoo wanted to travel to a man who won’t talk to me and won’t leave home…I travel every opportunity I have by myself if necessary and try to ignore the mess at home…I am still healthy and won’t give up on life…but I am only 66..lol..
Judy Laquidara says
I’m so sorry! Just remember that he isn’t who he used to be and he would probably give anything to be the person he once was.
Sherrill Pecere says
UGH, my mom had SO many issues the last few years of her life. She was good for 80 then BOOM! She started dialysis, had a quad bypass, pancreatitis, A-fib and died all in less than 5 yrs. DH had a HORRIBLE last year after the glioblastoma diagnosis. 4 brain surgeries, radiation, chemo, MRI’s every 3 mo (which included a trip to Cedars Sinai for 2nd brain surgery). It was so bad…..
Brenda Broadwell says
I have a sign up in my sewing room that says, “I thought growing old would take longer.”
Nelle Coursey says
When I was a teenager we couldn’t trust anyone over 30!! When I turned 30 I told myself, ok, no one under 30 trusts you any more! My worst birthday was 21. I had looked forward to being 21 all my life and it came up and I thought I didn’t have anything to look forward to! LOL None of the others since have been bad, I am just thankful for each and every one.
I think Vince will enjoy the rehab. Those ladies are very nice. I made them hats on the loom for Christmas! OH yeah, I am supposed to be finishing one for a good friend of mine! Well, it may be ready for next fall! LOL I procrastinate a lot! Or something comes up in knitting that I just have to try. Like the short sleeve sweater I am making myself right now. I think it will be ok for Spring, if we have any Spring! It may just go on in to Summer!
Hope to see you Tuesday.
dezertsuz says
Yes, all that. And other days, I imagine I’ll live to be 100 or more and keep functioning all the way.
Sharon Downey says
Good grief! Half of your trips were to pre-register for a procedure on another day. No wonder your worn out. I like it the way our hospital does it. If it’s in say 10 days they mail us the instructions. They may ask us to arrive 1/2 an hour early if they think things need to be updated on their paperwork, but non of that pre-registration trip stuff. Hopefully it will all calm down for you soon.
Martha M says
This is just maintenance for you right now so that you do keep well and strong. Ages and stages my eighty year old friend says.
It’s a blessing Vince had a scare and not a heart attack. My husband was lucky also but he was turning forty when they found his blockages. He didn’t have a heart attack but did have a quadruple bypass on his fortieth. I was thirty two and had two young children. His birthday is today and he turned seventy one. I didn’t think he would live to sixty. He has had a heart ablation to stop his a fib, but other than that he has done well with his heart. He is also diabetic and over weight. Loves food and doesn’t exercise but walks. He is still working also.
Hang in there. This too shall pass and you will get used to the changes.
Wanda says
Yep getting old snuck up ones too. One day I said “wait when did I get old” it was just yesterday I was celebrating my 50 th birthday. Oh well happens to us all but still doesn’t mean we have to like it. All we can do is try to take better care of ourselves . If that means going to doctors so be it. Just keep on truck in on Judy
Karen Sutton says
Hang in there. You’ll get to your ‘new normal’ soon. I used to wonder how ‘old’ people felt and thought. In my mind I’m not old – I wish I could get my body to believe it! I still want to do all the things I did when I was younger and I usually can, just at a slower pace with frequent rest periods. LOL