Getting older sucks!

[RickN]

I seem to be getting a bad case of CRS. At least the short term memory seems to be slipping and the wife tells me that it has been for awhile. A year or so she says. I told her I don't remember having any problems.

At times I can remember stuff from years ago but not what I had for dinner the night before. Anyone else dealing with this? Any tips on coping besides writing down everything?

On a related note, wife says I have promised to let people know when I get a certain type of brass. If I promised you some and have not got it for you, please send me a PM and I will write it down.

 

[GlockPride]

I can't remember what I had for dinner either, but then I'm not trying to because it's not really relevant or important to me. So, if it's not important or needed it usually slips the ol' brain.

Getting older is hard but it sure beats the alternative.

 

[druryj]

You know what pisses me off? You go to the Doc and he says crap like: "As we get older...our bodies change..." Well, no shizz? Really? Thanks Doc. I'd write some more about how it sucks to be getting older but I gotta go take my morning meds.

 

[O4L]

Yep it sucks. My CRS has seemed to get better since I changed my BP medication, but my lack of energy wears me out.

Also, there's the waking up with the aches and pains.You know you're getting old when you hurt yourself sleeping!

 

[WWIIDigger]

If you only have a few aches and pains in the mornings - you be doing good. As long as u can get up and go mess with your guns--its another good day. On the top side of the green grass you have only two choices --good days and better days. Thank God we're on the computer this morning!!!

 

[Rod Snell]

I can't remember what I had for dinner either, but then I'm not trying to because it's not really relevant or important to me. So, if it's not important or needed it usually slips the ol' brain.

Getting older is hard but it sure beats the alternative.

I like this post. Having had older relatives with dementia, as Sheldon on the TV show Big Bang Theory says "I know I don't have it; I've been tested."
Had a lot of time to read and listen to MDs while caring for said older relatives, and spent many years teaching, I've absorbed some information on how people think and remember.

First , there is a problem learning and remembering at any age unless it is important and/or a conscious effort is made. Having a strong emotional content aids in memory. Nothing automatically goes from transient to long term memory, but must be processed through the hippocampus in the brain. So, yes, most of us just don't try or want to remember our every meal for the last week or whatever.

Some quotes I remember from professionals in the field:

If you can't immediately remember where you put your car keys, that's normal. If you can't remember what kind of car you have, or even if you still have one, that's trouble.

If you have trouble learning some new technobabble, well, how did you do in high school tech and what have you done since? Nobody knows everything.

If you have a vivid dream you had a conversation with a long deceased person, that's normal. If you can't accept it was a dream and spend the day looking for them.....

If you wonder what is happening inside your body, go study yourself in a mirror. That's happening on the inside, too.

You are lucky you can still do everything you used to; just not as often or as long.

More people rust out than wear out. Stay interested, keep moving, and keep learning....

Best wishes to all my fellow seasoned citizens on OSA.

 

[TerryMiller]

First for Rick.

Both the wife and I are in our 60's. She just turned 63, and I'm 69. We have the occasional argument about "you don't remember squat" or "I never did (heard, said) that," but we both seem to be in line with that. All things are mostly short term memory. That all said, we don't worry about it too much unless we have to pay a late payment penalty or something. Our lives are made up of enjoying each and every day. Now, if I could just lose about 50 to 60 pounds, I might have less trouble trying to suck in oxygen here at 6600 feet of altitude.

So, sorry my friend, just enjoy the ride.

Now for the following in bold letters:

I like this post. Having had older relatives with dementia, as Sheldon on the TV show Big Bang Theory says "I know I don't have it; I've been tested."
Had a lot of time to read and listen to MDs while caring for said older relatives, and spent many years teaching, I've absorbed some information on how people think and remember.

First , there is a problem learning and remembering at any age unless it is important and/or a conscious effort is made. Having a strong emotional content aids in memory. Nothing automatically goes from transient to long term memory, but must be processed through the hippocampus in the brain. So, yes, most of us just don't try or want to remember our every meal for the last week or whatever.

Some quotes I remember from professionals in the field:

If you can't immediately remember where you put your car keys, that's normal. If you can't remember what kind of car you have, or even if you still have one, that's trouble.

If you have trouble learning some new technobabble, well, how did you do in high school tech and what have you done since? Nobody knows everything.

If you have a vivid dream you had a conversation with a long deceased person, that's normal. If you can't accept it was a dream and spend the day looking for them.....

If you wonder what is happening inside your body, go study yourself in a mirror. That's happening on the inside, too.

You are lucky you can still do everything you used to; just not as often or as long.

More people rust out than wear out. Stay interested, keep moving, and keep learning....

Best wishes to all my fellow seasoned citizens on OSA.

With regards to "knowing everything," I've said this for years:

"I know what I know, and I know what I don't know, so I DO know it all."

 

[Woody's Janitor]

It does suck! I hate not being able to do things like I use to.

 

[RickN]

Yep it sucks. My CRS has seemed to get better since I changed my BP medication, but my lack of energy wears me out.

Also, there's the waking up with the aches and pains.You know you're getting old when you hurt yourself sleeping!

Ain't that the truth! I would love to get 8 hours of solid sleep.

 

[chuter]

You know you're getting old when you hurt yourself sleeping!

Ditto. Sometimes I get up in the morning because it hurts too much to stay in bed.