How to cope with getting older?


808Beachbum said:
@gohammergo , that could get sketchy with a normal stool's wheelbase. google "rolling workshop stool" to find something that might not dump you off, to purchase or consider modifying your existing.
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Or mount the stool on a circle of plywood (etc.) that has a greater circumference. Cut out a semi-circle where your feet will be when the chair seat is in the "normal" position. Mount the casters to the plywood, using as many as you wish.

And, as I've often said, Bob's yer uncle!

Recall that there are bar-height stools, and slightly shorter counter-height stools.
 
Got the call from the doctor today. All these statins have taken a toll on my liver. Of course they don’t want me off the statins so any alcohol is now removed. I guess I am a water drinker from now on. No big deal. I never drank that much anyway. But age has a way of making you change things I guess.
 
Tn Ridge Rover said:
Seems like we gots our share of "mature" folks on this forum, me included at a youthful, active 71. Any advice or tips? How do you cope?
I recently ate something I shouldn't have and have been quite down for a couple days or so. Throwing up and the whole bit. And this notion popped in my head...........
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62 in a couple months. I am fortunate to have a wife who understands my need to be outside as much as possible. I still get out, just not 'epic' trips. We walk most nights, about 2 miles, roughly 40-45 minutes, weather permitting. My tolerance for cold/rain is far higher than hers, but I also don't like going out after dark, so it's seasonal, and we're getting back into it since the time change. I have coped in a couple ways. I started religiously using a hiking staff at about 50. It has prevented a LOT of falls and injuries. I carry and wear gloves a lot more than I used to, especially for gathering firewood and cooking... prevents a lot of scapes and burns to thin, aging skin. I go slower, not as far, and take more deliberate breaks to preserve strength... the biggest thing seems to be to prevent injuries... at my age, I'm not going to recover fully, ever, from a serious break, cut, or sprain. I also started using a lot lighter gear, probably starting in my mid 40s.
 
Some years back, I began getting tendonitis in several places, leg cramps after strenuous work and later a debilitating left shoulder joint. Getting off statins for cholesterol solved the leg cramps. Then I discovered a supplement called "Relief Factor". It's a combination of natural compounds (tumeric and several others) along with fish oil. It has pretty much eliminated the inflammation in my joints and enables me to keep moving pain free. Sure, I still get sore and stiff muscles from activities I'm not used to doing regularly, but that is totally different from chronic joint pains. It has helped me greatly. Your mileage may vary.
 
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The Arthritis Cure of Rex Newnham​

In the 1960's, Rex Newnham, Ph.D., D.O., N.D, developed arthritis. At that time he was a soil and plant scientist in Perth, Western Australia. Conventional drugs did not help, so he looked for the cause into the chemistry of plants. He realized that plants in that area were rather mineral deficient. Knowing that boron aids calcium metabolism in plants he decided to try it. He started taking 30 mg of borax a day, and in three weeks all pain, swelling and stiffness had disappeared.

He told public health and medical school authorities about his discovery, but they were not interested. However, some people with arthritis were delighted as they improved. Others were scared to take something with a poison label on the container and meant to kill cockroaches and ants. Eventually, he had tablets made with a safe and effective quantity of borax.

Within five years and only by word of mouth he sold 10,000 bottles a month. He could no longer cope and asked a drug company to market it. That was a major mistake. They indicated that this would replace more expensive drugs and reduce their profits. It so happened that they had representatives on government health committees and arranged that in 1981, Australia instituted a regulation that declared boron and its compounds to be poisons in any concentration. He was fined $1000 for selling a poison, and this successfully stopped his arthritis cure from spreading in Australia. (2)

I take a pinch. I remain unpoisoned and un arthritic.
 
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Prairie Walker said:
Excerpt...

The Arthritis Cure of Rex Newnham​

In the 1960's, Rex Newnham, Ph.D., D.O., N.D, developed arthritis. At that time he was a soil and plant scientist in Perth, Western Australia. Conventional drugs did not help, so he looked for the cause into the chemistry of plants. He realized that plants in that area were rather mineral deficient. Knowing that boron aids calcium metabolism in plants he decided to try it. He started taking 30 mg of borax a day, and in three weeks all pain, swelling and stiffness had disappeared.

He told public health and medical school authorities about his discovery, but they were not interested. However, some people with arthritis were delighted as they improved. Others were scared to take something with a poison label on the container and meant to kill cockroaches and ants. Eventually, he had tablets made with a safe and effective quantity of borax.

Within five years and only by word of mouth he sold 10,000 bottles a month. He could no longer cope and asked a drug company to market it. That was a major mistake. They indicated that this would replace more expensive drugs and reduce their profits. It so happened that they had representatives on government health committees and arranged that in 1981, Australia instituted a regulation that declared boron and its compounds to be poisons in any concentration. He was fined $1000 for selling a poison, and this successfully stopped his arthritis cure from spreading in Australia. (2)

I take a pinch. I remain unpoisoned and un arthritic.
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Wow, that's interesting.
I'll do some research on Borax as it's something of not heard of using for arthritis.

Sounds about right for Pharmaceutical companies to stop, after all, where is the profit in People using something cheap that actually works.

After WW2, lots of Returning Soldiers were given land in a isolated area in Central North Island.
Farming in area failed after land cleared due to lack of minerals in soil.
Animals died due to lack of Boron in vegetation.
Salt licks would have solved problem in hindsight (20/20 vision)
 
Ol' Choctaw Dan said:
A favorite phrase: "You'll never get out of this world alive, so have as much fun as you can while you're here!"

The Kubler-Ross Stages were initially about dying, and are now known to apply to all major loss. My point here is that we should work through the first four stages (not RUSH through --- it doesn't work) so we can spend most of our remaining time in Stage 5: Acceptance.
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The Five Stages:
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
ACCEPTANCE

[Do NOT get stuck in Stage Four!!!]
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I've accepted long ago that we're all born to die. It's inevitable, so no worries.
 
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