Memory issues, here. I didn’t think I would have bad memory issues until just a while ago, I had a thought on the tip of my nose, but forgot it in seconds and how it took me minutes to recall it. That’s a key sign right there.
Some people have better memory in old age, like it’s unreal sometimes with what some of them can remember. While the average person forgets thoughts in moments.
back pain, one day you’ll wake up and everything just falls apart
Unplug your phone lol
I tried. Damn this accursed battery!
From what? It’s all wireless these days.
No it’s not. A lot of new phones are still wired in terms of having to charge it. The wireless suck, unless of course they’ve improved a lot in the last 5 years.
I’d rather plug a cable into my phone than deal with having to position just right to a millionth of a millimeter precision just to get a shitty 6 hour charge time. Lol.
Not to mention that NFC charging is not very efficient due to free space loss.
hearing loss; vision impairment; bad back; hernias; hypertension; diabetes.
some people are afraid that they’re turning into their mother or their father; while i’m turning into both at the same time.
The being held at arms length because of fear of breaking something
My knees hurting so much. If I were taken hostage and ordered to kneel I could not and would be vaporized.
I feel great physically, but:
Finally got hips at 50 (neither pregnancy not age changed my lean build until age 50).
Both nearsighted and farsighted now instead of just nearsighted.
And my goodness, supper at teatime is the best! We go out to eat at 4pm all the time now. So funny, I used to wait until after 8pm but now prefer either a late breakfast and a teatime meal, or lunch and early supper.
I’ve never had a great memory, wouldn’t say it’s gotten worse yet.
Memory problems can occur after getting Covid, maybe that’s a factor as well?
Back pain, sometime i need to stretch hard to ease the pain and i’m not even midlife
Do you have a massage ball? 5 bucks. Against wall. Don’t go over the spine.
Mine got fully away after buying a really good (and expensive) gaming chair and a new mattress. The gaming industry has done so much for our health, it’s insane. :)
Don’t get gaming chairs. Get a good office chair. Like a herman miller chair
Had another poster point this is out, and after thinking on it, I have the same issue and cure. Go walking.
If I sit on my ass for a day or three, my lower back gets really sore. As long as I’m active, no problem.
I’m skinny and always have been, YMMV.
I work blue collar so i’m plenty active, i think it’s just me having accumulate all them back stress over the years it becoming bad now. I’m gonna try with a good mattress and see if it help though.
Deadlifts fixed my backaches at age 29. Haven’t had any issues since as long as I keep up the routine.
Husband says the same. Deadlifts fixed his back. I have this far been lucky but do yoga 4x/week and lift once or twice a week. The yoga I am sure really helps.
23 here and I have back pain, but a good exercise can always fix this real fast
Not an old person yet, but I thought I was prepared for everything since I’ve had shitty joints, a shitty back, and a shitty memory since I was a kid.
As soon as I hit 30 I started putting on weight despite never changing my diet or exercise routine 🥲 no more hourglass figure for me!
Joint pain. Muscle pain. Drastically slower healing of minor cuts and scrapes.
You thought those wouldn’t affect you???
Not before the age of 30!!! At least not this badly
It’s going to get worse.
Genetics are not on my side in this regard. Extensive family history of everything under the sun, including degenerative joint issues, hypermobility, diabetes, blood pressure, etc…
I started having trouble with one of my knees when I was a teenager, probably due to reckless behavior. Still have chronic joint pain, with most of them, but at least I don’t get the acute knee pain anymore. I can usually tell when my knee movement is going to cause problems and stop the action before it kicks in. But it’s been at least a year since i was pain free without medication.
I expected the health problems, the memory loss, all that stuff. The only old person thing I hoped would never happen is becoming a right-wing shithead. Nothing so far!
I’ve been worried my mother might go that way, just from age, but luckily she’s been getting more left as the years go on. This gives me hope for myself as well!
No way! Better dead than red!
lol… where do I start?
Eyes, went from being able to read the tiniest font to not being able to read a large font book in about 2 years.
2 knee surgeries
Getting up to pee 2x a night
Might be a good idea to err on the side of caution and get a prostate exam. Especially if it increases in frequency.
About the peeing at night, a doctor I saw in TV said that if during the day you don’t go immediately to pee when you feel the need but when you REALLY need to, then it’s easier to stay sleeping at night. He explained how there are 2 mechanisms to control pee: the bladder (I think that’s the word in English?) and the brain. And that quite often we train the brain to go to pee before it’s phisically needed.
Getting up to pee 2x a night
I hate that too but I’m just glad I still have enough bladder control to actually wake up for it. I dread possibly losing that someday.
Might be a good idea to err on the side of caution and get a prostate exam. Especially if it increases in frequency.
Thanks. I don’t have a prostate but incontinence is more common in women. At the first sign of a leakage problem, you bet I’m heading to the doctor right away.
I’m finally growing some gray hair. I’ve earned each one of them and it’s my favorite hair color.
You can do some stuff to help fight the memory issues. Push hard to keep learning new things. Find complicated problems to solve and keep solving them.
Nothing accelerates cognitive decline faster than becoming complacent and avoiding mentally challenging activities.
is there any reason research you know of that supports this? I am interested in the idea of keep learning to prevent degrading.
A bunch of studies have been run over the years. I’ve heard it every three or four years for probably the past decade or two.
A quick search will net a bunch of them. Search for scientific articles that show new learning decreases cognitive decline in old age.
You’ll get stuff like this:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/learning-new-skill-can-slow-cognitive-aging-201604279502
Aging. I didn’t expect to live through my twenties due to a reckless lifestyle that included lots of drugs and partying and rubbing shoulders with questionable types of people. I saw an old lady being helped walking with a younger woman at age ~27 and went, oh shit. That might be me one day. I had severely chilled out and converted to a more typical lifestyle by then.
