What's "normal" for aging? Not just about looks

[Anonymous]

Did they settle down with someone else PP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:dated someone in his late 60 who was diagnosed with a neurodegerative disease a couple of years after we broke up. Also dated someone with a similar age gap (16 years) who was diagnosed with cancer a few years post-breakup.

[Anonymous]

Over 70p of men have high bp over 60 so that is “normal.” It doesn’t look great.

[Anonymous]

I'm late 50s. DH is early 60s. Neither of us is as physically fit as we could be but we aren't yet those people who can't meet you for dinner because we can't see clearly enough to drive in the dark. LOL! No cataract surgery anytime soon either. We still do work travel and binge Netflix. But we do pay later for things like that a bit more than we used to. I remember being able to fly to SF and back for quick meetings. Now, I avoid that if at all possible and try to schedule in a weekend day so that I can walk and stretch and rest before boarding the plane for another cross country flight. Otherwise, I'll have a really sore back and neck. And I suffer for maybe 2 full days afterward from the jet lag and travel stuff whereas before I could bounce back by the next day.

[Anonymous]

I am noticing early onset diseases and people don’t seem to be living as long as our grandparents. I attribute this to our over processed, gmo, and chemically laden food.
The amount of stress people of all ages in our country are under cannot be minimized.
I am in my 60s and it is not unusual for me to have 4 drs appointments in a week. You can do everything possible to maintain optimal health but the fact is, our bodies are breaking down.
A good read, “The Body Keeps Score”.

[Anonymous]

PP- You're absolutely right that I end up spending way more time at the doctor's office than I did 5 years ago. (I'm almost 60.) Same for the dentist. I'm at that stage of life where fillings I had done in my 20s are starting to fail. "That day" always seemed so far away, but now it's here.

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Anonymous wrote:I am 50 and this does not sound normal at all. Are they overweight?

This response is a fallacy.

We all know that person that eats right and
exercises and out of the blue drops dead.

The bigger question is are they getting their heart checked and ruling out or treating any heart disease?

Do you know your calcium score? Do you know your ejection fraction? Do you know if you are experiencing any atypical arrhythmias? Have you had an echocardiogram of your heart?

If the fat guy answers yes to these he’s probably going to outlive the skinny guy.

[Anonymous]

Tired more, very normal but a younger person might get frustrated at that if that impacts when you can go out and what you can do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 50 and this does not sound normal at all. Are they overweight?

This response is a fallacy.

We all know that person that eats right and
exercises and out of the blue drops dead.

The bigger question is are they getting their heart checked and ruling out or treating any heart disease?

Do you know your calcium score? Do you know your ejection fraction? Do you know if you are experiencing any atypical arrhythmias? Have you had an echocardiogram of your heart?

If the fat guy answers yes to these he’s probably going to outlive the skinny guy.

You don't make a lot of sense. Research clearly shows the fat guy is not going to outlive the skinny guy, on an average basis

[Anonymous]

I’m 65 and my husband is 71. He’s beginning to slow down a bit and certainly has more aches and pains than he did in his 50s. Thankfully he discovered viagra and sometimes it’s like he was in his 40s.

[Anonymous]

This is why people should marry within their age group.

[Anonymous]

Humans see biggest aging related decline at 44 and 60.

[Anonymous]

That seems in like with many people I know, the 44 and 60.

[Anonymous]

A thing that one risks when dating guys in their 40’s and 50’s (and beyond!) is that they may have an issue with 🥀.
ED.

Aside from that, by a certain age, most people (especially men) get very set in their ways and may have less patience when dealing with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 65 and my husband is 71. He’s beginning to slow down a bit and certainly has more aches and pains than he did in his 50s. Thankfully he discovered viagra and sometimes it’s like he was in his 40s.

Thankful he discovered Viagra and you’re 65? I am nearly 64 and thankful my husband is 78 and seems to have closed that chapter. Having an older husband has its challenges, but our libidos have declined in synch.