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mopinko

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5. the trouble w getting old- u know at some point,

Reply to Srkdqltr (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2023, 12:58 PM

Sep 2023

the roller coaster has gone over the last rise, and it’s all downhill from here. but u never know if this is that valley, or just another dip.
i’m doing much better than i was 3 yrs ago, or most of the time after that, but at 69, i know i’m runnin out of track.
c’est le vie.

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I don't know. Probably the wrong group. [View all] Srkdqltr Sep 2023 OP

Sending you hugs to get get you through until your retreat! MLAA Sep 2023 #1

Jeebus...you're 83! You get to say and feel... ret5hd Sep 2023 #2

Yes actually husband is probably in the same place as I am. Srkdqltr Sep 2023 #3

Sister, I hear you. WhiteTara Sep 2023 #4

the trouble w getting old- u know at some point, mopinko Sep 2023 #5

I've got a STRONG feeling... ret5hd Sep 2023 #15

it might b my kids, cuz mopinko Sep 2023 #16

Hah! I may have taken a different track than you... ret5hd Sep 2023 #17

fwiw mopinko Sep 2023 #18

Man, I am really sorry to hear all that. ret5hd Sep 2023 #20

hence my pessimism. mopinko Sep 2023 #21

also mopinko Sep 2023 #19

And sometimes we just get tired and that's alright. Biophilic Sep 2023 #6

Thank you all!!! Just being heard helps. Srkdqltr Sep 2023 #7

... AKwannabe Sep 2023 #8

Totally relate!!!! If I walk 20', my heart is thumping out of my chest and I'm gasping for air! Karadeniz Sep 2023 #9

You know what? Alliepoo Sep 2023 #10

Thank you I'm going just that now. You guys are all so helpful. Srkdqltr Sep 2023 #11

Meal service? Iris Sep 2023 #22

I've been there XanaDUer2 Sep 2023 #12

suggestions for easier living GenXer47 Sep 2023 #13

OMG.. I can't stop laughing. Thank you!!! Srkdqltr Sep 2023 #14