Getting Old
@just4him (305532)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
July 24, 2017 9:33am CST
When I was young I would see older people with a lot of complaints and ailments and a medicine cabinet full of prescriptions for what ailed them.
Guess what - I'm in that older category now and I don't like it. My medicine cabinet isn't as full as some but still, I have monthly prescriptions that Walgreen's calls to let me know it's time to pick up.
Now I'm sitting here wondering what the heck is going on now. For the past week I've had a mild pain in my stomach abdomen that I've completely ignored until yesterday. Mostly because it comes and goes. However, it mostly comes after I've had anything to eat. This pain also affects my back and makes it very hard to sit for long periods of time. Which is why I wasn't here as long as I normally was during the day. I couldn't sit more than an hour before the pain was unbearable.
So I'm wondering if I can add ulcer to my list of complaints. I'm really hoping it will just go away and I won't need to bother with it. However, if it gets worse than the dull ache after meals, I'll call my doctor. Not something I want to do, which is most likely why I haven't before now.
Man it's hard getting old. Expensive too.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
25 Jul 17
Hopefully it's nothing serious! I agree, old age isn't any fun but I remember my mother saying that often.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
26 Jul 17
@just4him We have to deal with each day as it comes and hopefully we have still many good days ahead.
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@just4him (305532)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Jul 17
I used to hear a lot of older folks saying it a lot when I was younger. Now it's my turn. I hope not too. It's been okay today, unless it's been masked by all the other pain I've been in today due to all the extra housework I did yesterday.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
24 Jul 17
Yes, Tell me about it. Every day it seems like I have something new going on with my health. New aches and pains and no idea what is causing them.
I'm going to the chiropractor this afternoon. He always helps my back. At least, at 75 years old, soon to be 76, I can still WALK and DRIVE and take care of myself.
Recently, I've decided to get some things done, in case I die suddenly, so that my children will have an easier time . I've been cleaning out my house of everything imaginable and organizing my photographs and my poetry and art work. I still have a long way to go, but I've definitely made some progress this week, which is probably why my back is hurting.
I've been lifting boxes and carrying things up and down the steps. My great grandson helped me one day and I'm hoping he will come back this week to help some more.
I'm also getting all my important papers in order.
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@just4him (305532)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Jul 17
I keep putting that off. I know that's another thing I need to consider. I feel like I'm too young to think about that. I just renewed my driver's license. It renews again in 8 years and I'll be 72 at that time.
I hope you have a Happy Birthday. Mine just was and it was a very good one.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
24 Jul 17
It seems like all the little things add up as one ages. Is the ache only after you eat certain foods?
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@just4him (305532)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Jul 17
@FayeHazel I don't eat greasy food and haven't had anything chocolate for quite a while.
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
25 Jul 17
@just4him If you notice it's around greasy food, or chocolate maybe it's gallbladder... though I hope not. I've been having that for awhile...
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Jul 17
Could also be Gall bladder if you still have yours. It is common for it to go bad in older women, I lost mine a few years ago already and so has my daughter.
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@just4him (305532)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Jul 17
It's not too bad right now. It never lasts long enough for a doctor to find anything wrong.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
24 Jul 17
Sorry you are in that category now. Hope its not something too bad.. id see dr
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@just4him (305532)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Jul 17
If I did, it would be like the boy calling wolf. They wouldn't find anything. The pain doesn't last very long.
@NJChicaa (115921)
• United States
24 Jul 17
I am on way too many medications for my age. It is really absurd. My husband saw the bag that I walked in with the other day and he was shocked. I was like "this is only SOME of them!"
Is the pain high or low? If it is on the higher right side of things, it could be your gallbladder. That can flare up, especially after eating. Some people feel it in the front more but for me it was like someone was stabbing me in the back. I'm so glad that it is finally gone.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
26 Jul 17
I understand what you are saying, believe it or not, you have really inspired me to take better care of myself. You have done this with all you have shared here at Mylot. I lost five pounds in six days and gave up soft drinks for that period of time. I may allow myself to have some when I go out to eat which I do not do very often. Actually, I think the doctor should take a look. I want you around for a long time.
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@just4him (305532)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Jul 17
Thanks. The pain has disappeared. I haven't felt it for a couple days now. So all is good. I haven't had a soda in almost a year. When I go out to eat, which isn't often, I get milk or water. The most I went out to eat was my birthday.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Jul 17
Do you have an appendix? Gallbladder? I don't like to mess around with those kinds of ailments, too many things it could be.
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@just4him (305532)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Jul 17
No appendix, that came out long ago. I only have the gallbladder left. I'm thinking it's stress related at the moment. I'm trying to get this book re-finished so it can be published.
