Struggles When Aging
I woke early this morning due to aches and pains
The photo isn't of someone old, or is it? I typed in aging and this was one.
I believe I look like this at 68. Most photos looked way too old to be me, Hon.
Too early in the morning and I have a headache, a knee ache and a side pain.
Two ibuprofen and back to sleep I thought. It is 4:30 a.m. This is lame!
What do you do? I think about the alternative, right?
My time isn't up, not quite!
I am going to visit the 'cancer lady' today.
I have an oncology appointment on Friday.
Then July starts my physical therapy appointments, you see.
Two a week the scheduler informs me.
Now, just how do I think I am going to work?
It is always something I tell myself at my age or is this all just a quirk?
Does going to all these doctors make me a hypochondriac goes around in my head?
It appears I may have more questions than answers. I'm going back to bed!
Hoping to feel better when I wake up to drive hours to have a spa afternoon.
She has a chi machine, and a soqui bed (far infared), and others to fly me to the moon.
For a little while at least.
No aches and pains, no complaints, a feast.
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Denise E Lindquist
I am married with 7 children, 27 grands, and 12 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium weekly.
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Comments (2)
I sympathize with you. At 61 I've had three back surgeries, have PTSD, anxiety, and depression. I take twenty-one medications a day to survive my day. Yes, I do understand.
I do empathise with you and sometimes feel like this myself