Comments on: My body doesn’t have a warranty

By: Toronto

Toronto — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:03:46 +0000

Recent convo with a friend.

How are you?

I’m having symptoms that look like thyroid disorder. But it may just be perimenopause. How are you?

I just finished fasting for my colonoscopy and now have to drink this liquid to start pooing.

I told this convo to my doctor and said Is this the type of conversations I have to look forward to at 42? She said, That’s nothing, wait until you hit your 50s.

Sigh

By: travelingrd

travelingrd — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:26:43 +0000

I just read an article about how the body goes downhill after 26! That’s way too young. Life is just beginning at 26 and our bodies are on their way our.

By: victoria

victoria — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:20:50 +0000

@Yum Yucky – Those age spots can probably be removed with a photofacial treatment. I’ve had it done and the reuslt is flawlessly even skin tone.

By: Blue

Blue — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:14:15 +0000

I’m 27 and plucked a 1.5 inch long dark hair from my upper lip the other night.

I was less disturbed by the fact that I was growing a “moustache” than I was by the fact that the hair had gotten that long without my noticing it.

By: KJ

KJ — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:42:40 +0000

I got floaters in my vision when I was about 16. I try not to let it bother me that I can never look at the sky the same way again.

By: julie

julie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:51:12 +0000

I’m 40, fortunately still doing okay. Except for a bit of indigestion when I eat large chunks of spicy peppers, and an extra 20 pounds (used to be extra 60). I think it’s good genes, other than RA, parents and sister are extremely healthy too.

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:23:40 +0000

Once again, Amen. Something about the early to mid 20′a from the comments I have been reading! My fear of walking started at age 22.

By: victoria

victoria — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:20:15 +0000

I, too, seem to be ageing prematurely.

Age 18: first gray hairs.

Age 25: first onset of crippling, persistent low-back pain.

Age 33: Onset of increasingly severe osteoarthritis in hips.

Age 42: Spinal stenosis + bulging disc in lower back = referred pain that forced me to cut back on my career and work only part time.

By age 42, I was pretty much a wreck, hobbling around like a little old lady, taking a ton of Vicodin every day, and still in a lot of pain.

Age 43: 50 lbs weight loss + regular exercise = pain free.

IMHO, managing my weight and getting fit have practically been a panacea for all my ills.

I still have a little meralgia paresthetica (nerve damage in my leg due to former obesity), but by every conceivable standard, I’m much “younger” this year than I was last year.

So, don’t despair! Yes, our bodies age, but there is much we can do to affect the process. Even if you’re in really bad shape due to a combinaton of genetics and lifestyle, like me, you can make dramatic improvements in your overall well being.

By: victoria

victoria — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:12:04 +0000

I, too, started seeing grey hairs early — at age 18, in my case. I got bristles on my chin at that age, too. A few years leter, at age 26, I would develop crippling and persistent lower back pain.

Now, at age 43, I am feeling better than ever about my age. Partly because I’ve learned how to live with the cosmoetic issues (I’m a fan of Botox, Restylane, a photofacials; I have my hair colored every 6 weeks; I’m a whiz with the tweezers; and I look younger than my age).

But mostly I’m happier about the whole ageing proceess because I’m convinced there’s so much I can do to “reverse” it — or at least, some of its effects.

I’m slimmer and much fitter than I was last year and feel better about my body than I have in a long time.

By: KateG

KateG — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:58:29 +0000

Yeah, the getting older is not that fun. Also weird — when your much younger siblings are having the aches and pains too. I think everyone has to learn to make peace with it in their own way. Some of the cosmetic type things – the gray hair and wrinkles – don’t really bother me, but I try not to judge when it bothers other people. I feel fortunate in some areas (I have really good teeth) and not in others (adult acne, boo). And in still others, the future looks a little dim but all I can do is try to live healthy in the meantime (my father has an adult-onset degenerative condition of the spine that may be hereditary).