mhoward
Hey look ~ they ~ bounce!
Joined: Sun Oct 22nd, 2017
Posts: 2734
Name: Michael ... Occupation: Technology Manager ... Interests: Trucks / Guitars & Music / Things that go BANG ...
Reputation Points: 2734
|
Chris wrote:
Jeez - I am 73 and still find the energy to cut trees, lay paths and build walls!
Chris, I'm happy for you that you still have the energy along with the physical strength and stamina to do such things! That's an honest, heart-felt statement, not a snarky remark. Let me explain:
When I was 18, I joined the US Navy, and during some rather intense rifle drills, I tore the muscles in my lower back (all of them), which weakened me from that point forward. A doctor there told me that I would be driving a wheelchair by the time I reached 50 years old, but I'm still vertical and under my own power, so I proved that A-hole wrong. Yeah, they discharged me and sent me home (with no VA benefits). I had two auto accidents resulting in severe whiplash that I wasn't treated for, so my neck is a mess as well. Over the years, I have been hospitalized with pneumonia 5 times, had a collapsed lung at 22 years old and contracted tuberculosis in 1997 (not to mention I smoked cigarettes for 27 years), so the fact that I'm still breathing at all is nothing short of a miracle. I have constant joint and muscle pain, probably fibromyalgia. Over the past two years, my wife has been battling a duo of gastrointestinal issues and cancer, so the stress of that has taken its toll on me as well, draining my energy to near zero (stress is a b*tch).
I guess what I'm saying is that age really has nothing to do with what a person can or can't do, it's more of what kind of life you've had, circumstances and things that have happened during that time. My life has been an uphill battle since I was a teenager with physical and health challenges. I get up every day, grit my teeth and power through another one. But, to be clear, I know that there are other people out there, even on this forum, that have it much, much worse than I do.
____________________
-- Michael
2003 Ranger Edge / Extended Cab / Flareside / 3.0L FLEX / 5r44e Auto / 2WD / 8.8 LS 4:10 / Sonic Blue Pearl
So many mods... so little time...
|
1 2 3 4 
MG power
