How old are you? How old do you FEEL?

[P7M13]

57 | 6-0 | 220 | 34 x 32 trousers | 13 shoes | 42 chest
Think I'm 20, body says no friggin' way. Mentally a two year old. Physical Therapist says my body is in its 30's. Sometimes I feel like I'm Old Methusela.
People say they think I'm much younger, I quip, "must be because of my immaturity."

Still very active. Hiking, biking, some running - trying to preserve the knees.
1/8th the conditioning, 1/3 the strength I was when I was 20. But, have a 1" x 30" x 30" slab of steel I still pick up and move around the yard. It's harder to do now....
Have had rheumatoid arthritis since 1993. Not on any meds for it. Controlled with diet, exercise and minimizing stress.
Two rheumatologists have openly doubted that I have it. Then they see the x-rays and blood results.
IMO, it's a disease of motion -- if you stop, you shrivel and die. It also gives you an extremely high tolerance for pain.
On pain : stopped snowboarding in 2010 after a nasty fall - tore knee cartilage and messed up my left shoulder, bad. I thought the shoulder taking so long to heal was a function of the RA. I shoot left handed now. Was having mobility issue in 2019. Saw Dr. he asks "when did you tear your rotator cuff?" Sends for x-rays and confirms.

 

[Troutslayer2]

I am old enough for a hangover to last 48 hours! I'm 43, feel about the same as mid-30s. I've had a bunch of knee surgeries from ski injuries when I was younger, I still get around fine but Advil is my companion. I definitely feel and look a lot younger than my peers who have children.

 

[Straight Shooter]

I am 70 and feel it every day. Bad back and knees. When I do a set or stand when calling coyotes, which is my passion, it takes me a while to sit down and a while to get back up. But in between I enjoy it more and appreciate it more than ever.

 

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[Emuckfwa]

63, and on day one the walk and climb seems like it did when I was 20, day two the walk seems longer and climb seems harder, day three the shooting house sounds like a better idea, day four I'll just sleep in this morning probably nothing moving today.....

 

[wbm]

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was?" Satchel Paige

 

[Jester560]

33 years old, i feel like i'm turning 60 this year. pain everywhere. be from old injuries or sleeping wrong. to previous picking up things in general.

it sucks but on a positive note, my pail tolerance is pretty high

Wait until you hit 40. That is when all the pain really begins.
If 50 hurts as bad as 40 did, I don't want any part of it.

 

[BigDon]

Wait until you hit 40. That is when all the pain really begins.
If 50 hurts as bad as 40 did, I don't want any part of it.

And the alternative is......??

 

[P7M13]

Wait until you hit 40. That is when all the pain really begins.
If 50 hurts as bad as 40 did, I don't want any part of it.

Increase your life insurance and take up skydiving.

 

[Jester560]

And the alternative is......??

Stay 49 for the rest of my life

 

[backwoodsshooter]

Wait until you hit 40. That is when all the pain really begins.
If 50 hurts as bad as 40 did, I don't want any part of it.

ugh, i already dreading that time in my life. i know it's not gonna get any better as time goes on. oh well.

 

[TAZMAN]

When I turned approx. 45 I got a eye infection that seems to have caused me to need reading glasses. That infection seems to be sticking around??

 

[imyourhuckleberry]

Wait till you get older you young fellows under 60. You have a surprise coming when you sit in the toilet to drop the kids at the pool and your dingleberries touch the water, SURPRISE , SURPRISE , SURPRISE.

 

[Trooper1]

64, 5'9", 200. Multiple surgeries due to injuries sustained on duty. Knee, shoulder, back and neck issues. But I'm not old...just starting to weather a little! Problem is my mind thinks it's still in its 20's, but my body reminds me it's not!