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Yesterday, drove into work. Felt fine, no problems. I open the car door. Feel something rip in my arm and my elbow has been sore since. Can barely move my arm and have no strength to pick up anything. OPENING A CAR DOOR! What's next? Breaking my hip getting out of bed? Breaking my wrist using the microwave? Thankfully my legs and ankles are fine (looking for a piece of wood to know.....maybe better not, might injure my knuckles :D ) Scotty

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Take good care of that knee, Dr. Shoe. As you get older, you need a bigger car with more room to enter and exit as your joints don't work as well as they used to.

Cheers---

Dawn HH

It's a Ford Sierra, not exactly a low slung sports car. The only way to go from here is a Range-Rover type of vehicle! :D

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Unfortunately aging hits all of us sooner or later so I guess we should enjoy what we have while we can. To quote an appropriate line from a movie, "Time is the fire in which we burn."

If the shoe fits-buy it!!!!!!

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Well, I have driven the same 5-speed manual Toyota Supra for 18 years now, and still love it! And I am still doing ballroom dancing competitions with a beautiful 23 year old girl. And I love my high heels, which she knows about, and which my two closest female friends (both younger than me) know about. I try to ignore age as much as possible.

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Too damn right .... I've just been diagnosed with skin cancer (fortunately a type that doesn't spread). By golly, its B. scary, especially as I've been as fit as a butcher's dog up to now. Xa

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I have been getting crusty spots on my arms and hands lately which eventually go away after a while. I have questioned my doctor on them and he has told me that they are pre-cancerous, but has not cautioned me to see a specialist as they disappear after a while on their own. He has told me to leave them alone and not to scratch at them with my nails. Cheers--- Dawn HH

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Sscotty727:-)

I'm way ahead of you on getting old. I have had a lot of experience in that area. The second 50,000 miles isn't nearly as cheap as the first 50,000 miles.

Like Scotty sez, it ain't necessarily the age as the mileage and the high-end miles are a lot more costly than the early ones. :D I found out a long time ago that I have to just ignore the pain and just get on with it.

Uh - Maybe a little oil on that car hinge might help.

Keep on stepping,

Guy N. Heels

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Okay, this thread has been idle long enough. Today I go to the dentist to try and get what's left of my dental work repaired. (On my birthday anniversary, no less.) When I was explaining to the boss why I would be in late, she said I didn't look like I was in pain. That's when I assured her that pain is my constant companion. It notifies me that it's still too early to call the undertaker.

Keep on stepping,

Guy N. Heels

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Okay, this thread has been idle long enough. Today I go to the dentist to try and get what's left of my dental work repaired. (On my birthday anniversary, no less.)

When I was explaining to the boss why I would be in late, she said I didn't look like I was in pain. That's when I assured her that pain is my constant companion. It notifies me that it's still too early to call the undertaker.

Yeah, I'm getting my first cap. I hope it's my last. Great brushing, flossing, and waterpiking, but apparently I cracked a molar sometime during the last year, so I have to get a cap. Ugh.

It sucks.

In the meantime, I began biking to work about a month ago, and have been exerting an average of 1,500 extra calories a day doing so. The first week almost killed me, but now it's a breeze - the old cycling muscles I had as a pre-teen and teen are regrowing. I've got my wind back, and I'm feeling terrific. I'm at the point where after three more months of this, and when I've dropped to less than 10% body weight, I'm going to begin entering races. I'm fortunate in that I happened to buy a road-racing bike, even if it's six pounds heavier that their top model (which was $2,400 more than I was willing to pay...).

By the way, it's about 13 miles round trip, but I've been finding myself biking on the weekends for the sheer heck of it! I biked all over the place when I was a kid and this is like rejuvenation therapy for me.

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I used to bike everywhere when I was a kid. That was my only transportation then. I used to wear out a set of tires and tubes and a set of brakes every Summer. Sure can't do it now. Cheers--- Dawn HH

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I'm not looking foward to getting old, but it happens to everyone.

If I had my way, I'd want to age normally to 21, then age one year for every 7 that pass [kind of reverse dog years]

I like your thinking on that one. :roll:

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Okay, this thread has been idle long enough...

When I was explaining to the boss why I would be in late, she said I didn't look like I was in pain. That's when I assured her that pain is my constant companion. It notifies me that it's still too early to call the undertaker.

Once again, before this thread dies of old age, I thought I'd mention that we've been having quite a bit of rain lately. So when you can tell 3 days ahead of time that the rain's coming - well this kind of weather really reminds me of the number of miles on the old bod':text_help: . Too bad we humans can't go into some sort of body shop to get the rusty joints oiled-up and a few dents and dings straightened out :rocker:.

Keep on stepping,

Guy N. Heels

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It's the milage that is killer. I remember when I could put on just about any shoe or boot and wear it straight out of the box with no discomfort. High heels included. Back injuries prevent much heel wearing for me now. All shoes are notoriously uncomfortable for me even those ugly anthletic shoes, which are so highly regarded by many. Pinched nerves produce incorrect signals about what is going on with one's legs and feet. So maybe I can still wear heels, it is just that the feedback says this really hurts and "stop doing it." I am still an avid admirer but am adjusting style and tastes to what I might still be able to consider wearing. This too may pass.

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I've found the more I walk and get a wide variety of low-impact aerobic exercise (cycling, swimming, and walking), the less I weigh, and the more enjoyable it is to wear any pair of heels. When I slack off for any length of time, however, I get much pickier about which heels I'll wear because about half of them are no longer comfortable. Exercise - it does a body good!

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