Getting Older

[simonsrf]

Found this on the internet...thought it was appropriate for this topic. Author unknown.

I've sure gotten old!
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes
I'm half blind,
can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
take 40 different medications that
make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia.
Have poor circulation;
hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
Have lost all my friends. But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.

[gpats]

Sad to say but very true in a lot in instances--we will all be there some day--when I reach that point I am sure that I will think that I can still drive--just watch out for me coming down the road with the Montie hooked on!!!!!!

[Garin1]

I was a police officer in Louisiana for ten years, I think I stopped that guy going the wrong way on the freeway.

[ole dude]

When my Dad turned 100 years old and it was time for his drivers license renewal, the state of Texas renewed his by mail, for 5 years, yep that was correct, 5 years. When that time expired they did not renew. He expired at 106 years of age.

[clutch]

A lot of these "old people" need to get to the grocery store, pharmacy, and doctor's office. A lot of them have no body to help them get around especially in rural parts of the country. I feel sorry for them.

We will all be there sooner or later.