Old Age Is Gonna Suck...

[ground crew]

I got hit by a car 6 years ago and have been working out since towards a paun free life. I fid it without pain medications as i fear addictions. So i got the news last week that my lower back will forever be painful. I am pretty upset. Angry. Worried. Old age is gonna suck. Diabetes will take my limbs.

 

[ladee]

Yep..old age sucks..I'm there now. Broken bones. Car accidents. Many falls.
Its all taken it's toll.
Days I am so pissed off with my limitations. But every day grateful to be alive.
Hope you can work thru your fears of addiction. I am not going to live out my last years in so much pain I can't breathe.
I go to Pain Management and I keep a log of every pill I take for pain. I stay accountable.
Don't know your age..but no telling what advances in pain management will be discovered between now and then.
Take care of yourself and diabetes doesn't have to take anything.
You can do this!
Supporting you!

 

[Esterio]

Hi there ground crew.
Thanks for the post. I too have being in some bad wrecks and have lots of pain issues with my back, neck,shoulders and arms. I'm 62 now and not looking forward to getting older because of pain. I try anything I can to lesson the pain. I'll try to leave pain meds alone for as long as I can. Like ladee I am not going to live out my days in sever pain and would use what ever to get by. I am scared Of addiction as you are. I keep a track log of all my medication. I am still glad to of survived those crashes and still being alive today.
Hope you find the answers you need Good luck.
Peace be safe

 

[ground crew]

Thanks. I'm 58 now... Old age is here... I feel it likely i will stop working out sooner in retirement than if i was not in pain. That would cause the diabetes i already have to rapidly destroy me. Plus, childhood sucked ( because i got mdd, ) and was scary (because i got ptsd) and both marriages were acid baths because of mdd & ptsd. So i had kind of hoped after yrars of therapy and good self care i would get to have a not sucky and active lifestyle to the end. But this is gonna suck.

 

[ladee]

Sorry. I know how you feel. I have been wasting energy here lately being so angry at the fact I've been thru all this (i'm 66)..and now my body is so shot that I have so many limitations. Pyhsical and financial.
On a down day I think, I went thru ALL THAT to end up here??
Then I suck it up and make a long gratitude list of what is good in my life. But I do have bad times because of pain.
I can only hope I come back in the next life as a rock!
Sorry you are battling diabetes along with everything else. Maybe you will come back as a scientist who finds the cure.
But you aren't alone if thats any solace.
We just keep being the warriors we are. This journey is not for sissies and we've made it this far.
So we keep on keepin' on..together.
Gentle hugs

 

[ground crew]

On a role! Lay off on or about the 13th. So keeping with the positive mental attitude motifs, I had planned to lose weight so thevreduced income should be timely.

 

[arfie]

I've been riding the geezer train for a while and, yes, the pain sucks almost as bad as listening to the tales of living procedure to procedure, but I am not quite ready for the alternative today. I'll worry about tomorrow when it gets here.

I am also handling my pain with just OTC pain relievers. Mostly aspirin. Visualization is my primary pain management. I close my eyes and use my nerve endings to find the outer edges of the pain and form a mental image of the pain. I then visualize a massaging energy following the same nerves which formed the visual images. Takes practice to master the technique, but it gets me through a day.

Gentle support while you find what works for you, GC.

 

[ladee]

I do visualization too, tho I am on pain meds.
I come up with different things to imagine as it also relieves stress.
I've even written letters to the pain.
I still have living to do.
I'm just slower at it.
@arfie , you made me laugh out loud about the geezer train!. Thank you for that!

 

[Esterio]

I do visualization too, tho I am on pain meds.
I come up with different things to imagine as it also reli...

I learned to put my body and mind into neutral to alleviate neck and back pain. It has not been working for me as of late, My mind will not shut down.

 

[shatter eyes]

We just keep being the warriors we are. This journey is not for sissies and we've made it this far.
So we keep on keepin' on..together.

Keepin on together. I feel the same but when do the warriors get to rest? I am 35 and experiencing what has been mentioned all but the marriage and diabetes. I am rookie.
Thanks for idea of visualizing the nerve endings.

 

[Deleted member 541]

It certainly does suck!!!!

 

[SaharaSon]

I was in a sh* t load of pain a year ago. Could barely walk. But I kept walking with my dogs as much as I could. Month by month I kept increasing distance and gaining strength. Pain decreased month by month. I'm walking 5 miles a day fast with some jogging. Feel really good now. I hate pain meds, I'd rather take the pain. I try to adjust the pain with nutrients and diet. Just my personal experience..... :D