DD Survives!!! And we love it

For MRIs, I just close my eyes and try to send myself to a different dimension as the music plays. It's tough.

My wife has had some arrythmia as well. They discovered it when she got a "thunderclap" headache. One moment she was fine, and the next her head hurt so badly we went to ER thinking she might have had a stroke. It locked her up, and she could not move a millimeter. A blood vessel in her head had constricted, giving her the instant, massive headache. With eight weeks of medication they reversed the constriction, and her heart has settled down as well. Scary.

For you guys with blood pressure issues, I had a coworker who said he got up in the night to pee, and the last thing he remembers is standing in front of the toilet starting to go. He woke up on the floor with a concussion and broken nose. He had passed out and pitched forward, hitting his face on the back of the toilet. The doc said his standing and peeing too fast caused a rapid drop in blood pressure and dropped him like a rock. He was only about 40. He says he now sits down. 

Getting old: it's not for pussies. (as X4 would say!)

Thanks to everybody for reminding me I'm getting older and more frail.

I mean that in the nicest way possible.

@Fandame posted:

For you guys with blood pressure issues, I had a coworker who said he got up in the night to pee, and the last thing he remembers is standing in front of the toilet starting to go. He woke up on the floor with a concussion and broken nose. He had passed out and pitched forward, hitting his face on the back of the toilet. The doc said his standing and peeing too fast caused a rapid drop in blood pressure and dropped him like a rock. He was only about 40. He says he now sits down. 

Getting old: it's not for pussies. (as X4 would say!)

Yea, I first had blood pressure issues about two years ago. I had been driving for a couple of hours, stopped to get drive thru for my wife before I got home, got out of the car in the garage, stood up, felt light headed, leaned back against teh car and woke up on teh garage floor with food everywhere. Hit my head on the side mirror but other than that was ok. A few weeks later I was in the mall waiting for my wife, stood up to change chairs, immediately noticed the same feeling I had in the garage, fell into a chair and passed out. They have run tons of test but cannot find what is going on. Of course I have as much confidence in my Drs as I have in Joe Barry running a top five defense. But my wife loves the Drs so there is that. Now tho, I stand up, wait a few seconds and make sure my lights don't dim before I move on. Wierd stuff.

This thread makes me wonder what the median age is on this board.

Merry Christmas everyone!

I think I may be the oldest.

@Scott Catron posted:

This thread makes me wonder what the median age is on this board.

Merry Christmas everyone!

I'm 62 (can't believe it when I say that number). Just got back from the cardiologist for an annual visit and he told me I was boring because I had no issues to discuss or complain about and blood work and blood pressure were good. Probably the kiss of death,  😆

@Scott Catron posted:

This thread makes me wonder what the median age is on this board.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Somewhere south of 100.

I’m 63, but I’m told I could pass for 62, so I got that going for me.

PackerHawk is 45….passes for 58.

My age is 0x3E.  Two years to 0x40

Makes sense.

I’m 62 but my median is 22.

I'm 67 but me waist line is 42 so that is what I'm going with.

I am 68. My kids friends tell me I haven't changed in 30 years. I dont think that is a good thing. I remember when I was in my 30s saying I never wanted to live in a 55 and older community. Now they don't seem so bad. I hear the villages are exciting...peer pressure may be worse than high school tho.

Wow youse kids.
My son is 10 days away from turning 60.
My next cake will have 80 candles.... assuming.

Will be 65 in 2 months and am happiest when the Vikings lose.

@Floridarob posted:

I am 68. My kids friends tell me I haven't changed in 30 years. I dont think that is a good thing. I remember when I was in my 30s saying I never wanted to live in a 55 and older community. Now they don't seem so bad. I hear the villages are exciting...peer pressure may be worse than high school tho.

I've heard The Villages have one of the highest STD rates in the country.

75 and as Zimmy said…I’m not even aquatinted with my old desires.

Re: The Villages: Mrs. Kiel came back with  a STD from there after a square dance convention with PackerHawk.

I was ignorant about the whole affair.

BK, lice is not a STD.

@Floridarob posted:

I hear the villages are exciting...peer pressure may be worse than high school tho.

Apparently, VD is rampant in those places. BK may know a thing or two about that.🤓

@RochNyFan posted:

I've heard The Villages have one of the highest STD rates in the country.

I hadn’t seen yours when I made my post.🤣🤣🤣

@bvan posted:

Wow youse kids.
My son is 10 days away from turning 60.
My next cake will have 80 candles.... assuming.

Why, where are you going?

@Blair Kiel posted:

Re: The Villages: Mrs. Kiel came back with  a STD from there after a square dance convention with PackerHawk.

I was ignorant about the whole affair.

I should just delete my post.😅

It would help me deal with the betrayal.

Thank you.

71 and still kicking!  🤗

I'm 70.  But my health concerns are different than those listed - so far - but not life threatening - at least not yet - I may have a mild case of dashitis. 

@ammo posted:

I'm 67 but me waist line is 42 so that is what I'm going with.

I think that makes you 25 if my math is correct.

50 here. I used to figure I was one of the oldest here. Turns out I may be the youngest.

@Goalline posted:

Why, where are you going?

Who knows where or when.

You want to know my age?  Well let's see.

I’m just puzzled by one thing.

Your avatar?

@Blair Kiel posted:

I’m just puzzled by one thing.

I think you're puzzled by a lot more than one thing.

@bvan posted:

Who knows where or when.

Stick around, buddy. We are having too much fun.

If you did not get my puzzled comment…I can’t help you.

64

49, but 25 when I joined x4. So, 25.

JF X Boomer

How old was Henry? I always saw him a Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry at times and then Clint Eastwood in The Mule at others.

Gen X here, the 2nd best generation, right after the Greatest generation.

Independent, resilient, and adaptable.     We can fix our own shit, we can use and learn any new tech, we don't give a shit what you think about us, and we don't give a shit about you. 

"Don't start no shit, won't be no shit." - Lil Jon

@Floridarob posted:

How old was Henry? I always saw him a Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry at times and then Clint Eastwood in The Mule at others.

Was or is?