age 44, semi health freak.

last couple of years have started getting a few aches + pains.

legs esp, loss of flexibility.
currently feel a bit of athritis in left wrist.
hair thinning.
currently feel pain in my left chest.
need a very long warm up when playing raquet sports.
erectile dysfunction.
major sleeping problems,can fall asleep but not for long around 4hours max.
teeth falling out
takes 2 or 3 days to recover after sailing in stong wind.

is this normal, and what i my in for in 50's + 60's.

petermac33 said...

age 44, semi health freak.

last couple of years have started getting a few aches + pains.

legs esp, loss of flexibility.
currently feel a bit of athritis in left wrist.
hair thinning.
currently feel pain in my left chest.
need a very long warm up when playing raquet sports.
erectile dysfunction.
major sleeping problems,can fall asleep but not for long around 4hours max.
teeth falling out
takes 2 or 3 days to recover after sailing in stong wind.

is this normal, and what i my in for in 50's + 60's.

Have to agree with Decrepit, Pete
1: yep, less flexibility, only way to overcome is stretching exercise regime
2: No Arfer yet, but may get some in a L/H ankle later
3: yep
4: Get that checked, I didn't and "whack" found out the hard way Go and get a stress test done.
5: no good at racquet sports never was
6: No... well not yet... anyway
7: yep
8: yep, but only one day recovery, so its a day, on day off if I want to get most fun after a "long" day in the saddle.
Am on wrong side of 50

I'm 46 and not a health freak

no aches and pains yet
I've definitely lost flexibility
no signs of arthritis
no hair thinning
no pains in chest
don't play raquet sports
My sex drive is waning
I've never slept properly since my first child was born 17 years ago (she was a shocker) but usually get at least 6 hours uninterrupted sleep every night.
my teeth and gums are good
I recover quickly from physical excursion usually overnight.

I've always worked and contributed to society, which has helped in giving me some meaning. However, I didn't expected to live as long as I have done - I never saw myself ever making it to 40 - so I feel comfortable and content about myself now.

I would be concerned about chest pains if I had them - I would ask a doctor about it.

In saying that, I'd rather die from a heart attack in my 50s than be cooped up in a nursing home with non caring refugees looking after me in my 70s - which unfortunately is the bleak reality for lots of our older folk.

Im fitter at 40 than I was at 22, I was mega fit at 17 and then i found alcohol. Gave up drinking at 35 due to abuse and have never looked back. Also do physical work, plumber/roofer. Back is probably a bit tenderer, but hey, I can live with it.
Have perfect teeth

wormy said...
Gave up drinking at 35 due to abuse and have never looked back.

That's a job well done mate.

"is this normal, and what am I in for in 50's + 60's"

it gets worse

wormy said...

Have perfect teeth<--

They are nice teeth... You may need some glasses though as you seem to be squinting

We will all get old !!! maybe our body's might not allow us to do what the mind wants But you can always have fun..

cwamit said...

you may have an iron difficiency.

or scurvy!!!!

Bender said...

I think there is only one option for you to solve all your woes especially your soft one.

Take a cement table and HTFU

you're having a mid life crisis. ie, hormone imbalance

followed by depression which has your sleeping patterns are all over the place.

I'm 53. I'm healthy but not a freak about it. I'm not flexible but I never have been. (I can't see the point of flexibility. No matter how much yoga I do I'm never going to be able to go down on myself.)

I go through periods of aches and pains and moans and groans but they only last a few days or a couple of weeks at worst. Overall I'm as fit as I ever was and way way fitter than most younger people.

You, on the other hand, sound completely f_cked. I'd go and see a doctor. A full set of blood tests and ECG are free and don't take long.

Gestalt said...

you're having a mid life crisis. ie, hormone imbalance

followed by depression which has your sleeping patterns are all over the place.

What Gestalt said!
Hormone imbalance, is not just something women have at your age...
Men do and can suffer from this as bad as women!
There is a Dr that specializes in this in Perth!
a Dr Partridge in Osbourne Park.

But that chest thing need to be investigated. asap

the left chest pain was a bruise i got w/surfing previous day.
left wrist throbbing pain is gone today.
its windy around 20 knots but need to rest body so will have day off w/surfing.
never been to doc for check up for last 20 years. only go to get ear syringed, so can hear.
dont trust mainstream mediSIN.
e.dys...no can get anyway.[short of 120kg 32y.o who i dont want anyway, sorry helen].
flexibity, too lazy to stretch much. i pick things up from floor with a bit of effort.
sleeping problems, i have tried everything, has improved a bit.
generally have lack of motivation to do anything that requires physical effort.driving down to river today and rigging up a good example.

always said the day i cannot sideways jump over tennis net is the day i consider myself to be a geriatric.
i do believe absolutely that:
they[the NWO] have got me like this to large degree.
the fluoride i've been drinking in the water.
the fluoride thats been getting in my pores from taking showers.
the lithium they have been putting in the water supply to make us docile.
the nuking of the food supply for last 8 years,[especially of imported food].
the chemtrail spraying.
the ingenious plan[vaccines] of injecting us with heavy metals including mercury and telling us it will prevent disease when it actually causes nearly all auto-immune disease.

the list goes on and on, may be i am just paranoid for believing that this stuff has contributed in big way to my ....ked state of well being.

go see a doc for your head. sounds more like a bit o' depression to me and i oughta know! gp then onward mate youll never look back.