Who’s old?

Donna       4 Comments on Who’s old?

I’ve always said I couldn’t possibly be a senior because I was never middle-aged. Middle-age was always at least ten years older than me. Well, that argument went out the window when I hit 70. There’s something about being a septuagenarian that changes your perspective.

For me, it meant not only accepting my age and being a senior citizen, but embracing it. I care a lot less about what others think of me. I wear clothes that are comfortable, not fashionable. I let my arms flap, my belly flop, and my boobs sag. There are a lot of years on this body, good and bad. I’ve had surgeries, I’ve taken falls, I’ve gone from glasses to contacts to cataracts to reading glasses, small feet to not-so-small feet, cute 5′ 3″ 125# to still cute 5′ 1.5″ 140#, and I’m still kicking.
With all the walking we plan to do in Europe – meadows, hills, stairs, cobblestones – I bought a folding walking cane and a different tip.  You can’t take traditonal walking sticks on the planes due to the pointed tip. This one is different – it gives me the stick profile but works like a cane. Since my osteoporosis diagnosis, I am working hard to not fall. A hard fall in a foreign country wouldn’t be fun.
Now my challenge in the next four months is to lose at least five pounds, preferably ten, and walk at least thirty minutes a day. I’ve been ignoring the treadmill and that has to change. With the TV there, I have no excuse to NOT WALK!

 


4 thoughts on “Who’s old?

  1. Anonymous

    I understand. I’m on a trip through Italy right now and my body keeps betraying me. And the crowds are so much worse than they were when I was here 16 years ago I’m accepting the fact that this is my last trip.

  2. Donna B. McNicol

    Love to hear more about your trip. We fly into Rome, spend a couple of nights, then take a 10 day cruise, back to Rome for a couple more nights before flying to Scotland. I know I'll be tired so we have no real plans. We will do what we can do and see what we can see.

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