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I Make A Lousy Sick Person
Woke up feeling nauseous, and so did my partner. He’s asleep in bed, and crazy me is sitting at this computer checking email, answering necessary ones, and writing this blog. Then to bed. Only my back starts to hurt if … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, aches and pains, aging, fighting 'sick', nausea, self care, still crazy
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Loss Of Longtime Partner
An old friend from college was out of town when her husband, in his late eighties, but quite healthy, became ill. There was a lot of scrambling to get him into good enough shape to board an airplane for their … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, death, disturbing loss, engaging with life, finding answers, giving comfort, last third of life, letting go, losing a partner, losing friends, loss of loved ones, meaning of life, moving on, returning joy
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Far Away From Loved Ones
My partner, Wonono, and I visited my daughters in Bend a couple of weeks ago. Bend is eight hours from our home, and though beautiful, a pretty long haul here and back. My grandchildren were obviously excited to see us, … Continue reading
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Tagged adult relations with adult kids, aging, conundrum, distance from loved ones, friends vs. adult kids, living life fully, too close too far
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The Difficulty Of Aging
Talk about transitions! Two weeks ago I turned seventy, and let me tell you, I am having a hard time with it. For some reason, seventy sounds old to me. Of course this has nothing to do with any actual … Continue reading
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Tagged 'new' seventy, 'right' partner, acceptance, aging, celebration, eating sadness away, good friends, hard time, healthy, impending doom, landmark age, loving family, old
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Aging
During my last visit with my daughters, one of them sat me down to talk about my memory loss. She and her sister were concerned, she said. Of course I know that I forget things, and forget more than I … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, family discussion, fear of infirmity, grand plan, health in aging, memory loss, mental health, old vs. middle aged
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Losing It
This past week has been a hell of a week. I am writing about it because I presume most of you who read these posts are, like me, in the last third of your lives. In the last year I … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, changing patterns, frightening change, getting older, last third of life, life-long habits, memory loss, mental multi-tasker, slowing down
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I’m A Lousy Sick Person
Week before last I woke up with a crick in my back. It wasn’t bad, so I took my Nia class Thursday and swam on Friday. Monday when I woke up it was worse. By Tuesday I could only walk … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, endless process, expecting good health, fear of illness, getting sick, healing, ice packs, inactivity, personal problem, resentment, sickness
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