Getting old HURTS!

I had a boss who informed me that “after 50 everything hurts.”

Unfortunately, he was right.
~VOW

There isn’t one. The correct question is “when does the pain get bad enough to be debilitating/not ignore?”

There is no one correct answer, circumstances et al vary, but I started feelin it just a teeny tiny bit mid 30s. Recovery was a bit slower, aches and pains were a bit more common.

Now I’m about to turn 50 and I’ve seriously (sorta) been considering moving to a less physically demanding job the past couple years. I don’t though, because I know from experience, the physical pain I will feel will be worse than the considerable discomforts induced by my current occupation.

Just like on cars of a certain age, stuff starts breaking at an increasing rate and it’s hard to keep up with the repairs. At some point you just resign yourself to that particular bit not working right or being ‘healed’ with your body’s equivalent of duct tape and scavenged wire. Individually these things are not so bad, but they compound on one another and the whispers of a thousand physical insults is relentless. At what age do you get sick of dealing and start whining? I think that depends a lot on your mileage, but I’d say the trap snaps between age 40-60. People younger than 40 with chronic pain, and people over 60 with no complaints, are unusual cases.

And everything either dries up or leaks.

Unless you run marathons and stuff, it’s hard to exercise enough so that you can lose much weight that way.

Also, starving yourself not only doesn’t work because you can’t keep it up, but ultimately it will backfire and you’ll gain the weight back, and then some.

You lose weight by changing what you eat and drink to healthier options than you’re eating now. The details of that will vary considerably from one person to the next, but that’s the gist of it. Find healthy stuff that you like, and eat more of it. Eat (and drink; sugared beverages will undermine any diet) less of the stuff that you know is bad for you. Not saying it’s easy (if it were, we’d all be slim!), but it’s doable.

Reading these posts is really scary.

When I was in my late 20’s an elderly gentleman told me “Whatever you do don’t
get old - it really sucks.” Now many years later I wish I had taken his advice.

I suggest you start by getting a different GP

Nope, avoid Advil as well. From the Mayo Clinic

My husband can no longer take ibuprofen, Tylenol does nothing for his headaches and aspirin is also a no-go. He has something else from the doctor which helps a bit, but sometimes he just suffers.

I think I was born with a hurting back. As a young person I abused it mercilessly. And being a ‘drama’ Priness I tell everyone my aches and pains. 'Cause I like sympathy. :smiley:

My family ignores my whining. Jerks!