I know it makes sense, but I am still baffled

I have been in the hospital more in the past four years, than in the previous 60+ years combined.

I know it can be attributed to my aging body wearing out, but I still have to fight it.

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Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F

I know it’s tv , but I see on tv , older people being fit and defying the odds or the stereotypes of old age and look and feel better than when they were younger

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@Monalisasmith86 Not just on TV. In real life too. I'm 69 and apart from high blood pressure that responds well to pills I feel as fit as ever.

My grandparents were seriously old people by the same age, those who were still alive that is

Modern life is much easier than it was sixty years ago.

Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F

@ninalanyon I’m sure it is my mums 71 this year and does everything around the house and age looks 55 not 71 has no arthritis and has all her teeth

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@Monalisasmith86 When I visited a dentist in Norway for the first time after moving there I mentioned that my father had dentures before he was sixty and that I was hoping to avoid that. The dentist looked at me as though I had sworn in church and told me in no uncertain terms that dentures were not on the agenda while he was treating me.

He's been treating me now for the last thirty years and I still have all my own teeth , well minus a couple removed as child in England