Do any of you guys have this problem

• Hobby farm

After being borderline diabetic for years, the Doc told me that I now have Type II diabetes. But the oral medications seem to be working--and I feel better than before I started taking them.

You might want to get checked out if you haven't had a physical for awhile. The doctors might find something and might be able to make you feel a whole lot better.

I have forgotten why you are disabled. But living with a disability is very taxing and often leads to depression. Most depression is treatable and the anti-depressants can really help with the symptoms, one of which is having trouble getting anything done.

Ageing is a bit**! and not easy for most people. But it does seem better than the alternative. Good luck!

I enjoy walking 3 - 4 miles in the morning with my dog, I enjoy working in the shop 6 to 8 hours a day on my tractor restoration, I enjoy boating on the lake once a week, I enjoy riding the ATV in the spring and fall, I enjoy working around the outside of the house. I enjoy visits from my grandkids.

In my shop I have a large soft recliner that sits in front of the wood stove. I take a rest there two or three times a day when working in the shop. I even take a daily nap there.

This is what I like about retirement, work when you want to, rest when you feel like it, and play as often as the weather will allow.

But as Old said, sometimes I feel like just resting all day. I don't let it happen too often because I am concerned that if I do, it may become normal. I saw my healthy uncle retire and sit down in front of the TV. He was dead 6 months later from "normal conditions".

Disabilities are a different thing and I can't relate to their effects combined with aging. Hang in there Old.

Areo

I believe a lot of it has to do with ones daily regimen, those who can exercise daily, even 3 times a week, and also maintain a diet that provides good nutrients, get adequate rest, usually maintain a better quality of life longer as they age. I've noticed it helps, because I am also starting to notice how much one can drag when you don't get enough sleep, or work really hard all day, seems like you have nothing left and then it gets you, you start slowing down or literally have nothing left. High stress is another bad thing, nothing good about a stressful life, or job.

Ya ever have one of those dreams where you are trying to move or do something and no matter what you do it's like being in slow motion, that is what I compare this slowing down thing, and it is so annoying, can remember going gangbusters at so many jobs, used to jump on off trucks like it was nothing, now I step off the truck onto a ladder, carefully. LOL !

It's so easy to talk about, planning a good diet and following an exercise routine, but it takes time and money, good food ain't cheap and with the work/family schedules a lot of people keep, it becomes a monumental task sometimes.

Sometimes you have to invest a little in yourself. I think that is a good thing, go take that walk or prepare a good meal for yourself or get the rest you need. No one is any good when exhausted, malnurished, overworked, or stressed out. Sometimes you have no choice, but when you do, invest a little in yourself, it's worth it.

You know I was surprised, had been chomping on those clif bar energy bars every so often, and they are a real pick me up, get em at the place I hate to support, walmart.

I think aging is a trade off, we lose our physical ability slowly, but we get smarter so it is not that bad.

Oh boy I just can't wait

I do find that it's harder to get up and go to work than it is to get up and go to play. Enjoying what you're doing helps, but it's not the cure-all for that thing called age that sooner or later gets all of us.....

frank