OLD age re visited.

One thing I can say to ALL YOU KIND FOLKS ,THANKS FOR YOUR KIND REPLY"S.Guess I"ve had the blues way to long,and age made me feel hopeless. EAch and EVERY ONE of yor kind reply"s made me re-examine my own worth. I Do have a LOVING family, who deeply cares for me, and so maybe that I"m not the man I use to be, being able to contribute to the family and friends,hit me pretty hard. Finding the strength to pull life back together is truly difficult at times.You folks have given me a lesson to work at. Gonna back off the worry and sort things all over again. Problems will surface from time to time, but I surely don"t want em to hit all at once. You folks have shared your way of handling problems with in your own life,so I can say I do APPRECIATE your concern.May God bless each and every one of you who shared your thoughts and great advice. IT HELPS ME to CONTINUE. Warmest Reguards. LOU.

we would like to thank you Lou for being on this site, you are a kind thoughtful man and we wish you and your family the very best of luck.

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Anyone that has the I want to as you did with the little crawler will find a way to "want to " this life thing. We are all with you and will be watching..I think the long livers are thos that don,t quit and just keep pushing.. Regards.JM.

Lou-

I read your post yesterday and decided not to jump in because all of the other folks were saying a lot of good stuff.

But now I'll add my $.02. I went through a couple of real rough years with depression awhile back and got through it through sheer determination and the support of my family. Family--that's the number one most important thing.

The scecond important thing is keeping busy--don't let there be a lot of "dead time." You seem to be handling that OK.

As far as my present day abilities, I'm older than I used to be--isn't everyone? I'm 67 and now swallow my pride and ask my sons for help when I'm confronted with things that I used to do easily by myself 30 years ago. I've always plowed our driveways in the winter but now my sons show up, put the plow on the Cherokee and take care of it. I could still do it but it's now sort of a "....the torch is passed..." kind of thing. And I'm OK with it. I still have plenty of things to do that I can do myself without help. I'm not an invalid--just a little slower and maybe wiser than I used to be.


I think you are going to be fine. The fact that you recognize the issue and have chosen to air it out indicates that.

Since 1997 I've been a BAD wreck,and got broke up,and lost Mom and Dad,plus other family and friends.
I can't do what I'd like to for the injuries,and a lot of pain.I have to be careful about depression,and belive I get by by keeping busy.
I just try to think how much better off I'm than some,and that how close I came to dying in "97.
Depression is REAL not an excuse for not working.
Wish you the best of luck.

I have had troubles the last few years, a heart attack with damage,I had surgery that was supposed to take a year to get over,then a ladder collapsed and broke my hip,I got by and kept my good cheer by good friends,Many came and visited me and cut my firewood and did what ever need done plus family were there for me,I feel things like that made me heal faster and want to get back to normal faster

LOU just look at it this way. If a really nasty job comes up you now have a way to get out of it. Just say I am to old to be doing that.

So just sit back and relax. Have a drink and do what you can.

Lou you do need to get a hold of yourself.
As long as you have a voice either my mouth or by the web the wisdom that you have to teach others is important too.

I went through He77 less that 20 years ago so bad (without getting into detail) That I slept with a loaded shotgun,felt I wasn't even man enough to pull the trigger.
I woke the next morning and realized that life wasn't made for me I had to make my life with the little pieces I was left with.

I turned to God He truly saved me .

I still get down at times, but I look at it as a test, and not a punishment.

Depression is a common medical disease, and NOT any kind of moral or character defect. Doctors can help some, but family and friends are the only cure. The opposite of Love is not hate, it is "nothing". Doing nothing is never a good choice.

So Lou.........Did you get that junk polished?????? Let's see some pics.
Dave

Did some work on the old stable roof today,I shingled it 30 years ago and it was a lot easier then.Im strapping it with 2x4s and putting on metal.The roof is 74 x 14 , not much pitch.I worried about doing it for a long while but that was just time wasted.Im doing the leaky part, will finish next spring.I worked on it until I got pooped, happens fast now.My dog is better now.I gave him his medicine mixed with melted vanilla ice cream.I quit the roof at 2pm and had a good lunch then sat down and watched TV and tossed toys to the dog.It started raining about 3 pm.So things are better now than they were last week.