Now that I'm at the threshold of turning 65, I'm realizing that I'm not 19 anymore. Not even 29 or 39. Things have started happening to my body and I really don't like it. So here in this Fifty Plus group, I'm looking for moral support and maybe some suggestions with how to cope.

I have a stent in one of my coronary arteries and I think I may be needing another soon. My left knee is gone, which is why I bicycle instead of walk (to keep the weight off the knee). I've crushed my perianal tissues so long that I have urinary tract infections and strictures grow to block. And my hearing is bad enough that I have two hearing aids.

Maybe of all the things that bother me, it's the crushed urethra, and the bad hearing. If I wear my hearing aids out on the bike I get a ton of wind noise. If I don't wear the hearing aids, I'm not good at picking up on cars approaching from behind.

So, all you wise and informed mature folks - how do you cope? What are you experiencing, and how are you dealing with it to stay on the bike?