Originally Posted by
xizangstan
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?
There are two kinds of people, those who say "I Can't", and those who prove they can, by doing it. One solution for you might be a 'bent to deal with the perianal issues. Get a mirror so you can see the cars behind you, rather then relying on sound and see an Orthopaedic surgeon about that knee. The biggest limiting factor is psychological, when you convince yourself that you are no longer capable, then you become no longer capable. It's like the guy who ran a marathon at age 100, he thought he could do it, and then went ahead and proved that he could.