This is the inevitable thread for ILxors in their forties

Everything hurts. EVERYTHING HURTS.

My knees make crunching chip sounds. I cant tolerate a drink anymore. BLARGH.

Feeling you on that.

I’m enjoying my first case of cellulitis!

fucking shoulder got me of late and a sudden case of apnea. What used to be fighting for gains is now fighting to keep above water.
not for weaklings, as they say.

cellulitis is v. unpleasant

Ngk

Mmm, cellulitis sounds like a joy. I had a bad attack of shingles earlier this year (Jan/Feb), all over my upper back and shoulders, and down my right arm from elbow to hand (including fingers and palm). It lasted close to a month, and I've still got one dark spot on my inner elbow that seems permanent.

I am 46 and don't look it at all.

My hair turned white over the last two months. I don't even care, I don't have enough of it to be bothered about, but no, I don't look like I did fifteen years ago.

i'm salt and peppering at the temples but I'm likely to be full white by 50. looking forward to it tbh!

Ive been fully silver since my 20s. Still wondering when to stop dyeing it red.

hair started falling out a decade ago. shaved it clean and never looked back.

colleagues at work recently got annoyed with me for not being in my 30s, and last month a guy tried really hard to get me to go to an under 35s meetup (i kept telling him it would be creepy and he kept saying “nah it’s fine because everyone’s under 35”)

oh i’m 45

gonna need some ID

when i sneeze it feels like my skeleton's going to blow apart

(offers Tracer a handkerchief)

I feel you. I got the flu three years ago and ended up with a cough for three months afterward. At one point, I coughed so hard a tore a rib muscle, which was fun, because it then hurt to cough.

a = I

I'm on the first day of a cold today. Can't wait to see how long it'll last, and how much all my bones will ache while it's here.

We spent 45 years together, my left ACL and I. Too bad about that poorly executed dismount from that (not even very tall!) horse.

RIP ACL, in more ways than one.

I'll miss you along with your buddy, intact meniscus.

ouch!

reminds me, I can't remember what thread it was posted in but I hope ulysses' shoulder surgery recovery is going ok

crutches are implements of the devil

^^^this. So much more difficult than I thought they would be, and now my shoulder and wrist hurt more than my knee!

thanks dan! It's two weeks post surgery and i went to my first live show with a friend in full cast-and-brace drag. Not dead yet motherfuckers!
shit still hurts a lot though and i can't really use my arm yet for more than typing. prognosis is a month to lose the cast and maybe three to six to start to not hurt anymore after physical therapy?
sorry about your acl quincie, that sounds terrible! i understand your crutch pain; the sling is just about breaking my neck!

cast and sling at a show - what a hero! that’s some dedication.
i hope the rehab time is not too painful.

for a week after I broke my shoulder i had the old fashioned round the neck triangle sling .... fuuuuck that, it was like carrying a fkn millstone.

now in the newfangled sling (hopefully only a few more days, then 2 months of physio) - new sling is for sure better, but it still gets exhausting carrying your own arm’s dead weight esp in summer.
last thing i want to do is put on my messenger-style crossbody bag for work now, I’m already carrying plenty ugh

in some ways the worst part of shoulder surgery recovery for me was feeling that I couldn't wash myself properly, not being able to use one arm

the whole process felt like it went by quickly though, thinking back on it

er sorry not "Cast"... sling and brace! luckily no cast for me. Slings do COMPLETELY suck though. I'm not looking forward to PT.
Also: not carrying a backpack in new york is like leaving home without pants. what the fuck am i supposed to do without a water bottle in this city?

xp to dan: i washed my right armpit with my left arm today and it felt like a tangible if small victory

lol I remember that experience

health & healing, forks

on sneezing: broke a couple of ribs earlier this year, & for months had to stand and brace myself against a doorframe if I felt a sneeze coming on

As of July I'm the right age to join this thread, but uh, looks a bit grim? I mean I already have arthritis and WPW syndrome, what other wonders will the decade have in store?

you 40-something year olds should just revel in the fact that you're still sweet babies

I do!

on here, yes! but at work most of the people I encounter are 17-23 y/o and I am some sort of creature from before the dawn of time.

you are at the best age seriously

I was at a bat mitzvah party at the w/e and I couldn't: a) dance, bcs the music was aimed at 13 y/o girls and I didnt know any of the tunes, or b) talk to people, bcs I can't hear what they're saying in that atmosphere. So I end up sitting alone with a drink, which is fine by me, but looks rather rude. Or as if I'm having a terrible time.

so i might have nerve damage to my left foot which is fun

aside from my body falling apart my '40s are fucking fantastic, best time of my life

It's been a year for me for sure. More annoying random pains, then there was the bilateral hernia surgery, some physical therapy starting next week, a sleep study in a month's time...none of it really surprising but truly, I'm not young anymore. 18 months to 50!

"Ric Ocasek was 75? Damn! That must mean, what, he was 50 when Heartbeat City came out? That can't be right?"

"1984 was 35 years ago."

...

"Damn!"

;_;

"1984 was 35 years ago."

yup. got my 35th wedding anniversary coming up in a few weeks. it tallies.

well i say fuck it, let's put this plane in reverse

(places seat back in fully upright position, fastens belt, grits teeth)

which means next year we will be as far in the future of 1984, as 1984 was to 1948.

We can talk about "the Twenties" next year too, ugh.

40 next year. I know.

I felt like I was dying yesterday after a bad combination of foods/ales/wine/brandy/prescription drugs. I was a sweaty mess and passing blood and having ocular migraines. When people say hangovers become much deathly feeling in your 40's they aren't kidding. The worst thing is I didn't even get massively pissed, just slightly overdid it. Feel so much better today and not taking my good health for granted - have already walked 3.5 miles and am pledging to stay within my tried + tested lol safe limits on boozing in future.

starting to think this fabled “crazy old man strength” isn’t a thing

Maybe it kicks in once you hit your 70s. Gotta keep the dream alive.

i turned 40 this year
the crazy thing to me is that since i started dating my wife in college, we've now been together more than half of my life. i've been with her longer than i've not been with her. that's nuts

My neck has gotten crunchy.

My spouse and I also talk about how we've now been together more than half of my life.