I’m not exactly sure how to live a long time without getting old, but surely someone is working on a pill to do just that. Of course, it will have to be Medicare approved. Getting old just has too many challenges to be much fun.
My in-laws have gotten old. They are in an assisted living center, but still require a lot of attention, especially trying to fix what ever they have done on any given day. They have the cable company out more than often to work on the TV service, which is fine. Then there was the incident where my mother-in-law lost her old dentures when she got them replaced. The dentist had given them to her in a container so she would have them if she had any trouble with the new chewers. She blamed everyone but my ace number one daughter’s two dogs for them being lost. The dentures were found several days later in the underwear drawer of her check of drawers. Don’t bother asking how they got there.
Father-in-law lost his wallet last week. It contained a credit card, although I don’t understand why. The mystery was solved three days later when said wallet was found on a shelf under some newspapers. Are you starting to understand why getting old is challenging?
I, myself, am discovering that I forget a lot more than I used to. Or maybe, I never had a good memory to start with.
The only upside of getting old is that you don’t know that you don’t know.
PMO
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