Organ Recital.

[Sigmund]

Good evening.

When we have our family get togethers the generations eventually group up. The elders will move into the living room and start talking about their pains and ailments. We call it "The Organ Recital".

Or we used to until we *youngsters* were no longer as young as we thought.

My age caught up with me when I ate sardines after 8pm. Apparently, my young stomach could handle a sardine on a cracker with a chunk of onion and squirt of mustard (THE only correct way to eat a sardine FYI.) anytime of the night or day. My old stomach could not/would not at let me know. Reflux.

Your pains, ailments, evidence of aging, please.



Peace.

 

[Dana Jean]

WHen I get into the throes of creating some piece of art or craft or whatever you want to call it, if I have myself in a set position for any length of time, I don't notice a problem until my bones start screaming at me. Especially if I have been down on the ground and have to stand up. It is a very slow job of moving to a standing position. My bones are quite frozen and fused up and hurt like hell when I try to straighten. I look like a candy cane until I can get the joints moving again.

 

[Lily Sawyer]

If I'm bent over in the garden doing yardwork for a long period of time, my back hurts the next day. Not fun.

 

[Lepplady]

I thought this thread's title was "Organ Rectal." I was expecting something more gruesome.

 

[skimom2]

Organs are all fine, but my back is a misery if I sit for too long (especially in a car). Herniated discs when #1 Son was about a year and a half old, and I've been paying for that ever since--lol.

 

[Lepplady]

I'm ten years older than my Tall Guy, so I'm a little farther down the road when it comes to discussing what my body's doing. The other day, he didn't feel well, kept running for the toilet, and I must have picked it up because I started trotting too. At the end of the day, I asked him how he was feeling, and he told me that his trips to the can had lessened, in some detail. And I told him how I was doing.
Then he paused and a look of horror crossed his face.
"We've become that old couple that talks about our bowels."
I couldn't help laughing. I'm more used to the thought of growing older, but I think it might have been the first time he realized that it's happening to him, too. Really realized it. Poor guy. I bought him ice cream and baked him banana bread.

 

[Dana Jean]

I used to have some major backaches, but I got one of those Teeter Inversion Tables. I love it. My back is sooooo much better.

 

[HollyGolightly]

I love that: Organ Recital. May I borrow it please? I work in a church and old folks come in for their anointing before their surgeries and man, they will go on and on about their ailments. It high entertainment for them clearly.

The Ogre and I on vacation: he pulled a groin muscle getting into the car when we headed out that morning at 4am. I got knocked down by wave and reinjured my bad knee the first day on the beach. We looked ridiculous getting in and out of the car, going up and down the stairs to the condo. The kids took phone videos of us - each hugging our own separate railing, moving like we were 85. We're both much better now.

 

[FlakeNoir]

I love that: Organ Recital. May I borrow it please? I work in a church and old folks come in for their anointing before their surgeries and man, they will go on and on about their ailments. It high entertainment for them clearly.

The Ogre and I on vacation: he pulled a groin muscle getting into the car when we headed out that morning at 4am. I got knocked down by wave and reinjured my bad knee the first day on the beach. We looked ridiculous getting in and out of the car, going up and down the stairs to the condo. The kids took phone videos of us - each hugging our own separate railing, moving like we were 85. We're both much better now.

Oh ouch you guys! (((Holly n Ogre)))

 

[Dana Jean]

I love that: Organ Recital. May I borrow it please? I work in a church and old folks come in for their anointing before their surgeries and man, they will go on and on about their ailments. It high entertainment for them clearly.

The Ogre and I on vacation: he pulled a groin muscle getting into the car when we headed out that morning at 4am. I got knocked down by wave and reinjured my bad knee the first day on the beach. We looked ridiculous getting in and out of the car, going up and down the stairs to the condo. The kids took phone videos of us - each hugging our own separate railing, moving like we were 85. We're both much better now.

Sure. sure. We'll just go with that. groin getting in the car; knee-wave. Yeah.

 

[blunthead]

Good evening.

When we have our family get togethers the generations eventually group up. The elders will move into the living room and start talking about their pains and ailments. We call it "The Organ Recital".

Or we used to until we *youngsters* were no longer as young as we thought.

My age caught up with me when I ate sardines after 8pm. Apparently, my young stomach could handle a sardine on a cracker with a chunk of onion and squirt of mustard (THE only correct way to eat a sardine FYI.) anytime of the night or day. My old stomach could not/would not at let me know. Reflux.

Your pains, ailments, evidence of aging, please.



Peace.

My reflux problem is the first thing I thought of when I read your question. That was a long time ago. Since, I've gotten used to the signs and symptoms of my demise, I'm no longer in denial, I've accepted my fate. And this a good thing. Although I can't go so far as to feel the way John Denver did. It still doesn't turn me on to think of growing old.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...bad back, bad knees...price I pay for being large and & tall...and my other issue was shared in some(TMI)detail elsewhere...

 

[Autumn Gust]

Just diagnosed with glaucoma seven months ago. It hasn't affected my eyesight at all but every night for the rest of my life I have to put drops in my eyes right before I go to bed. Hey, this probably belongs in the "What's Your Nightly Routine?" thread.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Just diagnosed with glaucoma seven months ago. It hasn't affected my eyesight at all but every night for the rest of my life I have to put drops in my eyes right before I go to bed. Hey, this probably belongs in the "What's Your Nightly Routine?" thread.

My mum has just in the last couple of weeks, been diagnosed with this too... same deal, drops in her eyes every night.

 

[EMARX]

I've got the back and knees like GNT, but they've been my companions for thirty years so I just grin and bear them. But what irks me now is the time it takes for my aches and pains to heal up. They seem to hang about for weeks now.

 

[cat in a bag]

I just love the term "Organ Recital" to describe our ailments!