you know that you are getting old when....

['andersom']

When you read of someone else's impending hip surgery and realise that it's only a matter of time until you are there too.

YES!!

I've known that it is very likely to be my fate since I was 20. But, it always was something for when I was really old.........

Is it empathy, coincidence, the weather, or just bound to be, that my hip is nagging today. 
It has behaved well for such a long time that I almost forgot about it being a pain now and then. 

['andersom']

When you read of someone else's impending hip surgery and realise that it's only a matter of time until you are there too.

Or you can remember when they didn't have hip replacement parts.

BTW - do you think we can get a group discount on canes? 

Can't remember that. The granddad of my Kindergarten boyfriend had a hip-replacement when I was 4, and another one a few decades after that. That was in the time that it was still a Major operation. I remember him being so pleased after the replacement. He said he could not remember his hip having been so good before.

["couldbecousin"]

When you read of someone else's impending hip surgery and realise that it's only a matter of time until you are there too.

YES!!

I've known that it is very likely to be my fate since I was 20. But, it always was something for when I was really old.........

Is it empathy, coincidence, the weather, or just bound to be, that my hip is nagging today. 
It has behaved well for such a long time that I almost forgot about it being a pain now and then. 

What's wrong with your hip? 

['andersom']

When you read of someone else's impending hip surgery and realise that it's only a matter of time until you are there too.

YES!!

I've known that it is very likely to be my fate since I was 20. But, it always was something for when I was really old.........

Is it empathy, coincidence, the weather, or just bound to be, that my hip is nagging today. 
It has behaved well for such a long time that I almost forgot about it being a pain now and then. 

What's wrong with your hip? 

Mild hip dysplasia. Genetic condition that runs in my family from my mothers side.
When I was a baby that wasn't something they checked on by default. Now they do, especially when it runs in the family. My oldest has had treatment for it.

My Grandmother, I can't remember having seen her without a cane. My Mum is getting the wobbly walk my Grandmother had. And I have had problems now and then with my hip, that stem from this.  Dancing classes for me, when I was four, to teach me to lift my right foot well. They tried fixing things with putting blocks under my right shoes at age 13. May have made some difference. When I was pregnant with the oldest, it was really bad. Now it most of the times my hip acts very well. Sometimes it just makes itself known in a sore way, telling it is still there. Nothing dramatic though, but, that could very well change.

[odeon]

When you read of someone else's impending hip surgery and realise that it's only a matter of time until you are there too.

Or you can remember when they didn't have hip replacement parts.

BTW - do you think we can get a group discount on canes? 

On the cool ones? I hope so.

[Queen Victoria]

When you read of someone else's impending hip surgery and realise that it's only a matter of time until you are there too.

Or you can remember when they didn't have hip replacement parts.

BTW - do you think we can get a group discount on canes? 

On the cool ones? I hope so.

There's a lady I see in the supermarket who has decorates her cane for the seasons.  She wraps paper around the shaft to hide it puts decals on the paper.  Quite festive and makes the children less afraid of her.

[odeon]

When you read of someone else's impending hip surgery and realise that it's only a matter of time until you are there too.

Or you can remember when they didn't have hip replacement parts.

BTW - do you think we can get a group discount on canes? 

On the cool ones? I hope so.

There's a lady I see in the supermarket who has decorates her cane for the seasons.  She wraps paper around the shaft to hide it puts decals on the paper.  Quite festive and makes the children less afraid of her.

I want mine with stuff built in.

['andersom']

When you read of someone else's impending hip surgery and realise that it's only a matter of time until you are there too.

Or you can remember when they didn't have hip replacement parts.

BTW - do you think we can get a group discount on canes? 

On the cool ones? I hope so.

There's a lady I see in the supermarket who has decorates her cane for the seasons.  She wraps paper around the shaft to hide it puts decals on the paper.  Quite festive and makes the children less afraid of her.

I want mine with stuff built in.

What kind of stuff? GPS, soundsystem? Or more Bond like, thought up by Q?

[odeon]

Both. I want a GPS, an MP3 player, AND I want missile launchers.

[Queen Victoria]

Both. I want a GPS, an MP3 player, AND I want missile launchers.

Would you settle for two Playboy bunnies to help you walk?

[odeon]

Both. I want a GPS, an MP3 player, AND I want missile launchers.

Would you settle for two Playboy bunnies to help you walk?

Okyoutalkedmeintoit.

['andersom']

Knew I was getting old today. After 4 pm, reading outside became hard, after 4:30 pm, it was impossible without the use of reading-glasses and a light.

[Queen Victoria]

Both. I want a GPS, an MP3 player, AND I want missile launchers.

Would you settle for two Playboy bunnies to help you walk?

Okyoutalkedmeintoit.

Scandinavian guys are so easy.

["couldbecousin"]

You know you're getting old when you call your mother's friend and talk to her about what your mother was like when she was younger,
and about retirement/nursing homes you have worked in, and about your health and memory issues, and about...getting old.   

[odeon]

Both. I want a GPS, an MP3 player, AND I want missile launchers.

Would you settle for two Playboy bunnies to help you walk?

Okyoutalkedmeintoit.

Scandinavian guys are so easy.

Hey, don't underestimate your persuasive powers.