am I really that old?

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18 Nov 2009, 7:26 pm

Went for my annual physical today and they hooked me up to an EKG monitor to take a one minute reading. It was fine.

Anyway, I'm noticing new procedures that they're doing due to age.

Frankly, I don't feel old at all. I feel like a 20 year old but I guess of my chronological age (36), they need to poke their fingers in places and hook me up to machines to make sure I'm not going to kick the bucket I guess. The doc also ashed about my joints. That, above the prostate exam was what got me thinking about my age.

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18 Nov 2009, 8:00 pm

Well, if you're planning to live to be about 72, then you're already exactly middle-aged.

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18 Nov 2009, 8:54 pm

digger1 wrote:

Wow, you seem pretty young for all that. I just asked my doctor what my husband could expect at his physical (which he hasn't had in 10 years), and she listed off a few things which I don't remember, but none of them involved being hooked up to an EKG monitor. I think they check for testicular cancer at his age, but not prostate unless you show symptoms. He's 41.

I'm 42, and they don't do much of anything, aside from a gyn exam, which of course wouldn't apply to you.

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18 Nov 2009, 9:07 pm

You have outlived the average person in Africa.

Your getting to the age where you will sometimes wake up feeling like crap & didn't party all night. You may be in good health and exercise on a regular basis, but you will soon starting noticing the signs of age.

Your no longer a kid, now it time for the maintenance stage of life.

My neighbor has a classic Dodge Charger with a 440 & a six-pack. It can still take the majority of the newer cars in a race... he just has to maintain it a bit more then he used to.

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18 Nov 2009, 10:48 pm

Did nobody consider insurance premiums?

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19 Nov 2009, 9:56 am

half of the tests you'll find are generally unnessecary, they just want to get your monies.

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19 Nov 2009, 10:33 am

Wait until you get to my age. Forget healthcare; I get telesales calls from people trying to sell me a coffin.

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