What do you regret that you can't do any more?

I do the exercise where you get out of a chair or sofa with out holding on the sides. One of the things I was told to do when I broke my hip. I also like to walk.

I can't attract wolf whistles like I used to, I think that is a hate crime in itself......how dare they stop just because I doubled in size and got old. Cunning linking of two threads here.

There are other things of course due to spinal injury, fibro and arthritis so my advice is do everything you can, while you can......

Reading without glasses would be a luxury, being pain free would be a miracle....just being able to make an arrangement to do something and having confidence that I will indeed be there on the day.

What goes with age is sometimes physical confidence..........and suddenly you realise how your own shrunken life is all you have left.

I may download some wolf whistles just for home use.

Stand on my head. Not even sure I can't do it anymore, but I'm too scared to try.

Being as supple as I used to be/ kneeling easily.
After three major ops seems things have taken toll.
Stretching exercises help and strengthen though ☺️

Ooh Cherry tree I do that- seem to groan loudly when stNding up from chair. Didnt know I did it till someone (youger) laughed and imitated me!

I have such vile feelings towards people who run past me down the stairs in M&S . Seriously.

Bend!

So many things especially the gardening. Latest thing is the ability to stay awake during a TV programme or reading a book.

Dying my hair auburn, I used to love it and it looked natural as I had right skin colouring, don't suit it now and white roots come in too quick.

Wearing high heels - so glamorous - I used to wear them all the time but now I'm afraid of falling; lifting my grandchildren, hearing well without hearing aids, reading without glasses. It's not great growing old, but better than the alternative!

I can't do fine hand sewing or embroidery any more. Can't do knitting either. Scissors are becoming a bit awkward too. I have arthritis in both thumbs so gripping something very small, like a sewing needle, is tricky.

Getting out of a low chair, or up off the floor.
Kneeling - agony for the poor knees.
Baths - has to be showers now.
Reading without glasses.

My old schoolfriend, who is 63 like me, still goes on walking holidays and my cousin, who is 75, manages really challenging hikes, so God knows why I'm so feeble. On the other hand, neither of them has arthritis like me. Maybe, one day, I'll get artificial knees and a new spring in my step...

Make decisions without agonising!

I can't dance since I had both hips done - I used to love dancing with DH - great fun. Can't sleep without pain, only ever shower and ache all over after any exercise. Still, life is not too bad and still do as much as I can although I do feel a bit of a dodder ear at times!

Dodderer!

There isn't much that I could do then that I can't do now –whether pirouettes or handstands, cook a meal for fifty people or write a book. I don't sing any more – except for my one-year-old grandson when we row the boat and chant about the wheels on the bus as I change his nappy – as the gin-soaked vocal chords can't hold the notes any more. However, the last time a man under thirty-five chatted me up rather than just chatted was probably about five or six years ago – but I wasn't trying then and I'm certainly not trying now! Moreover, I have recently learned to do some things that I can do now that I couldn't do then.

I have such a long list , I won't bore you with it. Hopefully after my hip op I shall be able to at least sit down in comfort!!!

Hip op sounds cool if I drop the aitch!.

I really can't run anymore. Tried to run with the dog and managed about 6 steps before I was out of breath and my legs had to stop.