Have you noticed the lose of an ability as you get older.

Another shout-out for Pilates. I don’t play netball anymore but I can do things like bending down to get things out of cupboards & getting up reasonably gracefully from the floor that I couldn’t do 5 years ago.
A physio I know says ‘motion is lotion’ so if anything feels as though it’s seizing up I get moving & it seems to work.

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lovebeigcardigans that is precisely it - as time has progressed and you have become even wiser and more knowledgeable you have a lot more information to sift throught, and therefore it takes slightly longer. Slowing up - naa!

My hands are pretty useless; there aren't any real problems but i don't have any strength in them, and these days they seem to be there just to wstop my wrists fraying.

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I was coping with old age until I had a recent cataract operation which means that the eye which has always been very, very short sighted suddenly has much improved sight. The first time I saw myself in the bathroom mirror was a very unpleasant shock! Wrinkles x 1000 revealed!!!!

I realised old age was creeping up when playing with DGD a year or two ago. She said 'Jump, Grandma'. I tried... Somehow I just can't jump. As well as all the other stuff like many posts on here. Everything's slowly going downhill. Actually, quite quickly in some instances.

Joined up writing (seriously). My joined up writing is worse than a 90 year old GP. I have to write in capitals. Could be age, could be 30 years in IT industry where most things were typed. Could be laziness!

I am 77 and before a total knee operation in March I thought I was Wonderwoman. The brutality of the op, and total lack of aftercare owing to Corvid brought on an excruciating attack of inflammatory arthritis which means I now have a painful limp, can’t drive, can’t bend, can’t cut toenails, can’t kneel, suffer fatigue etc. I have a very complicated drugs regime which has reduced some pain but I now have much more sympathy for disabled people than formerly. It’s so hard to face physical disability when you’ve been arrogantly fit in former years.

travelsafar Like you I could not sit cross legged but I started Pilates just before last Christmas and now it is no bother to me. A good Pilates instructor could help you stretch out stiff joints. ?

The end of last year, I fell down the stairs and broke my ankle and wrist. Before this I would walk a few miles a day, when the casts were removed, I realised I had lost the ability to walk far, 50 yards and I had to stop and rest. I have however I have built my walking up and now back to doing 3-4 miles a day or more. I think doing exercise each day keeps us healthy and happy.

I don't have the strength in my arms any more. I find hoisting the up and over garage door is like a mini work-out. The injuries from a train crash 30 years ago have left me with severe lower spine problems but I know that sitting down is not the answer. Keep moving about even if it can only be in short bursts. The main thing is I am still breathing in and out, so life is good.

Most of the above plus the ability to control wind when walking across the room after eating peas or sweetcorn. The rhythm impresses Mr Norder.

I should feel quite happy at being able to cope with some of the same conditions that try people here who are years younger. I am 80.
I could ski 50 years ago but always found it difficult to right myself. The getting up is still difficult now I don't ski. In my childhood my eyes reacted strongly to swimming. Now I no longer do the swimming but they react strongly anyway, even to a positional change or a draught
My brain still seems ok so am left in the wonderful world of my head, memories and imagination. I think I get far more joy out of trying to write stuff than I ever did at school
Why, even this morning, my brain seemed to want to start on an essay ' dieing is a strange process'

I am one of the lucky ones, but I do know the difficulty of opening jars, but as someone has already said you can get a gadget that opens jars and bottles and another that turns taps on and off.

I can't dig the garden any longer, and are far less confident on ladders or step-ladders than I used to be.

I find if I bend over I get indigestion. Kneeling is problematic as I struggle to get up and if I squat then I am in real trouble. My eyesight has changed and I was cooking yesterday with my glasses on and saw that the kitchen needs a real good deep clean. (Shock., horror) How do crumbs get in the drawer when the drawer is closed? Also have to be careful of my back. BUT things could be worse.

At 64, I'm a little hard of hearing, hands are weaker, legs are weaker. I cant kneel on hard surfaces and always need something to lean on/pull myself up.
Walking club is fun but stiles are difficult on country walks. Hills are harder.
My challenge this month is to do my exersises again for balance, stregth and flexibility
I'm in a walk every day group on FB and its brilliant fir motivation

At 64 am a tad slower doing things, whereas everything had to be done at a fast pace previously. I still do everything, but unable to jump on a horse anymore and need a fence or something solid for me to get up. Mind you they are 3 very big horses anyway. I do have arthritis, but refuse for it to rule, so pop an anti inflammatory in the morning and continue on. Can still climb the ladders, kneel down and run but slower, mainly because I have heavy steel capped boots on. I rescue all sorts of livestock and because they free roam am outside feeding, cleaning or playing with them. Stay positive and don’t let that old age rule is my belief

I have noticed that when I get up from the floor these days I do it exactly like a baby who’s just learned to walk! ?

Relax Polnan, you're certainly not alone. Quite the contrary is my impression. Physically I'm pretty fit. Can run, walk sprightly etc. Gymnastics? Not a chance. My thinking tells me I'm still able to ride a bike. Believe I'm about to try pretty soon!!! Mmmmm..... However, I have these crazy memory lapses. Yesterday it took me 1m 43s to recall Helen Mirren. Yep, I know who she is fine well but.....dearie me. Resorted to the old alphabet trick (wish I knew how that works) with success. I suspect I'm slowing up at many things but it's happening so gradually that I don't particularly notice. Life in general is pretty good. I consider myself one pretty fortunate person at the moment.

Well this morning I was convinced "I'm gaun aff ma heid"!! I've lost my hearing aid, my purse and bus pass!! Happily the latter two have been found!!
Joints are a problem, if I get down on the floor, heaven help me to get back up!! Most else OK!!

I am 75, laughterlines and still sit on the sofa with my legs curled up underneath me, can get in and out of the bath (though I prefer a shower) and can - just about - cut my own toenails after said bath. I am not looking forward to not being able to do these things but, if it comes, it comes.

Like many other posters, I struggle with bending, getting up and down etc. I'm really stiff in the mornings, and struggle to do the gardening which I used to love! I have days where everything is too much trouble and like Laughterlines Have done nothing except cook a mid-day meal, in the whole day and still find myself exhausted by 9.00 pm. I'm 72, have Diabetes, Glaucoma and High Blood Pressure. No - NOT enjoying getting older at all!

I can still it legged and with m feet under me on the sofa .I am nearly 63.its weird as I couldn't sit crossed legged as a child as I have muscle Skelton problems on t of my leg bones being not straight.yes do suffer from spinal pain.but just on paracetemols.I do have spinal Injection but not since last October.have them every 6 months not this year due to the virus.I am stiff n The mornings though and my right knee clicks.but I can still t on the sofa with my feet under me.

Something else I've noticed - my brain cells are slowing down. I love quizzing and used to answer questions quite quickly but now there are so many more 'filing cabinets' in the old brain box to search through it takes much longer.

I'm nearly 83, and I think I am physically better than I thought I would be at this age. My knees are artificial but I can still walk a reasonable distance. My arthritic spine is awful and I have to plan my day around it. Apart from that I seem quite fit and am still able to do most things. I can't kneel well, I can't climb rocks on Dartmoor any more, I am terrible at opening tins and jars without a device. I hate climbing ladders. But I feel quite lucky really. And because I live alone I have to make myself do things, and maybe that is good.