Over the hill at 60? Why am I falling apart so soon?

For me luckily it has been around my 70th birthday that things started to happen. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis of the neck and shoulder, problems with vision and hearing loss. I believe that the latter 2 issues may result from having measles at the age of 5. I do know how lucky I am and I can still lead an active life and travel. It just seems that it’s all gone wrong at the same time!

Yea, 60 seems to be the age of ailments for us. I had shingles and torn shoulder tendons . Not that bad , just nothing before 60. Husband got 2 lots of different cancers in 2 years . Both still early 60s . Never felt old at 59, but 60s, hmmmm , somehow it’s different.

I don't smoke, don't drink much, I'm veggie

Hopefully you haven’t left it too late!

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Yep me too, perforated ear, creeks and pains etc not good.

I could almost have written your post myself. All my niggles are small but add them up and they are a pain. Digestive issues, gallbladder removal, inner ear problems. painful knees, waterworks problems, moan, moan, moan. The one lesson I have learnt is to make the most of each day, heed my diet, the people I mix with and the weather. If I do this, I feel a lot happier as I am not who I was, so will be who I am now and make the most of it. Hope you find your mojo despite creaky door syndrome. Sorry, that is my phrase for it.

They call them, the hospital years, don't they? I was very resentful in my early 40s that I spent 2 or more days a week in hospital, mainly with elderly people.

Not looking to the recurrence of it!

Thanks Ladies, and I am sorry to hear of your troubles, what I really mean though, is that I was totally healthy until 60 ish, then, BAM, I had all this stuff all at once, which I think is a bit odd. I totally understand that as I approach 'old age' I will get more and more things go wrong, but it seems odd to have had so much all at once.

It was 70 in my case. I guess that I can count myself lucky that I remained relatively healthy until then. The worst of it was having skin cancer diagnosed some three years ago now. All early diagnoses, 2 of which were Basal Cell, but the third was a Malignant Melanoma, which was a bit of a shocker. All an unfortunate inheritance from living in Singapore, Cyprus and Portugal, with far too much sun. So I'm on a 6 monthly check-up for life now. I've also had high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and sleep apnoea, but having lost 7 stone in two years (total change of eating habits), all of those are now a memory. Mobility issues too, with the usual aches and pains, but the bottom line, and yes, it's a bit of a cliche, but I have friends and family who are much worse off, so despite everything, I'm still counting my blessings. Yes, growing old is a bit of a bummer, but it's far better than the alternative...

My mother, on being congratulated on her 60th birthday, replied
“Now all my ailments will start”…
I’m 16 years on and bc twice, high blood pressure and a bad back, but that dates back to my twenties.
Maybe she was right!

I's so sorry to hear that, I hope that is all you are going to get! How odd that it seems to start at 60!

I was the same! I retired at 60 and in the past ten years I’ve had the following: emergency removal of gall bladder, gout, both knees partially replaced, damaged shoulder, high blood pressure diagnosis and breast cancer. The only thing which has slightly improved are my migraines, but I still get three or four a month.