[AT] Old tractors and old men

[charlie hill]

I'm 66 now and according to my doctors and all the tests
I'm in good shape.  Blood and urine work all looks good.
No severe prostate problems yet, etc. but my legs are giving
me a fit.  Doc tells me my knees are far enough gone to replace
yet but they are a bit unstable and grind at times.  My right hip
is hurting me.  My ankles have been bad since I tore them up
playing football as a kid.  All of that together along with the stress
and inactivity of looking out for my mom for two years until her death
have turned me in to an aching,  out of shape  old man.  I have been
cleared by my doctors and a physical therapist to go to the gym and
try to get back in shape and I'm going to do that soon.  luckily my 
insurance
will pay for most of the cost of that through a program called Silver and 
Fit.
Others may have access to another program called Silver Sneakers.
My urologist did a CT scan of my kidneys and bladder recently.  He didn't 
find
any problem there other than benign prostate hyperplasia but he did notice 
that
I have some deteriorating discs in my lower back so I guess I need to be 
careful
at the gym.

Speaking of farming.  As sad as I am that my mom is now gone on, I always 
thought
that when that day came I'd be free to do something different with our small 
farm.
I wanted to try farming some sweet potatoes, pumpkins, water melons, and 
veggies for
sale at a road side stand.  I have almost all the equipment I need to do it 
and I even
have irrigation equipment left over from our tobacco farming days.  However, 
I just don't
have the drive and motivation to do it now.  I also thought at this age I'd 
be able to restore
my tractors and old trucks but I don't have much enthusiasm for that either.

Oh well.  At least I'm on the green side of the grass.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ralph Goff
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 11:10 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Old tractors and old men

On 2/2/2017 7:19 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
> This will be somewhat of a ramble  not being able
> to work without pain and even then taking all day for a 1 hour job does
> get me down. I hope my thoughts are sort of clear and are not to off
> topic as these problems affect old iron in a big way.
>                  Greg Hass
> _______________________________________________
Sounds familiar. Seems every day lately I'm reminded of the old saying,
"getting old ain't for sissies!"
Some days the alternative looks better.  Seriously, if you don't have
good health it takes the fun out
of work and life in general.
Not admitting that I'm old at 63 but I've been suffering back pain for
the past week probably from
lifting that pto off the Cockshutt tractor. I knew it was not a good
idea but I'm a slow learner. Not
like its the first time I've injured my back.
So far walking has never been a problem but standing for long or laying
under a piece of machinery
is not as easy as it used to be.
Running older equipment here too and I'm just lucky to have a mechanic
in the family to come to my
rescue many times. I'm not good at asking for help though.
I'm not much help Greg but I do hope you get to feeling better and find
a way to take it easier while
still getting done what needs to be done.

Ralph in Sask.
>

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