What can you no longer do?

[ItsTapasTime]

I’ll start. I have donated blood since my university days (80’s). I can’t do that now as I was diagnosed with cancer in. 2022. It’s strange, but this is a thing that really upsets me.

Cocaine.

Give any fucks.

Amphetamine,acid,E,hash ,coke,weed,downers.

Drive in the dark

That sucks! My dgs1 has that. Sending you positive thoughts.

I’m 50 and I have just realised I can’t read without glasses. I know that it comes to us all but fuck me it’s a ballache.

Hilariously my 45 year old husband has had the same thing happen to him so I gloat I got an extra 5 years!

I can’t do anything strenuous without pain now. Exercise, DIY, gardening- they all take their toll for days or even weeks. I used to be so fit!

Sleep through the night

Oooh, lots of these. I am 46 for context. I can’t eat toffees because of my numerous fillings and crowns; can barely tolerate alcohol any more; can’t do social events (I still occasionally do them but don’t enjoy them very much these days). Can’t eat whatever I want without considering whether it’s going to exacerbate my heartburn and/or slow digestive system. Can’t go on a trampoline or skip with a rope because of dodgy pelvic floor.

But there’s a few here I can still do and I’m grateful for that. I can drink tea till 11pm and still sleep like a log. I can get up from the floor without using my hands. And I can almost do the splits- or at least I’m the closest I’ve ever been to being able to do it thanks to yoga and loads of stretching.

@ItsTapasTime I hope treatments are working for you. These little changes can be the hardest.
@Maddy70 My late husband dreaded the picc line - he saw that as the worst.

Kneel - knee replacement (also run, trampoline)
Sleep through the night
Focus long enough to read a book
See without glasses

Same - so strange isn't it? All my life I've loved reading even though the type of books changed over time I still loved being immersed in them. I haven't read a book for well over a year and I feel bereft.

I also cant give blood because it turns out im in the minority and allergic to chlorhexidine which they prep the skin with, apparently anaphylaxis isnt a recommended part of donation 😐

Snap. I have to get up at least twice every night to wee. I really wish I could sleep undisturbed like I used to.

Read a Book! I haven't lost my ability to Read but I can't get into Books anymore 😞 Tried so many and it's like my Brain is never relaxed enough to fully emerge myself in the Story.

Tie a surgical knot one-handed.
Calculus.
Speak French well enough to have a conversation.
Wear earrings.
Travel for half fare on the bus.

Sleep beyond 6am without needing a wee.

Pretty much anything I could do when I was 20 😞

With everyone else on the reading! Well I read constantly but it’s nothing substantial.

Child’s pose in yoga. I remember in my 20s watching older people fail to get into it completely and wondering how this was possible. Now my head is inches away from the floor and my bum even further from my heels. Trying to reverse this now with daily practice!

Clean windows, lift bags of pellets and scrub floors without getting horrendously out of breath!!!! (Had long Covid, fitness nearly back but weirdly these three things give me chest pains!!)

Dance like no one is watching 😅😅😅

Remember all the words to Eminem raps🙈

Sleep a full night

live without checking a phone (working on changing this!)

Any meaningful exercise . No flexibility at all . Also no longer enjoy reading. Wonder if this is a result of socials shortening our attention spans.

wear shoes. It’s runners, flat boots or fit flop type sandals for me.

Be bothered engage with some people. I’ll smile & be polite but I may have an urgent pressing engagement.

Stay out past 10 pm

@MyGreenFinch How old are you? cos it's a fact that the fat pads on the bottom of your feet does disappear with age. I can feel every little bit of grit etc on the floor (can't wear slippers either!)

It might be quicker to list the things I can still do 😂.

In the spirit of this thread I'll stick to the "rules".

I cannot walk unaided, I use rollators.

I cannot go up or down steps without human help.

I can only do one task a day. So, I decide if it's a day to shower, or put washing on, or make myself a meal. Only one of these each day is possible.

I can no longer go on holidays alone.

I cannot open jars, get some medication out of their packaging. Same with tins, spray deodorant.

the list really goes on and on. I don't dwell on that. I look at my poor body and just think that it got me through a pregnancy and three rounds of cancer. It's got a right to collapse. It's done very well by me. It would be ungrateful to now rage against it.

almost like I'm feeling "my body has taken care of " me" ( whatever I perceive " me" to be) it's now my minds job to care for my body. My body has done it's best. I cannot be sad about that.

I’m 50, it happened almost overnight a year ago 😭 My feet and ankles became painful and my arches fell. Absolute nightmare, I have to wear custom support insoles now and can basically only wear trainers.