As you get a bit older, how’s your health?

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I turned 50 this year and so far, apart from high blood pressure (controlled by meds), my health has been ok. Both my parents had/have bad health from age 45+ with heart and kidney issues but also, on both sides of our family, everyone has always struggled with their weight too. I have too but have recently lost 2.5 stone and I’m working on the final 1.5 stone - which I know will help with my overall health.

So just wondering about others. If you’ve been an averagely healthy person most of your life, has your health changed in some way from age 45 or 50 or beyond? Was there a sudden event or you just found things started to decline a bit? Or maybe you’re fine! If so, what has been the secret?

64, slightly under weight, very active, work as a self employed dog walker.
Have confirmed fibromyalgia. Just recovering from a bout of shingles, now got a frozen shoulder, which I’m managing. The latter part of my ill health is definitely stress related, following the death of both parents, and having to clear and sell their
home. It’s been a journey to put it mildly. When you’re getting older, with health issues, it’s hard to cope with bereavement and all the practical and emotional stuff it entails, my body wants rest, but real day to day stuff dictates otherwise. Hugs to all of you that are finding this difficult to.

I'm the same, although I'm 56, nearing 57!
Everything aches and I'm constantly exhausted, even though I don't do much! I'm hoping to pack in smoking in the NY. I know I need to, (again!) but I really need to get my head in gear! 💐

Stopped smoking at 60 (after 50 years) and have recently started going to a gym – loving deadlifting – and FIT XR on a VR helmet. Only have half my thyroid left so that need management but otherwise fit and healthy 62 year old.

Shit. I'm 36 and my periods have started to trigger my asthma.

Giving hope to me and @Eyesopenwideawake 😅

Gah I meant me and @MoonWoman69 !

61, no health issues of any kind. Work full time, teen son, gym three times a week, socialise, busy life. Full of energy.

This is very true. I am very healthy at 61 as I said above. But my mother is 92, living alone, mobile and mentally sharp. So I'm probably just very lucky in the genetic lottery

Same here. I exercise regularly, eat reasonably, just lost 2.5 stone so can move better. But my husband who was extremely fit and healthy had a stroke at 73 which has left him practically housebound these days. Luck of the draw!

@Pinkrinse It really in some ways. I have a friend (mid 50’s) who’s battling brain cancer. He’s a fit, outdoorsy type, it’ came out of nowhere. It goes to show that we mustn’t put things off too much in life, you never know what’s around the corner.

What helped with your weight loss OP? I'm 44 I get hungry more often and I'm a snacker so that doesn't help...I'm putting on the piles and I really want to.lose a stone or 2

It’s very true that nature loads the gun and nurture pulls the trigger.

53. Been in peri for 10 years and think am nearly at the end of the process. HRT has been brilliant for 7 of those years and am still on it. Last year developed plantar fasciitis and now wear the rocker trainers so that I can still walk about. Walk a lot as I don't drive, usually between 35 & 40 miles a week. Last year also developed hormonal migraines and take beta blockers to lessen occurrences and severity. Also take Triptan if one develops. Many triggers for migraines (in addition to hormone fluctuations) mean that I can't drink. Also need to think about frequency of meals and not getting too tired as these are migraine triggers. Also I can't "over do it" in terms of exercise or travelling as these trigger a vertigo attack. Need to lose 4lbs to get in my favourite jeans. Will definitely address this. But I feel ok and just get on with things.

71 here - on HRT and anti depressants (shit family stuff) but other than that am feeling fine - someone told me the other day she’d have guessed 55 ( probably being kind but I’ll take it!)

I’m only 39 and in the past 6 years I’ve been diagnosed with gout, Graves’ disease and had kidney stones so not great tbh. No idea why I’m falling apart.

Just been out for a hill run in the pissing rain. I’m determined to live a healthy fit life. You can’t help the lottery in some ways but exercise is better than any eruption drug and I administer exercise liberally and often.

I'm 48 and I have to say when I read jokes about how now you're suppose to ache all the time and be really tired in your 40s (some people even start joking about this in their 30s) I've not found that to be the case. I don't feel as though I feel massively worse than I did in my 20s. I have a bit less energy, but I also, for example, get far fewer headaches than I did in my 20s, and no I don't mean hangovers, I never had those at all until my late 30s. So I can sometimes get a hangover now, I guess that's one thing that's worse.

I've put on about a stone and a half compared to my lightest, but I'm OK with that. I didn't go to the gym until my mid 20s, shortly after I met DH - he reckons I am in some ways in better health than when we met, my stamina for long walks is better, for example.

I have a congenital hip defect and I was told it might go arthritic in my 40s and require replacement, but thus far, not a twinge. I'm still likely to need a relatively early hip replacement though.

Healthy, eat very well, non smoker, rarely drink, heart attack! Not due to blockages- my arteries as a clean as a whistle 😐

I’m 56 and have long-standing msk issues and Diabetes. However I manage the diabetes through diet and medication. And I exercise regularly to try and help both issues.

@sliceoflife how did you get frozen shoulder treated i thought it was untreatable

I'm 48. I seem to be losing quite a lot of hair, and my joints ache. Also my eyesight has deteriorated a lot in the past year. I'm guessing it's all hormones/middle age. But the above is small fry and overall, I'm really well and I don't take that for granted - very aware things can change in an instant.

78 and feel really healthy. Dog walking for an hour and a half very early morning and I run the home as always.

I am vegetarian and non-smoker or drinker. This wasn't deliberate, I had little money and wanted all I had for a flat in the South East.

OK at 55 apart from knee problems. I take Fluoxetine for anxiety which I think peri triggered. Also take HRT.

I'm 46 and no real issues. I've had a low thyroid for 20 years, seems to be fine with thyroxine. I'm overweight and not making much effort to lose it yet as I plan to get WLI. I don't exercise at the moment, life is too busy. But seem to be fine with energy levels and being active in daily life (keeping up with dcs). No symptoms of peri but looking into taking hrt as a preventative.

I’m 48 and doing fine. Have never had high blood pressure or been overweight and I very rarely catch viruses (or I catch them but don’t have symptoms). I have no aches or pains.

My mental health can be a problem but that isn’t age related; I’ve just always been prone to anxiety since childhood.

The only two things that have changed with age (since I turned 45) are:

Eyesight. I use strong reading glasses and now find I am wearing them a LOT around the house so I think varifocals will be required very soon.

Teeth: absolute shitshow. I’ve never had great teeth but the shit is hitting the fan now and I’ve had three extractions in the last two years 😔

But I’ll take dental problems and shit eyesight over anything more serious.